Browsing the "hackers" Tag

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Hacker-for-hire Bahamut linked to historical attack campaigns

9 Oct Group targets high-value victims, takes meticulous care with its own operational security

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Twitter statement reveals hack details

21 Jul 2FA defeated in social engineering attack

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Hackers attacked businesses 22m times in the last seven days globally

22 Apr Malware attacks comprised 63% of hacking attempts

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Hackers can steal Windows credentials via links in Zoom chat

3 Apr Attack can be prevented by making changes to the Windows settings, or by using the Zoom Web client

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Zigbee vulnerability lets hackers use Philips Hue bulbs to hijack your network

6 Feb But your Hue bridge has likely already patched itself

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Hackers target industrial sector with free tools in new APT campaign

18 Dec Attackers seek to make attribution harder and use sophisticated, realistic spear-phishing emails

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Remote hackers can modify CPU voltage to steal secrets from Intel SGX enclaves

11 Dec By manipulating the voltage of Intel CPUs that use SGX, researchers can extract sensitive data, including full RSA encryption keys, from memory

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How a nuclear plant got hacked

10 Dec Plugging nuclear plants into the internet makes them vulnerable targets for nation-state attack

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EDR stops hackers in their tracks

11 Nov Endpoint detection and response goes beyond antivirus, spotting and reacting to suspicious activity

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Microsoft finds Russia-linked attacks exploiting IoT devices

7 Aug Default passwords, unpatched devices, poor inventory of IoT gear led to exploits by STRONTIUM

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Cyber security

Don’t look now…

22 Jul Sometimes even the spooks get spiked

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Hackers get access to Hotmail, Outlook.com e-mail accounts

16 Apr Redmond advises all users to change their passwords

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Computer network breach or botnet

Data breaches exposed 5bn records in 2018

18 Feb New report shows a downward trend in breaches and exposed records

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Bigger collections, bigger threats

14 Feb The recent discovery of vast collections of stolen identities are perplexing. Just what are the blackhats up to?

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Second, massive Collections leak of 2.2bn e-mail addresses probably has your information

1 Feb Changing your password, enabling 2FA, and use a password manager in light of new "Collections #2-#5" leak

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Cylance researchers discover powerful new nation-state APT

13 Nov New APT, dubbed ‘White Company’, is likely Middle Eastern, but betrays impressions of US-trained personnel

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Phishing attack embarrasses FIFA

5 Nov Officials fear another leak of internal secrets imminent

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Cyber criminals outspending industry by 10 times

14 Sep New research shows the extent of criminal efforts

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Computer network breach or botnet

BA.com suffers data breach

7 Sep Up to 380,000 transactions affected by malicious attack

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Cyber security: learning from the hackers

20 Jul The Black Report, talking to pen-testers and hackers, reveals claims of network compromise within a day