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A major Meltdown - This week in cybersecurity
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A major Meltdown - This week in cybersecurity

Forever 21: Hackers breached payment system for 7 months Forever 21 confirmed hackers breached its payment system for seven months and admitted encryption was turned off on some point-of-sale (POS) devices. Iran Is...
5 cybersecurity stories that defined 2017
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5 cybersecurity stories that defined 2017

2017 was filled with numerous ransomware attacks, large corporate breaches, and massive amounts of leaked personal data, but as the year comes to a close, here are the stories that made this year a memorable one. Wiki...
The treasure trove of credentials - This week in cybersecurity
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The treasure trove of credentials - This week in cybersecurity

Hackers halt plant operations in watershed cyber attack Hackers likely working for a nation-state recently invaded the safety system of a critical infrastructure facility in a watershed attack that halted plant operat...
The easy Mac hack - This week in cybersecurity
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The easy Mac hack - This week in cybersecurity

NSA accidentally leaks more secrets after 'Red Disk' was left on unsecured AWS server Confidential and sensitive data belonging to INSCOM, a joint US Army and NSA command that gathers intelligence for US military and ...
Smart speakers born with BlueBorne - This week in cybersecurity
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Smart speakers born with BlueBorne - This week in cybersecurity

Years after regulatory crackdown, some security cameras still open to hackers Cybersecurity start-up claims flaws allow access to people’s video feeds Amazon Echo, Google Home Vulnerable to BlueBorne Attacks Ama...
Trouble in paradise - This week in cybersecurity
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Trouble in paradise - This week in cybersecurity

Paradise Papers expose tax schemes of global elite The Queen’s offshore accounts, Russian links to Trump's top administration officials among 13.4 million documents exposed in Paradise Papers. Law firm Appleby rails a...
Attack of the dishwashers - This week in cybersecurity
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Attack of the dishwashers - This week in cybersecurity

Apple, Samsung and Huawei phones hacked on day one of Mobile Pwn2Own Apple's iPhone 7 running iOS 11.1, the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the Huawei Mate 9 Pro were hacked on the first day of Mobile Pwn2Own. Facebook ...
NotPetya, but Bad Rabbit - This week in cybersecurity
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NotPetya, but Bad Rabbit - This week in cybersecurity

Infrastructure for the ‘Bad Rabbit’ Ransomware Appears to Have Shut Down A new ransomware attack that has commonalities with WannaCry NotPeya is reportedly hitting organisations in Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Bulgaria a...
The KRACK attack - This week in cybersecurity
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The KRACK attack - This week in cybersecurity

As our power grids get smarter, they're more vulnerable to attack In a sprawling office building in south Wales, Kevin Jones simulates massive cyber attacks on power grids, factories and other vital parts of national ...
Equihacked...again - This week in cybersecurity
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Equihacked...again - This week in cybersecurity

Kaspersky, Russia, and the Antivirus Paradox Reports that Russia used Kaspersky antivirus to probe US targets highlight the inherent risks of software that millions rely on for protection. North Korean hackers alle...
National Football Leak - This week in cybersecurity
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National Football Leak - This week in cybersecurity

Large number of patched Macs remain vulnerable to stealthy firmware hacks An alarming number of Macs remain vulnerable to known exploits that completely undermine their security and are almost impossible to detect or ...
Would you like a breach with that shake? - This week in cybersecurity
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Would you like a breach with that shake? - This week in cybersecurity

Retefe Trojan just Got More Powerful by Adding the WannaCry Trick to its Arsenal The Retefe trojan banking malware campaign has returned and is now leveraging EternalBlue -- the leaked NSA surveillance exploit -- to t...
The credit company catastrophe - This week in cybersecurity
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The credit company catastrophe - This week in cybersecurity

Hackers May Have Illegally Profited from 2016 SEC Breach The SEC revealed that hackers accessed its corporate disclosure database and may have illegally profited by trading on the insider information stolen, reports R...
What do Best Buy and the US government have in common? - This week in cybersecurity
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What do Best Buy and the US government have in common? - This week in cybersecurity

Equifax confirms Apache Struts vulnerability cause of breach Late last night, Equifax confirmed that a web server vulnerability in Apache Struts that it failed to patch months ago was the cause of a data breach that a...
Instahacked - This week in cybersecurity
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Instahacked - This week in cybersecurity

Six million Instagram users at risk after hack A bug in the Instagram code—which appears to have been responsible for Selena Gomez’s account being hacked—allowed hackers to scrape email addresses and contact informati...
War on WikiLeaks - This week in cybersecurity
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War on WikiLeaks - This week in cybersecurity

This new strain of ransomware was to blame for hospital cyberattack An NHS hospital group which suffered in May's WannaCry outbreak has fallen victim to another ransomware attack and has been forced to cancel a number...
CryptoCurrency cybercrime - This week in cybersecurity
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CryptoCurrency cybercrime - This week in cybersecurity

PlayStation Network social accounts hacked, and network itself may have been compromised Notorious Saudi hacking group OurMine successfully hacked social media accounts for the PlayStation Network over the weekend and...
Cybersecurity spending soars - This week in cybersecurity
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Cybersecurity spending soars - This week in cybersecurity

Game of Thrones secrets revealed as HBO Twitter accounts hacked Several HBO Twitter accounts were hacked and taken over by the notorious OurMine hacking group, posting #HBOHacked messages and warnings about security. ...
U.K. ups security laws - This week in cybersecurity
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U.K. ups security laws - This week in cybersecurity

The U.K. government has issued new cybersecurity guidelines for smart cars The British government today issued a new set of guidelines designed to encourage automakers to make vehicles cybersecurity a priority. U.K. T...
Hackers are coming - This week in cybersecurity
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Hackers are coming - This week in cybersecurity

After China’s crackdown, now Russia is banning VPNs too Russia has banned VPNs and other technology that allows users to gain anonymous access to websites. The new law signed today by President Vladimir Putin goes int...
Shoo (fruit)fly, don't bother me - This week in cybersecurity
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Shoo (fruit)fly, don't bother me - This week in cybersecurity

FruitFly Surveillance Malware Hits American Macs Law enforcement agents are investigating what appears to be a slice of malicious code, dubbed FruitFly, that's been hitting Mac users in recent weeks. According to Forb...
Tech titans beef up security - This week in cybersecurity
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Tech titans beef up security - This week in cybersecurity

Nearly 150K hacking attempts against South Carolina on Election Day 2016 On Election Day alone in 2016, there were nearly 150,000 attempts to penetrate the state’s voter-registration system according to a post-electio...
LeakerLocker spills secrets - This week in cybersecurity
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LeakerLocker spills secrets - This week in cybersecurity

Russian Hackers Hit Business Systems at U.S. Nuclear Power and Energy Companies The Washington Post has reported that Russian hackers were behind last week’s intrusions in the business systems of U.S. nuclear power an...
Singapore's superb cybersecurity - This week in cybersecurity
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Singapore's superb cybersecurity - This week in cybersecurity

iPhone bugs too valuable to report to Apple One year ago at the Black Hat security conference, Ivan Krstic, Apple’s head of security announced the launch of the company’s bug bounty program. However, since then there ...
NotPetya is not nice - This week in cybersecurity
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NotPetya is not nice - This week in cybersecurity

Anthem will pay $115 million in largest data breach settlement in history Anthem has agreed to pay $115 million in a deal to end a court battle over the 2015 data breach where hackers gained access to sensitive record...
WannaCry hits Honda | This week in cybersecurity
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WannaCry hits Honda | This week in cybersecurity

198 Million Americans Hit by "Largest Ever" Voter Records Leak A huge trove of voter data, including personal information and voter profiling data on what's thought to be every registered U.S. voter dating back more t...
The attack on Macs | This week in cybersecurity
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The attack on Macs | This week in cybersecurity

Verified social media accounts being hacked to spread fake news A clever new attack is being used against influential social media users as a means to spread fake news according to a report from security research grou...
Siri keeps secrets | This week in cybersecurity
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Siri keeps secrets | This week in cybersecurity

Britain PM Theresa May Calls to ‘Regulate Cyberspace’ British Prime Minister Theresa May has responded to this weekend’s attack in central London in part by calling for tighter controls on online communication. Her word...
Social media hacktics | This week in cybersecurity
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Social media hacktics | This week in cybersecurity

Hackers Hide Attacks in Social Media Posts Russian hackers are using new tactics to target victims by using social media, tricking users into clicking on links promising vacation packages and other enticing deals. Acc...
Before and after WannaCry | This week in cybersecurity
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Before and after WannaCry | This week in cybersecurity

Ukraine Deals with New Ransomware A virulent ransomware strain called XData has gained momentum in Ukraine, surpassing WannaCry in infect in numbers. “That XData appears to target Ukraine specifically tempers some fea...
Disney’s not so happily ever after | This week in cybersecurity
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Disney’s not so happily ever after | This week in cybersecurity

United Airlines Cockpit Codes Accidentally Leaked The confidential codes required to access United Airlines' cockpits have been accidentally leaked to the public in what the airline calls a mistake, rather than a data b...
Au revoir laptops | This week in cybersecurity
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Au revoir laptops | This week in cybersecurity

U.S. May Ban Laptops on All Flight From Europe The Department of Homeland Security is considering banning laptops and other large electronic devices from carry-on bags on flights from Europe to the United States, a d...
Orange is the new hack | This week in cybersecurity
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Orange is the new hack | This week in cybersecurity

Hacker Leaks Episodes From Netflix Show A hacker who claims to have stolen unreleased television shows from several major networks shared the coming season of the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black” on Saturday ...
Burrito buyers beware | This week in cybersecurity
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Burrito buyers beware | This week in cybersecurity

Chipotle says its payment system may have been hacked Chipotle may have been the target of a data breach. Chipotle is investigating credit card transactions made from March 24 through April 18 with cyber security firm...
Ransomware starter kits? | This week in cybersecurity
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Ransomware starter kits? | This week in cybersecurity

Russian hacker creates starter pack ransomware service Researchers have discovered a new highly customized piece of ransomware dubbed Karmen that allows them to distribute it as a service to non-technical cyber crimin...
Amazon accounts hacked! | This week in cybersecurity
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Amazon accounts hacked! | This week in cybersecurity

Amazon’s Third-Party Sellers Hit by Hackers Hackers are targeting the growing population of third-party sellers on Amazon, using stolen credentials to “post fake deals and steal cash.” Hackers have gone into active se...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 04-07-2017
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 04-07-2017

CIA operations may be disrupted by new Wikileaks' data release WikiLeaks’ latest disclosure of CIA cyber-tools reveals a technique used by the agency to hide its digital tracks, potentially blowing the cover on curren...
Winners and Losers of the Tournament Madness
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Winners and Losers of the Tournament Madness

With this year’s college basketball bonanza coming to a close, fans can at last take a look back at the tournament’s big winners, its unforgettable moments, the buzzer beaters, the stunning upsets and come-from-behind vi...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 03-31-2017
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 03-31-2017

U.K. Minister calls for encryption backdoors Following last week’s Westminster attack, a UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd is calling for encryption backdoors so the government could access messages in encrypted apps. It w...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 03-24-2017
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 03-24-2017

WikiLeaks Plays Hard to Get with Its Zero-Day Info Last week, WikiLeaks promised it would share the technical details and code of the hacking tools that the CIA has allegedly developed against Google, Apple, Microsoft a...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 3-17-2017
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 3-17-2017

Home Depot to Pay Another $25 Million In a new settlement with dozens of banks, the retailer has agreed to pay $25 million for damages they incurred as a result of the breach, one of the biggest in history. Home Depot h...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 03-10-2017
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 03-10-2017

Russian Hackers to Seek Hush Money From Liberal Groups Russian hackers are targeting U.S. progressive groups in a new wave of attacks, sourcing the organization's emails for embarrassing details and attempting to extr...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 03-03-2017
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 03-03-2017

Russian cybersecurity expert charged with treason over U.S. data-sharing claims It has been revealed that Russian authorities arrested state officers and a Kaspersky cybersecurity specialist for treason. The crime: al...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 02-24-2017
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 02-24-2017

Android ransomware attacks have grown by 50 percent in a year Ransomware targeting Android users has increased by over 50 percent in just a year, as cybercriminals increasingly take aim at what they view as an easy ec...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 02-17-2017
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 02-17-2017

Microsoft to Rate Corporate Cybersecurity Microsoft on Friday will begin grading its commercial customers’ Office 365 security settings in an effort to fortify its software and services that are frequent targets of ha...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 02-10-2017
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 02-10-2017

U.S. Helping Europe Ahead of Elections According to the Politico, the U.S. intelligence community is working with various governments across Europe to prevent potential cyber interference in their upcoming elections. ...
Four things you should know before going to #RSAC
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Four things you should know before going to #RSAC

The RSA Conference is the premier tradeshow for cybersecurity experts. It’s where you can discover the latest trends, gather new insights from industry innovators, and, of course, be bombarded by the lights, sounds, disp...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 02-03-2017
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 02-03-2017

Hackers hit D.C. police closed-circuit camera network The local D.C. police disclosed that hackers were able to infect police surveillance cameras ahead of the Trump Inauguration. City officials said ransomware left p...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 1-27-2017
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 1-27-2017

Double Trouble Ransomware Ransomware has proven that it is not going away, and hackers are continuing to develop and invest in new strains and delivery methods. This week, a spam campaign known for spreading Cerber ra...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 01-20-2017
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 01-20-2017

Smart Cam has Critical Flaw The popular Samsung SmartCam security cameras contain a critical remote code execution vulnerability that could allow hackers to gain root access and take full control of them. The flaw all...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 01-13-2017
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 01-13-2017

Hello Kitty Database Leaked The badly configured Sanrio database was copied before it was fixed and it went unnoticed for a year. The database resurfaced online with over 3.3 million records. At the time, Sanrio specu...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 01-06-2017
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 01-06-2017

Confidential Military Personnel Data Leaked MacKeeper researcher Chris Vickery discovered a large volume of data leaked online from Potomac Healthcare Solutions, which provides services to the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine ...
10 Biggest Security Stories of 2016
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10 Biggest Security Stories of 2016

Dyn/Krebs DDoS and the Mirai BotNet “As the denial of service (DDOS) attack against Dyn shook the internet a little over a week ago, it brought to the public forefront the changing dynamics of power in the online worl...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 12-16-2016
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 12-16-2016

New ransomware encourages victims to attack other computers A new ransomware variant has been discovered using an innovative system to increase infections: the software turns victims into attackers by offering a pyram...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 11-18-2016
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 11-18-2016

Another half a million adultfriendfinder profiles hacked A massive data breach targeting adult dating and entertainment company Friend Finder Network has exposed more than 412 million accounts. The hack includes 339 m...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 11-11-2016
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 11-11-2016

Tesco Bank Halts Online Payments for Customers After Money Taken from 20,000 Accounts Tesco Bank has reported that about 40,000 accounts saw suspicious transactions over the weekend and half of those had money taken. ...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 11-04-2016
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 11-04-2016

States Work to Protect Voting Systems for Election Day According to the WSJ, approximately 40 U.S. states are working closely with the DHS to protect their voting systems. Hackers have scanned the election systems of ...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 10-28-2016
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 10-28-2016

U.S. Indicts Russian Hacker Washington has changed a 29-year-old Russian hacker for compromising LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring. On Thursday, a federal grand jury indicted 29-year-old Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 10-21-2016
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 10-21-2016

Are We on the Brink of a Cyberwar with Russia On Friday, NBC News reported that the CIA is preparing for a possible cyber attack against Russia in retaliation for alleged Russian interference in the U.S. presidential ...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 10-14-2016
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 10-14-2016

DNC breach officially pinned on Russia The Obama administration has officially accused Russia of attempting to interfere in the 2016 elections, with alleged tampering including the DNC breach reported in June as well ...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 10-07-2016
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week 10-07-2016

Hacker releases code from IoT-botnet DDoS attack The link to the malware code that powered an unprecedented DDoS attack against the website of cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs has been posted online. A user named “A...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week

Yahoo hackers were criminals after all Information security firm InfoArmor accessed portions of the Yahoo databases and has concluded that the hackers who stole 500 million records from the tech giant were criminals a...
Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week
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Top 7 Cybersecurity Stories This Week

Tesla patches remote takeover bug in Model S Tesla moved quickly to patch a vulnerability discovered by Tencent security research team Keen Security Lab. The vulnerability allowed someone to remotely gain control of th...

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