The U.S. Department of Treasury imposed sanctions on three North Korean hacking groups controlled by the state’s primary intelligence agency, the Reconnaissance General Bureau. Officials claim the …
Cyberattacks On IOT Devices Surge 300% In 2019, ‘Measured In Billions’, Report Claims
A new report by F-Secure warns that cyberattacks on IoT devices are accelerating at an unprecedented rate. The company uses a network of honeypots to attract everyday attacks and discovered more than …
New Cyber Warning: ISIS Or Al-Qaeda Could Attack Using ‘Dirty Bomb’
Lt.-Gen Vincent Stewart, former deputy chief of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency, warns that the West continues to underestimate al-Qaeda or ISIS’ …
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Cybercriminals shop for admin access to healthcare portals
A report by cybersecurity firm IntSight identifies hackers are increasingly targeting healthcare institutions with lax security measures. IntSight chief security officer Etay Maor said historically, …
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Could hackers gain a global ‘kill click’?
Congress claims the internet cables that connect the world are vulnerable to cyberattacks and it is unclear who is in charge of protecting them. The question of jurisdiction remains murky, largely due …
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The Pentagon Needs to Make More Software Open Source, Watchdog Says
The Department of Defense is not fully abiding by a federal mandate to implement an open source software pilot program and make common code more readily available to other agencies, according to a …
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Vulnerabilities Exposed 2 Million Verizon Customer Contracts
A UK-based researcher discovered a security flaw that allowed unauthorized access to contracts for Verizon Wireless customers which contained full names, addresses, phone numbers, model and serial …
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Researchers invent cryptocurrency wallet that eliminates ‘entire classes’ of vulnerabilities
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) have invented a new form of hardware wallet designed to eradicate …
FIN7’s IT admin pleads guilty for role in billion-dollar cybercrime crew
Fedir Hladyr, administrator of the hacking group Fin7, pleaded guilty in a U.S. district court Wednesday to conspiracy to commit computer hacking and wire fraud. Hladyr participated in campaigns that …
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North Korean hackers target U.S. entities amid stalled denuclearization talks
Prevailion, a Maryland-based cybersecurity firm, has identified a hacking group with ties to North Korea targeting U.S. entities that discuss nuclear deterrence, North Korea’s nuclear submarine …
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