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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 30th, 2016
Senators Demand Answers Regarding IoT Insecurity and Massive Dyn DDoS Attacks

Senators Demand Answers Regarding IoT Insecurity and Massive Dyn DDoS Attacks

Dyn DDoS attacks trigger investigation into IoT security

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 25th, 2016
Syrian Cyber Army Claims DDoS Attacks on Belgian Media

Syrian Cyber Army Claims DDoS Attacks on Belgian Media

Syrian hackers angry because Belgium had participated in an air strike on a small village that killed 6 people

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 19th, 2016
MBRFilter Protects Computers from MBR Malware and MBR Ransomware

MBRFilter Protects Computers from MBR Malware and MBR Ransomware

Cisco releases MBRFilter as free download utility

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 19th, 2016
Czech Police Arrest Russian Hacker for Cyber-Attacks Against the US

Czech Police Arrest Russian Hacker for Cyber-Attacks Against the US

FBI is asking for the suspect's extradition

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 18th, 2016
"Hacktivist" Comic Inspired by Anonymous Set to Become TV Show

"Hacktivist" Comic Inspired by Anonymous Set to Become TV Show

If you liked Mr. Robot, get ready for another "hacking" show

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 18th, 2016
Microsoft: Half of Tech Support Scam Victims Are Millennials

Microsoft: Half of Tech Support Scam Victims Are Millennials

The elderly only accounted for 17 percent of all victims

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 13th, 2016
UK Bans Apple Watch from Cabinet Meetings Amid Fears of Cyber-Espionage

UK Bans Apple Watch from Cabinet Meetings Amid Fears of Cyber-Espionage

UK officials take "Better safe than sorry!" approach

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 13th, 2016
First-Ever Ransomware Written in GoLang Is a Dud

First-Ever Ransomware Written in GoLang Is a Dud

Dr.Web creates decrypter to help victims

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 11th, 2016
Unnamed German Nuclear Power Plant Suffered "Disruptive" Cyber-Attack in 2014

Unnamed German Nuclear Power Plant Suffered "Disruptive" Cyber-Attack in 2014

Nuclear watchdog chief reveals cyber-attack on German plant

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 10th, 2016
Facebook DM Spam Campaign Targets French Users with Eko Malware

Facebook DM Spam Campaign Targets French Users with Eko Malware

Spam campaign active only in France, according to reports

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 6th, 2016
OverSight Mac App Tells You When Malware Is Accessing Your Camera and Microphone

OverSight Mac App Tells You When Malware Is Accessing Your Camera and Microphone

New OverSight Mac app released by Patrick Wardle

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 3rd, 2016
Newsweek Website Suffers DDoS Attack After Publishing Controversial Trump Report

Newsweek Website Suffers DDoS Attack After Publishing Controversial Trump Report

Donald Trump has some DDoS-yielding supporters

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 2nd, 2016
South Korea's Military Cyber Command Suffers Embarrassing Hack

South Korea's Military Cyber Command Suffers Embarrassing Hack

For now, nobody's pointing fingers at North Korea

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 30th, 2016
Office 365 Administrator Accounts Go on Sale on Dark Web Portal

Office 365 Administrator Accounts Go on Sale on Dark Web Portal

Accounts are for global admins and provide access to all other accounts and organization-level settings

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 30th, 2016
Exploit Vendor Offers $1.5 Million for iOS 10 Zero-Days

Exploit Vendor Offers $1.5 Million for iOS 10 Zero-Days

Prices also raised for Android and Flash exploits

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 29th, 2016
Firefox May Get Tracking Protection on Normal Tabs, Not Just in Private Browsing

Firefox May Get Tracking Protection on Normal Tabs, Not Just in Private Browsing

Feature is currently in testing via the Test Pilot program

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 25th, 2016
97 Percent of Top 1000 Orgs Have Lost Sensitive Credentials in Recent Hacks

97 Percent of Top 1000 Orgs Have Lost Sensitive Credentials in Recent Hacks

Employees using enterprise credentials to register accounts on other sites put their companies at risk

 
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