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Public sector most targeted by malicious hackers, MacAfee finds
From 2016 to 2017, hackers around the world most often targeted the public sector in their attacks, according to publicly disclosed incidents compiled in McAfee Labs’ recent quarterly threat report.
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US firm: Hackers interfered with industrial facility
Cyberattacks that sabotage industrial equipment are counted among the most serious threats in digital security because of their capacity to wreak physical havoc.
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Men plead guilty to creating botnet used to crash the web
Three men pleaded guilty to creating a botnet known as Mirai that was used to paralyze chunks of the internet in 2016.
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Senator calls on administration to act on election cybersecurity since Congress won’t
“Congressional leadership conveniently chooses to believe that this is a states’ rights issue, even if it means leaving our national elections vulnerable to cyber attacks,” Sen. Ron Wyden wrote to President Trump’s national security adviser.
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Greek court backs extraditing Russian bitcoin suspect to US
Greece’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of extraditing a Russian cybercrime suspect to the United States to stand trial for allegedly laundering billions of dollars using the virtual currency bitcoin.
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CNN says Anderson Cooper’s Twitter account apparently hacked
The cable network tweeted early Wednesday that “someone gained access” to Anderson’s account and sent a tweet to the president.
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Italian prosecutors seek to shelve Hacking Team breach case
A legal document obtained by The Associated Press says that Italian prosecutors want to drop their investigation into the 2015 breach of surveillance company Hacking Team, leaving a question mark over a dramatic leak which embarrassed intelligence figures across the globe.
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Following the developing Iranian cyberthreat
Like Russia and China, the history of Iran’s cyberspace operations begins with its hackers.
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Agencies to begin assigning NICE codes to cyber, IT positions
Agencies will soon be able to provide greater specificity on the critical cybersecurity roles performed by members of their IT workforces, as this month they began to implement a new coding structure to identify those positions.
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Public sector most targeted by malicious hackers, MacAfee finds
From 2016 to 2017, hackers around the world most often targeted the public sector in their attacks, according to publicly disclosed incidents compiled in McAfee Labs’ recent quarterly threat report.
-
US firm: Hackers interfered with industrial facility
Cyberattacks that sabotage industrial equipment are counted among the most serious threats in digital security because of their capacity to wreak physical havoc.
-
Men plead guilty to creating botnet used to crash the web
Three men pleaded guilty to creating a botnet known as Mirai that was used to paralyze chunks of the internet in 2016.
-
Senator calls on administration to act on election cybersecurity since Congress won’t
“Congressional leadership conveniently chooses to believe that this is a states’ rights issue, even if it means leaving our national elections vulnerable to cyber attacks,” Sen. Ron Wyden wrote to President Trump’s national security adviser.
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Greek court backs extraditing Russian bitcoin suspect to US
Greece’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of extraditing a Russian cybercrime suspect to the United States to stand trial for allegedly laundering billions of dollars using the virtual currency bitcoin.
-
CNN says Anderson Cooper’s Twitter account apparently hacked
The cable network tweeted early Wednesday that “someone gained access” to Anderson’s account and sent a tweet to the president.
-
Italian prosecutors seek to shelve Hacking Team breach case
A legal document obtained by The Associated Press says that Italian prosecutors want to drop their investigation into the 2015 breach of surveillance company Hacking Team, leaving a question mark over a dramatic leak which embarrassed intelligence figures across the globe.
-
Following the developing Iranian cyberthreat
Like Russia and China, the history of Iran’s cyberspace operations begins with its hackers.
-
Agencies to begin assigning NICE codes to cyber, IT positions
Agencies will soon be able to provide greater specificity on the critical cybersecurity roles performed by members of their IT workforces, as this month they began to implement a new coding structure to identify those positions.
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Public sector most targeted by malicious hackers, MacAfee finds
From 2016 to 2017, hackers around the world most often targeted the public sector in their attacks, according to publicly disclosed incidents compiled in McAfee Labs’ recent quarterly threat report.
-
US firm: Hackers interfered with industrial facility
Cyberattacks that sabotage industrial equipment are counted among the most serious threats in digital security because of their capacity to wreak physical havoc.
-
Men plead guilty to creating botnet used to crash the web
Three men pleaded guilty to creating a botnet known as Mirai that was used to paralyze chunks of the internet in 2016.
-
Senator calls on administration to act on election cybersecurity since Congress won’t
“Congressional leadership conveniently chooses to believe that this is a states’ rights issue, even if it means leaving our national elections vulnerable to cyber attacks,” Sen. Ron Wyden wrote to President Trump’s national security adviser.
-
Greek court backs extraditing Russian bitcoin suspect to US
Greece’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of extraditing a Russian cybercrime suspect to the United States to stand trial for allegedly laundering billions of dollars using the virtual currency bitcoin.
-
CNN says Anderson Cooper’s Twitter account apparently hacked
The cable network tweeted early Wednesday that “someone gained access” to Anderson’s account and sent a tweet to the president.
-
Italian prosecutors seek to shelve Hacking Team breach case
A legal document obtained by The Associated Press says that Italian prosecutors want to drop their investigation into the 2015 breach of surveillance company Hacking Team, leaving a question mark over a dramatic leak which embarrassed intelligence figures across the globe.
-
Following the developing Iranian cyberthreat
Like Russia and China, the history of Iran’s cyberspace operations begins with its hackers.
-
Agencies to begin assigning NICE codes to cyber, IT positions
Agencies will soon be able to provide greater specificity on the critical cybersecurity roles performed by members of their IT workforces, as this month they began to implement a new coding structure to identify those positions.




