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US travel management firm CWT paid $4.5mn in ransomware attack
US travel management firm CWT paid $4.5mn to ransomware hackers who stole sensitive corporate files and threatened to take computers offline. Read more…
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Vietnamese hackers targeting Chinese organisations fighting coronavirus
Hackers working in support of the Vietnamese government attempted to break into Chinese state organisations containing coronavirus outbreak. Read more…
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Hackers are enjoying COVID-19 immensely as attacks skyrocket
Hackers are having a great time in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. They are using COVID-19 as a platform to launch cyberattacks. Read more…
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Growth in newly remote workforce creates opening for hackers
As people disperse to their homes to work and study and remote workforce numbers increase, cybersecurity experts say hackers will follow. Read more…
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Hackers are using COVID-19 as an attack vector
COVID-19 was bound to spawn hundreds of ‘impact’ stories. From hackers and digital disruption, to economic meltdown, to the impact of a work force working from home, they keep coming. Read more…
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Great! Now we have hackers with a sense of humour
Hackers will be in the news, one way or another, for a long time. Most of the time, their work will be filed under ‘serious news’. Read more…
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Security firm releases flawed blockchain to help educate hackers
Despite their supposed security, there are still many exploitable vulnerabilities that can compromise a blockchain. Read more…
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Mercenary hackers inside UAE Project Raven – special report
Story of Project Raven reveals how former U.S. government hackers employed state-of-the-art cyber-espionage tools on behalf of a foreign intelligence service. Read more…
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Hackers access information on 1,000 North Korean defectors
SEOUL (Reuters) – The personal information of nearly 1,000 North Koreans who defected to South Korea has been leaked after unknown hackers got access to a resettlement agency’s database, the South Korean Unification Ministry said Read more…
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Claims Marriott hackers were working for Chinese government
(Reuters) – Hackers behind a massive breach at hotel group Marriott International Inc left clues suggesting they were working for a Chinese government intelligence gathering operation, according to sources familiar with the matter. Marriott said Read more…