European data protection regulators have written to both WhatsApp and Yahoo. With Yahoo concerns center around the breach and theft of 500 million user accounts, and sharing content with the US government. The WhatsApp concern is over sharing EU personal data with US Facebook. In both cases the issues will be discussed in November.
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Ukrainian Group Claims Hack of Putin Advisor’s Email
A hacker group calling itself “Cyber Hunta” leaked over 2,000 emails allegedly stolen from the account of Vladislav Yuryevich Surkov, adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Teen Arrested for Cyberattack on 911 Emergency System
An 18-year-old teen from Arizona was arrested this week after one of his iOS exploits caused serious disruption to 911 emergency systems.
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U.S. Indicts 61 in Indian Call Center Scam
The Department of Justice this week accused a total of 61 individuals and entities for their presumed involvement in a call center scam targeting tens of thousands of individuals in the United States.
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LDAP Attack Vector Makes Terabit-Scale DDoS Attacks Possible
A new zero-day distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack vector could open the flood gates for terabit-scale DDoS events, researchers at Corero Network Security warn.
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Apple Patches Flaws in Xcode, Windows Software
Apple has updated its Xcode integrated development environment (IDE) and the Windows versions of iTunes and iCloud to address a dozen vulnerabilities affecting these products.
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What’s the Fix for IoT DDoS Attacks?
DynDNS (or just Dyn now) got blasted with #DDoS twice last Friday. Since Dyn is the major DNS provider for Twitter, Github, and Spotify, the knock-on effects have had a global reach. Here’s a rather comical exchange among typical users scratching their heads Friday morning:
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Cyber – The Latest Front on the Election Battlefield
To say that the 2016 U.S. Presidential election cycle has been unusual would be an understatement for a number of reasons. As a security professional, what stands out is the steady stream of cyber security-related incidents, particularly when compared to the U.S. elections of 2012 and 2008.
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“Celebgate” Hacker Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
Ryan Collins, 36, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for hacking into over 100 online accounts, including many belonging to celebrities. Private pictures and videos stolen from these accounts were later leaked online in what became known as “The Fappening” or “Celebgate.”
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Japan Targeted in “Blackgear” Espionage Campaign
The threat actor behind a cyber espionage campaign that has been known to target users in Taiwan has recently set sights on Japan, according to researchers at Trend Micro.
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