Researchers have found links between the recent cyberattacks on U.S. state election systems and previous operations targeting political and government organizations in Turkey, Ukraine and Germany.
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Cerber 3.0 Ransomware Variant Emerges
A new variant of the popular Cerber ransomware has emerged that is being distributed via the Magnitude and RIG exploit kitsread more
Continue readingMassive Malvertising Campaigns Hit Sites Worldwide
Recently observed malvertising campaigns leveraged the same redirection gate to take users from all around the world to the landing page of the Neutrino exploit kit, Cisco Talos researchers reveal.
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Dumps from Two More Bitcoin Breaches Disclosed by LeakedSource
When LeakedSource yesterday disclosed the account details of 43 million account details stolen from Last.fm in 2012, it commented that it was processing enough additional databases to publish one per day for several years. Today it has disclosed details from two bitcoin breaches: BTC-E.com (a bitcoin exchange) and Bitcointalk.org (a bitcoin discussion forum).
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PoS Vendor Lightspeed Suffers Data Breach
Hackers breached the systems of Canada-based point-of-sale (PoS) software provider Lightspeed and managed to gain access to customer information.
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Kernel.org Hacking Suspect Arrested in Florida
A 27-year-old computer programmer from South Florida has been charged and arrested for allegedly hacking into servers of the Linux Kernel Organization and the Linux Foundation. He is believed to be responsible for the 2011 breach of kernel.org servers.
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Apple Patches Spyware-Related Zero-Days in OS X, Safari
Apple has released security updates for Mac OS X and Safari to patch zero-day vulnerabilities that were recently used to spy on individuals via iOS devices.
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New Ursnif Variant Shows Developers Are Careless
Researchers at Seculert have conducted an extensive analysis of the Ursnif banking Trojan and, in addition to finding a few improvements, they identified some mistakes made by the threat’s developers.
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Romanian Hacker “Guccifer” Sentenced to Prison in US
Marcel Lehel Lazar, the 44-year-old Romanian national known online as the hacker “Guccifer,” has been sentenced by a U.S. court to 52 months in prison for aggravated identity theft and unauthorized access to a protected computer.
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Hong Kong Authorities ‘Attacked by Chinese Hackers’
Mainland Chinese hackers have attacked two Hong Kong government departments, a US-based security firm said Friday, as the city prepares for a crucial election.
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