A hacktivist group calling itself the Cyber Justice Group announced on Twitter that it has dumped 10GB of data from the Syrian government. The hackers left a message on Pastebin and dumped the data to file sharing site Mega. The data is compressed, and expands to a full 43GB.
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Cybercriminals Trick Qihoo 360 into Whitelisting Malware
Cybercriminals have come up with a clever way to deliver a piece of malware to users in China and ensure that it would not be detected by an antivirus solution.
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Malware Found in IoT Cameras Sold by Amazon
Time was when you could trust big names. Not any more – in fact 'big names' are increasingly targeted by the bad guys simply because we do tend to trust them. Amazon is just the latest.
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Malware Changes Router DNS Settings via Mobile Devices
Researchers have come across a piece of JavaScript malware that is capable of changing the DNS settings of home routers from mobile devices.
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Recruitment Challenges Continue to Plague Cyber Security
Recruitment remains a major problem for cyber security departments, and there seems to be no easy solution. One difficulty is that the issue is described in vague terms and throw-away statements: there's a skills shortage; there are too many vacancies and not enough candidates; cyber security isn't promoted as a worthwhile career in schools.
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Draft Encryption Bill Criticized by Experts
A leaked draft of an encryption bill proposed by Senate Intelligence Committee leaders Sens. Diane Feinstein and Richard Burr has been heavily criticized by experts for its technical flaws, contradictions, and potentially dangerous effects.
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Lateral Movement: When Cyber Attacks Go Sideways
Lateral Movement Gives Attackers Additional Points of Control in a Compromised Network
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Sweden Military Servers Hacked, Used in 2013 Attack on US Banks
Swedish military computers were hacked and used in an attack targeting major US banks in 2013, the armed forces said on Monday.
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WordPress.com Pushes Free HTTPS to All Hosted Sites
WordPress.com has announced free HTTPS for all custom domains that it hosts, including blogs and websites.
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Nuclear Exploit Kit Uses Tor to Download Payload
Researchers at Cisco have spotted an instance of the Nuclear exploit kit where the final payload is downloaded via the Tor network in order to make tracking more difficult.
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