The personal details of thousands of foreign nationals living in southern Thailand were briefly leaked online in what the site's developer admitted Monday was a data breach during a test for police.
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PowerWare Ransomware Abuses PowerShell, Office Macros
A new fileless ransomware family has been discovered, which abuses Windows’ PowerShell for nefarious activities, a novel approach to ransomware, Carbon Black researchers warn.
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Iran Denies Supporting US Bank Hacking
Iran on Saturday denied supporting cyber attacks against the United States after a New York court indicted seven Iranians over hacking dozens of American banks and a major dam.
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Belgium’s Nuclear Plants Face Threat of Cyber-attack: EU Counter-terror Chief
Belgium's network of nuclear power plants and other major infrastructure face the threat of a cyber-attack over the next five years, the European Union's counter-terror chief said in an interview published Saturday.
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Bromium Adds $40 Million to Grow Endpoint Security Business
Cyber security firm Bromium has added $40 million to its coffers, thanks to an additional investment to support its growth in the increasingly competitive endpoint security market.
The additional funding brings the total amount raised to-date by the company to a whopping $115 million.
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18 Million Stolen Credentials Found in Japan
Stolen usernames and passwords belonging to 18 million Internet users have been found on a server owned by a Japanese company, which is said to have provided services to Chinese hackers.
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Brazilian Trojan Conceals Malicious Code in PNG Image
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered a new piece of malware that uses a PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image to hide malicious code.
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Petya Ransomware Encrypts Entire Hard Drives
A new piece of malware dubbed Petya is making the rounds, and taking the threat of ransomware beyond simple file encryption activities.
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U.S. Federal Agencies Vulnerable to Data Threats: Survey
A survey conducted by data protection company Vormetric and analyst firm 451 Research shows that a majority of IT security professionals in United States federal agencies feel their organization is vulnerable to data threats.
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Surveillance Cameras From 70 Vendors Vulnerable to Remote Hacking
Surveillance cameras sold by more than 70 vendors worldwide were found to be vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) because of shared firmware code, a researcher has discovered.
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