In computer and computer networks an attack is any attempt to destroy, expose, alter, disable, steal or gain unauthorized access to or make unauthorized use of an asset.
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23 state agencies across Texas succumb to a 'coordinated ransomware attack' (Updated)
Texas is fighting a coordinated ransomware attack that has impacted at least twenty local government entities across the ...
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South Korea takes the brunt of North Korea’s cryptocurrency cyberattacks
A United Nations report has disclosed how the intergovernmental organization is investigating at least 35 cyberattacks led ...
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Apple announces developer iPhones with root access for security research
For all we've made fun of Apple's walled garden here, every once in a while, the company opens up just a bit. Case in point: ...
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Malware attacks on infrastructure and state-run facilities shot up 200% in 2019
A new IBM research warns destructive attacks devised with an intent to wipe data and shut down critical systems have increased ...
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Secretive 'Machete' hacker group steals GBs worth of sensitive files from the Venezuelan military
ESET researchers uncover a cyber-espionage campaign — operated by Machete — stealing sensitive documents from the Venezuelan ...
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This cryptocurrency stealing malware was blocked more than 360,000 times over the past year
According to the latest figures from cybersecurity firm Avast, a cryptocurrency stealing malware has been blocked more than ...
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North Korean hacking groups and copycats are going after financial institutions
State-sponsored and criminal actors are mounting a wide array of cyber attacks against the global finance industry with an ...
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Ugh, this is what Bitcoin’s hash rate means and why it matters
Bitcoin's hash rate has been reaching all time highs this year. But what is it? What does it mean? And why is it a measurement ...
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Johannesburg's power supplier gets the better of ransomware attackers
A ransomware infection at City Power, one of South Africa's electricity providers, left some city residents of Johannesburg ...
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Opportunistic hackers delete files from Iomega network drives, demand Bitcoin ransom
Nefarious hackers are wiping files on publicly accessible Iomega storage devices and are leaving just a Bitcoin ransom note ...
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Android vulnerability lets hackers hijack your phone with malicious videos
A vulnerability in Android ( found in versions between 7.0 and 9.0) enables hackers to hijack your phone by tricking you ...
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Vicious malware threatens to turn search engine into crypto-mining zombie botnet
A strain of malware is targeting enterprise search engine Elasticsearch, forcing vulnerable servers to join a botnet of 'zombies.' ...
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PSA: Update WhatsApp now to prevent spyware from being installed on your phone
WhatsApp has patched a critical security vulnerability that allowed attackers to secretly infect phones with malicious spyware ...
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Fears of AI-powered hacking are misplaced as criminals are doing fine without it
AI is captivating tech news audiences. But, growing expectations for AI’s impact on legitimate business have spawned a ...
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Binance hackers suddenly move $8 million worth of stolen Bitcoin
A chunk of Binance's stolen Bitcoin was mysteriously transferred earlier today. Are the hackers getting ready to cash out ...
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Monero security flaw could've seen XMR stolen from cryptocurrency exchanges
Monero devs have disclosed nine security vulnerabilities over the past two days - and some could have been outright devastating. ...
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Facebook removes accounts used to distribute malware since 2014
Facebook has shut down more than 30 accounts that were found to be spreading malware through malicious links that claimed ...
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Bitcoin ransomers claim second victory as Florida town pays $500,000
A second town in Florida has paid over $500,000 in Bitcoin to hackers following a ransomware attack.
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The unforeseen trouble AI is now causing
AI has come a long way in recent years — but as many who work with this technology can attest, it is still prone to surprising ...
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Russians (not North Koreans) thought to be behind $530M Coincheck hack
The $530 million hack that blighted Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck in January 2018 may have been carried out ...
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Hackers are stealing personal medical data to impersonate your doctor
When it comes to health, prevention is the best cure. Now it's becoming apparent it is time to extend this philosohphy to ...
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Yet another cryptocurrency mining botnet caught targeting China
Security researchers have uncovered a Monero cryptocurrency mining botnet that seems to be targeting China. The botnet appears ...
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Cryptocurrency hackers sneak malware into Oracle servers to mine Monero
Security researchers have identified another cryptocurrency mining malware. It's installing itself on Oracle servers, and ...
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Blockchain startup hacked itself to 'save' $13M of its users’ cryptocurrency
Komodo devs took all cryptocurrency out of affected wallets and will keep it in a safe place until users submit claims to ...
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New cryptocurrency mining malware is spreading across Thailand and the US
Security researchers have uncovered a new malware family, called BlackSquid, that's attacking hardware to get it to secretly ...
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This tiny flashing kit can break your bad online security habits
The number of cyber attacks is estimated to have risen by 67% over the last five years, with the majority of these data breaches ...
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Facebook finally takes steps to limit abusive live streamers
Today, the social network introduced a new 'One strike' policy to ban users who violate its community guidelines. It's introducing ...
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SIM-swappers face hundreds of years in prison for $2.4M cryptocurrency theft
An Irish man is facing upwards of 100 years in a US prison after allegedly stealing over $2 million worth of cryptocurrency ...
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Here's why Binance can't erase the $40M hack from Bitcoin's blockchain
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao briefly mulled 're-organizing' Bitcoin to exact revenge on the hackers that stole 7,000 BTC from ...
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Binance hacked for over $40M worth of Bitcoin
Binance suffered a "large scale security breach" yesterday evening. The hackers were able to transfer 7,000 Bitcoin (over ...
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TRON suffered from a critical bug that could’ve crashed its entire blockchain
A recent HackerOne disclosure reveals the TRON network had a pretty nasty security flaw, and a security researcher was paid ...
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New cryptocurrency malware hijacks China's enterprises to mine Monero
Beapy is the next generation of cryptocurrency mining malware, with thousands of machines across Asia already infected to ...
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One mining pool controls a dangerously dominant share of BitcoinSV's hash rate
Calvin Ayre's CoinGeek is approaching 51% of Bitcoin Satoshi Vision's hash rate - which would mean it has huge power over ...
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Why the cybersecurity sector needs to start hiring more hackers
Cybersecurity incidents are gaining an increasingly high profile. In the past, these incidents may have been perceived primarily ...
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Healthcare has a massive cybersecurity problem, and we're not doing enough to fix it.
Not long ago, it was reasonable to think that financial businesses would be the most prominent and most profitable targets ...
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Bitcoin hacker targets Meghan Markle's friend's fashion company
Meghan Markle’s designer friend's Misha Nonoo’s fashion company has been targeted by a Bitcoin hacker.
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Report: Cryptocurrency ransomware payments up 90%, thanks to Ryuk
Ransomware attacks are still doing the rounds and one piece of ransomware software, Ryuk, appears to be gaining pace with ...
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Bitcoin wallet Electrum hit by DoS attack from 140,000-strong botnet
A sophisticated botnet is attacking popular cryptocurrency wallet Electrum, apparently to push users into installing malware, ...
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Here's how personalized ransomware attacks work, and how to protect yourself
Once a piece of ransomware has got hold of your valuable information, there is very little you can do to get it back other ...
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Bitcoin exchange DragonEx ‘hacked for undisclosed amount’
Cryptocurrency exchange DragonEx says it has been hacked, although it is not yet known how much has been lost in the alleged ...
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13 ways entrepreneurs can help their company guard against hacking
As technology evolves, so do hackers' techniques, something which puts tremendous pressure on organizations to constantly ...
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Malware rises from the dead to take vengeance on cryptocurrency trading firms
A malware Trojan has risen from the ashes and is going after Israeli fintech and cryptocurrency trading software companies. ...
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Tokyo crypto-cops nab their first cryptocurrency hacker: the $134K Monacoin thief
An 18-year-old was charged with stealing $134K (¥15M) worth of cryptocurrency, marking the first time local cops have ...
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North Korea amassed small cryptocurrency fortune through hacking, says UN panel
North Korea has obtained some $670 million in virtual and fiat currency in a bid to bypass economic sanctions put in place ...
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The future of war is cyber
Gone are the days where battles are fought in person-to-person conflicts. In the coming years, most wars will be waged via ...
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Chinese cyberattacks on the US are on the rise again after a years-long truce
After a few years of slowdown, it looks like China's back to hacking US entities, according to a report by Crowdstrike, a ...
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Where automotive cybersecurity is headed in 2019
There are more connected cars than ever -- manufacturers are making more of them than ever, more people are driving them ...
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New macOS malware steals your cookies to swipe your cryptocurrency
Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 have uncovered a new cryptocurrency stealing malware that specifically ...
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Japanese officials will target millions of IoT devices to help secure the Olympics
Hack (a bit of) the planet!
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Protecting yourself from inevitable data breaches is easier than you think
It’s tempting to give up on data security altogether, with all the billions of pieces of personal data – Social Security ...
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The quiet threat inside 'internet of things' devices
As Americans increasingly buy and install smart devices in their homes, all those cheap interconnected devices create new ...
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The security threats of neural networks and deep learning algorithms
This article is part of Demystifying AI, a series of posts that (try to) disambiguate the jargon and myths surrounding AI. History ...
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Cryptocurrency mining malware has become self-aware (kinda)
Cryptocurrency mining malware has evolved and is now able to switch off security services to continue mining without being ...
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Anonymous Bitcoin miners are taking over the network
"Unknown," anonymous Bitcoin miners are now validating more blocks than anyone else on the network, as Bitmain's influence ...
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Moonday Mornings: Ethereum Classic hackers return $100K worth of stolen funds
It's another Monday and that means we have another Moonday Mornings for you. Here's what you need to catch up on from over ...
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Ethereum Classic hackers steal over $1.1M with 51% attacks
Ethereum Classic, one of the most popular forks of the second most valuable cryptocurrencies by marketcap has suffered a ...
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IOTA is dishing out shares of $220K bounty — if you can crack its new hash function
IOTA has just launched a new hash function, and is dishing out shares of a $220,000 bounty to anyone that can crack and improve ...
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Starwood breach affecting 500M users reportedly part of a larger Chinese state-sponsored attack
The New York Times reports that the Starwood breach was part of a larger state-sponsored intelligence-gathering effort spurred ...
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The frustratingly simple techniques of ‘human hacking’ — and how to fight them
Technology has changed the meaning of how we interpret security and privacy in this digital millennium with tools that can ...
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Drone assassination attempts are a reminder that better legislation is needed
It will be up to the private sector, airspace security, and safety companies, to develop solutions that outwit and stop the ...
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Post-WannaCry: Only 3% of companies are prepared for new types of cyberattacks
One year ago, my phone lit up with the first text alert about the WannaCry ransomware attack. From the onset, it was clear ...
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6 reasons why municipalities are getting hammered by cyberattacks
More and more municipalities are becoming victims of hacks. For example in the US, the first half of 2018 has seen many major ...
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Marvel's Spider-Man is a web-slinging good time (with one annoying flaw)
Freedom. When starting Marvel's Spider-Man on the PS4 for the first time, few words are adequate in describing the initial ...
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Major cryptocurrency exchange delists Bitcoin Gold following $18M hack
A major cryptocurrency exchange is delisting Bitcoin Gold after a series of debilitating heists amounting to over $20 million ...
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PSA: Major EOS bug makes it possible to steal valuable resources directly from users
EOS has another major vulnerability: this one allows for valuable network resources to be effectively stolen from user accounts ...
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EU suggests law to stop Cambridge Analytica-style election meddling
The European Commission is currently working on a proposal which will impose fines on political parties using Cambridge Analytica-style ...
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Censorship machines removed my article warning people about censorship machines
A few days ago, about a dozen articles and campaign sites criticizing EU plans for copyright censorship machines silently ...
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FBI warns of massive ATM scam that could affect banks worldwide
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently warned banks that cybercriminals are poised to carry out an "ATM cash-out," ...
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Research: More than 56% of all cryptocurrency crime happens in the US
Investigations reveal account information of 720 cryptocurrency exchange users has been stolen, a 369 percent increase from ...
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Bug in cryptocurrency platform Augur meant users could be duped into losing money
A massive vulnerability has been discovered in the decentralized betting platform Augur, which allowed all data shown in ...
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200,000 routers in Brazil were secretly hijacked to mine cryptocurrency
Brazil has been hit by an elaborate cryptocurrency mining attack that infected hundreds of thousands of routers across the ...
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Monero wallet vulnerability made it possible to steal XMR from exchanges
Monero, the cryptocurrency often praised for its privacy functions, was full of vulnerabilities - one allowing hackers to ...
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Everything you need to know about Reddit's recent security 'incident'
Reddit recently learned that a hacker managed to access multiple employee accounts and walk away with "some" current email ...
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John McAfee will pay you $100K if you get into his 'unhackable' crypto-wallet
McAfee says he will give $100,000 to anyone who can break into the 'Bitfi' wallet, the supposedly ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency ...
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Etherscan rushes to plug vulnerabilities following strange hacking attempts overnight
The most widely used Ethereum blockchain explorer, Etherscan, quickly patched vulnerabilities overnight after a set of strange ...
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PSA: MyEtherWallet compromised in hack, urges users to move tokens now
Popular Ethereum interface and defacto token wallet MyEtherWallet (MEW) has been caught up yet another goddamn hack, this ...
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Sending a single link can cause anyone's smartphone to crash
There's a link doing the rounds on social media today that can crash almost any smartphone, just by opening it in your browser. The ...
