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Cyber extortionists are hitting hedge funds

Hedge funds are increasingly targeted by cyber extortionists, John Carlin, US Assistant Attorney General for National Security, has warned the audience at the SALT hedge fund …

Angler EK pushes unnamed ransomware

“Malware distribution campaigns based using the popular Angler exploit kit continue delivering different types of ransomware. Last week, it was AlphaCrypt, which …

Tor Cloud project reaches the end of the line

The Tor Project has discontinued the Tor Cloud project due to a lack of dedicated software developers and maintainers.The Tor Cloud project was started in late 2011, with the …

Flawed crypto endangers millions of smart grid devices

The cryptography used in the Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP), one of the most widely used smart meter and smart grid device networking standards, can be easily cracked, …

Breaking Bad-themed ransomware targeting users

“A new type of ransomware is targeting Australian users, and its creators have decided to have some fun and express their love for the popular US TV show Breaking Bad …

Court declares NSA’s domestic phone metadata collection program illegal

It took nearly two years, but three judges of a federal appeals court in New York have unanimously ruled that the bulk collection of telephone metadata associated with phone …

To what extent companies digitally track our daily lives?

Do you know how digitally collected information uncovers things about you which you would rather remained private? We’re already living in the age of Big Data, and are …

GPU-based malware is real, say developers of PoC rootkit and keylogger

“Two yet unfinished coding projects by a group of developers that call themselves Team Jellyfish have received unexpected attention due to an Ars Technica article …

Casino installs new POS equipment while investigating potential data breach

A few days after Las Vegas’ Hard Rock casino revealed that it has been hit by carders, another US casino has started an internal investigation aimed at finding out …

Millions of WordPress sites risk hijacking due to flaw in default theme

Guess what? Unless your site is hosted by one of 11 specific web hosts, it’s time to patch your WordPress installation again! Netsparker researchers have recently …

Researchers create searchable database of intelligence operators

The researchers behind Transparency Toolkit, a venture whose goal is to develop source software to collect and analyze publicly available data on surveillance and human rights …

Lenovo makes new critical security mistakes

After the Superfish debacle earlier this year, Lenovo’s security practices have once again been found lacking as researchers have discovered several vulnerabilities in …

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