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Utilities Including Nuclear Firms Hacked
Firms operating nuclear power plants and other energy facilities in the US have been hacked in recent months, the New...
India’s Ethical Hackers Rewarded Abroad, Ignored At Home
Kanishk Sajnani did not receive so much as a thank you from a major Indian airline when he contacted them with alarming...
Subtitling Systems Contain ‘widespread’ Security Threat
Film fans could be vulnerable to attack by hackers who hide malicious code inside files that provide subtitles, a...
Film Hack Threat Was A Hoax
You may remember Disney’s boss revealing that hackers had threatened to leak one of the studio’s new films unless...
“ShadowBrokers” Threatens To Release More Cyber Attack Tools
The mysterious ShadowBrokers group, which leaked the stolen hacking tool used in last week's global cyber attacks, is...
Who’s To Blame For Ransomware Outbreak?
Questions are swirling over who is responsible for the security flaws exploited by hackers in the world's biggest...
Hackers Used Microsoft Word Bug ‘for Months’
A bug in Microsoft Word was exploited by hackers for months before it was eventually fixed, according to security...
Yahoo Cyber Indictment Shows Kremlin, Hackers Working Hand-In-Hand
Wednesday's indictments in the United States of four people in a 2014 cyber attack on Yahoo Inc (YHOO. O) provides the...
US Charges Two Russian Spies, ‘criminal Hackers’ In Yahoo Attack
Two agents of Russia's FSB spy agency and two "criminal hackers" were indicted Wednesday over a massive cyberattack...
Singapore Defence Ministry Reports Cyber Breach
Singapore's defence ministry said Tuesday that hackers had stolen the personal details of hundreds of staff and...
Web Databases Hit In Ransom Attacks
Thousands of web-based databases have been deleted by cyberthieves seeking a ransom to restore the data. Gigabytes of...
‘Russia Hacking Code’ Found On Vermont Utility Computer
An electrical company in the US state of Vermont says it has found malware code allegedly used by Russian hackers on...
EC’s Website Targeted By Hackers
An attempt was made by hackers to shut the website of Ghana’s elections-management body down. Immediately after polls...
EC Condemns Attempted Hacking of Website
Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has criticised a failed effort by some unknown persons to infiltrate its system,...
Here’s Trump’s Plan To Stop Hackers
The incoming Trump administration wants to audit the security of the federal government's computer systems -- a massive...
Leslie Jones Hits Back At Hackers In ‘Saturday Night Live’ Rant
A day after hackers unleashed an attack on some of the world's best-known web sites, comedian Leslie Jones weighed in...
Hackers Leak Simone Biles and Serena Williams Files
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has condemned Russian hackers for leaking confidential medical files of US Olympic...
Arrests Over Hacks of CIA and FBI Staff
Two Americans have been arrested and charged for allegedly helping to hack high-ranking US government officials. The US...