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UK’s National Cyber Security Centre Reveals Plans to Scale Up DNS Filtering
Speaking at the Billington Cyber Security Summit in Washington DC, Ciaran Martin, head of UK's Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) and the first Chief Executive of the new National Cyber...
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DDOS Attackers – Who and Why?
Bruce Schneier's recent blog post, "Someone is Learning How to Take Down the Internet", reported that the incidence of DDOS attacks is on the rise. And by this he means that these attacks are on the...
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Yahoo to Confirm Massive Data Breach, Several Hundred Million Users Exposed
"Yahoo is expected to confirm a massive data breach, impacting hundreds of millions of users," reports Kara Swisher today in Recode: "Yahoo is poised to confirm a massive data breach of its service,...
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Cybersecurity Regime for Satellites and other Space Assets Urgently Required,...
"A radical review of cybersecurity in space is needed to avoid potentially catastrophic attacks," warn researchers at the International Security Department of UK-based thinktank, Chatham House. The...
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US Senators in Letter to Yahoo Say Late Hack Disclosure "Unacceptable"
"A group of Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday demanded Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) to explain why hackers' theft of user information for half a billion accounts two years ago only came to light last week and...
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Exploiting the Firewall Beachhead: A History of Backdoors Into Critical...
Sitting at the edge of the network and rarely configured or monitored for active compromise, the firewall today is a vulnerable target for persistent and targeted attacks. There is no network security...
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Maintaining Security and Stability in the Internet Ecosystem
DDoS attacks, phishing scams and malware. We battle these dark forces every day — and every day they get more sophisticated. But what worries me isn't just keeping up with them, it is keeping up with...
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Cameras, DVRs Used for Massive Cyberattack on French Hosting Company and Others
"Hackers infect army of cameras, DVRs for massive internet attacks," reports Drew Fitzgerald in the Wall Street Journal: "The assaults raised eyebrows among security experts both for their size and for...
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IoT Botnet Source Code Responsible for Historic Attack Has Been Publicly...
The source code for the IoT botnet 'Mirai' has been released," warns security expert Brian Krebs whose own website was targeted with the same botnet resulting in the historically large DDoS attack last...
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US Intelligence Officially Accuses Russian Government for the DNC Hack
In a joint statement today by the Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security, Russia has been officially blamed for hacking and publishing...
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Moscow Calls US Accusations of Russian DNC Hack "Unprecedented Anti-Russian...
The Foreign Ministry in Moscow says U.S. accusations that Russia was responsible for cyber attacks against Democratic Party organizations lack any proof and are an attempt by Washington to fan...
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G7 Nations Set Cybersecurity Guidelines for Financial Sector
The Group of Seven industrial powers today announced an agreement on guidelines aimed at protecting global financial sector from cyberattacks amidst a series of cross-border bank thefts by hackers....
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New Trojan Used in High Level Financial Attacks, Multiple Banks Attacked
Since January 2016, discreet campaigns involving malware called Trojan.Odinaff have targeted a number of financial organizations worldwide, warned Symantec Security Response team on Tuesday: "These...
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US to Retaliate Russian DNC Hack, Will Hit Russia with "Proportional" Response
The White House on Tuesday vowed a 'proportional' response for Russian DNC Hack — Intelligence officials say files were leaked to interfere with outcome of presidential election. Carol Lee and Damian...
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British Banks Not Fully Reporting Cyber Attacks, Fear Punishment, Bad Publicity
"Britain's banks are not reporting the full extent of cyber attacks to regulators for fear of punishment or bad publicity, bank executives and providers of security systems say," reports Lawrence White...
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Putin Shrugs Off US Retaliation Threat Over Alleged DNC Hack
"Vladimir Putin on Sunday shrugged off new US threats to retaliate against alleged Russian hackers, saying such statements only confirmed that Washington used cyber-attacks for political ends," Reuters...
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DNC Emails Hacked Using Fake Gmail Login Forms
A new report from SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit has revealed a hacking group operating from the Russian Federation, implemented spearphishing techniques involving use of look-alike Google login...
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FBI, Czech Police Arrest Russian in Connection With US Hacking Attacks
A screenshot from a video released by Czech police showing a man identified only as a Russian hacking suspect being taken into custody at a restaurant in Prague. CBS NEWS / 19 OCT 2026 FBI in a joint...
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US Banks Face New Demands by Regulators for Higher Cyber Risk Management...
U.S. bank regulators on Wednesday outlined cyber security standards meant to protect financial markets and consumers from online attacks against the nation's leading financial firms," Patrick Rucker...
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Substantial DDoS Attack Disrupts Twitter, Netflix, Visa and other Major Sites
AREAS AFFECTED BY THE OUTAGE / 21 OCT 2016 – Source: Level3 Outage Map Major internet sites were disrupted for several hours this morning as internet infrastructure provider Dyn reported it was under a...
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