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DNC hacker Guccifer 2.0 'appears' at London cybersecurity event, releases more documents on Democrats
The latest trove of leaked 600 MB data includes details of DNC fundraising and IT infrastructure.
Wada hack: Troves of 'confidential medical data' leaked by suspected Russian espionage group
Serena and Venus Williams were among those targeted in the major hack, Wada said.
USB Kill 2.0: Beware, there's a device that can fry your computer in just a few seconds
This £42 USB tool can kill any PC using an electrical power surge attack.
Canary Wharf hacker jailed for stealing nearly £90k of gold bullion
Adam Penny stole parcel tracking data and passed it on to three associates, who intercepted the items.
Over 75 million iOS users infected with adware from Chinese third-party app store
Haima infected users by repackaging popular apps and circulating them through its site.
Thousands of Seagate NAS devices hit with cryptocurrency mining malware
Researchers estimate that hackers have raked in around £64,000 using the malware.
Did North Korea launch a DDoS attack against a website monitoring its nuclear tests?
North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear weapons test in violation of UN resolutions.
Malware used to target US Government and military being sold on Dark Web
US government, military and scientific staffers targeted by 'sophisticated' malware.
KrebsOnSecurity site under attack after DDoS-for-hire service was exposed and alleged owners arrested
Two 18-year-old Israeli hackers were arrested after Krebs exposed them as the 'alleged masterminds' behind vDOS.
WikiLeaks deletes poll poking fun at Hillary Clinton's health following her pneumonia diagnosis
WikiLeaks scraps Twitter poll on Clinton's health as 'the possibilities are too speculative'.
2016 mega breaches continue as hackers steal and leak 33 million QIP.ru accounts
Breach appeared to have occurred in 2011 and user passwords were allegedly not encrypted.
WikiLeaks Syria Files release omitted publishing evidence of nearly £2bn transferred from Syria to Russia - report
WikiLeaks has categorically denied withholding any relevant documents and maintains that all Syria files have been published.
This one-minute, £40 USB hack could steal all your passwords from a locked computer
The USB plug-and-play 'hack' works on both Windows and Mac computers.
Dridex banking Trojan may soon begin targeting crypto-currency wallets
Dridex developers have also been recently observed to be blacklisting configurations commonly used by security researchers.
White House names retired air force general as first US cybersecurity chief
The position was first announced in February as part of a $19bn Cybersecurity National Action Plan.
FBI arrests 2 alleged Crackas With Attitude hackers for targeting CIA director and others
The group shot into prominence after hacking personal email account of CIA director John Brennan in 2015.
Anonymous hacktivist who helped expose Steubenville rape case facing 16 years on hacking charges
Deric Lostutter, 29, is being prosecuted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Popular Chinese restaurant chain serves up ransomware with hackers demanding nearly $700
The restaurant's website was hacked and injected with pseudo Darkleech script, redirecting users to ransomware.
UK-EU intelligence and security sharing will be badly hit post Brexit, warns Europol strategy head
UK law enforcement agencies have been in talks with Europol in efforts to mitigate the potential consequences.
Democrats urge Republican politicians to play nice after 'insidious' Russian hacking
Democratic House speaker Nancy Pelosi wants a 'united front' with Republicans.
IBM security confounded to be contacted by brazen malware author for improved Trojan description
The alleged malware developer even offered to give an interview to IBM to help update them about the Trojan.
Yelp offers hackers up to $15000 per report to expose vulnerabilities through new bug bounty programme
'We want you to bring out your big guns, but hold off on actually breaking anything,' the company said.
New NSA documents detail how the spy agency used the Iraq war to build its global surveillance system
The documents contain messages sent between 2003 and 2004 by the then NSA director Michael Hayden.
Major leak of 100 million passwords from 'Russia's Yahoo' surfaces online
The Rambler.ru web portal offers email, internal and shopping services.
Linode servers targeted with 'catastrophic' DDoS attack over US labour day weekend
Linode employees were battling a massive DDoS attack which saw hackers targeting the firm's Atlanta data centre.
Brazzers porn forum hack exposes 800,000 user details
The forum hack compromised emails, usernames and even plain-text passwords.
Sophos issues update as faulty antivirus detection prevented Windows users from logging in
A botched antivirus update saw Windows 7 winlogon.exe erroneously displayed as malware.
Hackers appear to have World Anti Doping Agency in their sights yet again
The Olympic drug-testing agency's website was previously hacked after it issued a damning report on Russia's doping cover-up.
HSBC will now let customers open new bank accounts using selfies
The new app will be able to recognise and verify documents from up to 150 countries.
'Armada Collective' hackers to launch bitcoin-extorting DDoS attacks on unwitting victims
Hackers claiming to be Armada Collective have sent email extortion demands promising 300Gbps DDoS attacks.

