Security
Norsk Hydro ransomware losses estimated at $40m
Norsk Hydro claims it has entered the recovery stage despite predicting $40 million loss
A third of organisations encounter multiple cyber-attacks every week
Computing research shows that more than 30 per cent of UK firms confirm multiple security incidents targeting them every week
Asus' Live Update system breached to distribute malware to hundreds of thousands of users
Hackers digitally signed the malicious file with ASUS' own code-signing certificate
Security flaws leave life-saving cardiac defibrillators open to attack
Security flaw enables attackers to take full control of life-saving devices
US Federal Trade Commission plans investigation into Google, Facebook and Amazon over data collection practices
FTC lays the groundwork for an in-depth investigation with a 6(b) demand for information from data-gathering technology companies
Tesla sues former employee, claiming theft of Autopilot source code
Tesla alleges that an engineer who left suddenly in January copied more than 300,000 files containing Autopilot source code
Facebook stored up to 600 million passwords in plain text
Unencrypted passwords could be accessed by Facebook's army of engineers
Lexus, Toyota, Ford and Porsche panned for 'poor' keyless car security
Jaguar, Audi, Mercedes and Land Rover security considered 'superior' by experts at Thatham Research
Norsk Hydro recovers some systems following Lockergoga ransomware security breach
Norsk has recovered priority business systems after falling victim to Lockergoga ransomware attack
Norsk Hydro production affected by cyber attack on US and European operations
Industrial systems of Norwegian aluminium producer targeted in cyber attack
New variant of Mirai botnet malware targets enterprise IoT devices
Mirai was responsible for some of the biggest DDoS attacks ever seen
How hackers stole $20m from Bank of Mexico
Attacks on Bank of Mexico occurred in April 2018 with cash withdrawn from several banks across Mexico
Facebook claims server configuration change caused 14-hour outage to Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
BGP protocol shenanigans ruled out as Facebook admits outage was caused by its own engineers
Latin America the 'capital' of Emotet Trojan activity
Recorded Future tracked the locations of command and control servers of the most virulent Trojans over a 39-day period
UN report blames North Korean attackers for theft of $571 million from cryptocurrency exchanges
Cyber-attacks by North Korea-linked groups have grown in scale and sophistication over the past three years
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp taken down for 14 hours by suspected BGP leak from European ISP
Longest downtime in Facebook's history caused by BGP leak, according to Netscout
Huawei can't be trusted for building 5G mobile networks, German Intelligence tells federal panel
German intelligence officials believe that Huawei cooperates with its national secret service
'Low' risk that Swiss online voting bug could have been exploited, says the system's developer
Bug bounty did its job, says David Galindo
Microsoft to push warnings to Windows 7 users about the imminent end of security updates
Microsoft says it will stop patching Windows 7 on 14th January 2020 - unless users pay an annual fee
Two Windows zero-day flaws fixed in latest Microsoft Patch Tuesday
Users urged to update Windows ASAP to fix security flaws actively being exploited in the wild
Cyber threat hunting excelling at identification and prevention, says research
Proactively looking for cyber threats is a continuous process 'that should become part of the security team's DNA'
Major security flaw in Switzerland's online voting system could allow 'vote manipulation' without detection
E-voting security weakness lies in the way encrypted e-votes are 'shuffled' to protect voter privacy
New China database leak reveals personal data on 1.8 million women - including their 'BreedReady' status
Chinese state database network leaks more personal information, including fields headed 'Political' and 'Has video' with links to social media pages
Box links are leaking sensitive data and documents from more than 90 companies, warn security specialists
Technology prototypes and design files, bank account numbers and passwords among the data inadvertently publicly shared over Box
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