China is being blamed for a major cyber attack on the computers at the Bureau of Meteorology, which has compromised sensitive systems across the Federal Government. Multiple official sources haveRead More →
Hackers have targeted three Greek banks for a third time in five days, demanding a ransom from each lender of 20,000 bitcoin (€7m), according to Greek police and the country’sRead More →
WE’VE BECOME ACCUSTOMED to massive hacks targeting financial and retail institutions, but a recent digital ransacking of a popular kids’ electronics manufacturer shows that anyone is vulnerable—even children. The HackRead More →
By Clare Baldwin, James Pomfret and Jeremy Wagstaff HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Almost a year after students ended pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong, they face an online battle againstRead More →
Group also goes after the website of a whale hunting company Online activists associated with Anonymous took down five websites belonging to the Icelandic government and two other related sites,Read More →
Emsisoft researchers creates decryption tool.Fabian Wosar of Emisoft has created a tool capable of decoding files encrypted by the DecryptorMax ransomware, also known as CryptInfinite. The ransomware gets its nameRead More →
If you are the type of person that likes to tinker, Linux-based operating systems are for you. You would probably have many hours of fun playing with an Android device orRead More →
4.8 million records from a Hong Kong toy company were compromised. I suspect we’re all getting a little bit too conditioned to data breaches lately. They’re in the mainstream newsRead More →
IT’S enough to make Islamic State sit up and take notice, or at the very least get a little hot under the collar. A group associated with activist group AnonymousRead More →
Embedded device mayhem as rivals share keys. More than 26,000 Cisco devices sold by Australia’s dominant telco Telstra are open to hijacking via hardcoded SSH login keys and SSL certificates.Read More →
