After receiving a complaint for HBO “we investigated the case and have arrested four individuals for unauthorised publication of the fourth episode from season seven,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Akbar Pathan said, according to the reports of Agence France-Presse. He said ...
Read More »More HBO Episodes Released By Hackers
According to Reuters, the hackers, who broke into HBO’s computer network and have released stolen information for several weeks, provided more unaired episodes. They released episodes from “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Insecure,” “Ballers” and “The Deuce.” According to the report, HBO ...
Read More »Hackers Stole Millions Through South Korean Bitcoin Exchange
The hackers attacked Bithumb, a South Korean Bitcoin Exchange with thousands of users. The personal data of more than 30,000 customers were stolen through an employee’s private computer. The hack took place in February, but Bithumb discovered the digital burglary ...
Read More »New computer virus spreads from Ukraine to disrupt world business
The virus is believed to have first taken hold on Tuesday in Ukraine where it silently infected computers after users downloaded a popular tax accounting package or visited a local news site, national police and international cyber experts said, according ...
Read More »Global ransomware attack causes turmoil
British advertising agency WPP is among those to say its IT systems have been disrupted as a consequence, according to the BBC. The virus, the source of which is not yet known, freezes the user’s computer until a ransom in ...
Read More »Ukrainian banks, electricity firm hit by fresh cyber attack
The latest disruptions follow a spate of hacking attempts on state websites in late-2016 and repeated attacks on Ukraine’s power grid that prompted security chiefs to call for improved cyber defences, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Reuters. The central bank said ...
Read More »British Airways is ‘under cyber attack’: computer systems crash across the world sparking chaos at airports with huge queues and passengers stuck on planes
British Airways computer systems have crashed across the world, sparking chaos at airports with massive queues and delayed flights, Joinfo.com reports with reference to MailOnline. Hundreds of fliers are stuck in ‘huge’ check-in lines and parts of BA’s website and ...
Read More »Reurters: Hackers hit Russian bank customers, planned international cyber raids
Their campaign raised a relatively small sum by cyber-crime standards – more than 50 million roubles ($892,000) – but they had also obtained more sophisticated malicious software for a modest monthly fee to go after the clients of banks in ...
Read More »Security researcher says he’s figured out how to decrypt WannaCry
Adrien Guinet says that he was able to decrypt a ransomwared computer running Windows XP in his lab by discovering the prime numbers that make up the WannaCry private key, according to Mashable. The private key is what a ransomware ...
Read More »Group linked to NSA spy leaks threatens sale of new tech secrets
Using trademark garbled English, the Shadow Brokers group said in an online statement that, from June, it will begin releasing software to anyone willing to pay for access to some of the tech world’s biggest commercial secrets, Joinfo.com reports with ...
Read More »Ransomware cyber-attack threat escalating – Europol
He told the BBC the act was “unprecedented in its scale” and warned more people could find themselves affected on Monday morning. The virus took control of users’ files, demanding payments; Russia and the UK were among the worst-hit countries. ...
Read More »Global cyber-attack: Security blogger halts ransomware ‘by accident’
The 22-year-old man, known by the pseudonym MalwareTech, had taken a week off work, but decided to investigate the ransomware after hearing about the global cyber-attack, the BBC reports. He managed to bring the spread to a halt when he ...
Read More »Massive ransomware infection hits computers in 99 countries
Computers in thousands of locations have been locked by a programme that demands $300 (£230) in Bitcoin, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. In April hackers known as The Shadow Brokers claimed to have stolen the tools and released ...
Read More »US President orders investigation into cyber attacks during election season
“The President has directed the Intelligence Community to conduct a full review of what happened during the 2016 election process. It is to capture lessons learned from that and to report to a range of stakeholders,” White House Homeland Security ...
Read More »Another cyber attack on Ukrainian power supply company
On January 20, power supply company State Enterprise NEC Ukrenergo announced that cyber criminals were sending fake e-mails on its behalf to enterprises of the energy sector, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to the statement on the company’s site. The company ...
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