Monthly Archives: December 2016
Moscow wants Apple to unlock iPhone of the killer of the Russian Ambassador
The Russian and Turkish authorities asked Apple to unlock iPhone belonging to the assassin of Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov. The Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, was killed on Monday during an […]
Yahoo data is for sale on Dark Web, and someone has already bought them
According to Andrew Komarov, Chief Intelligence Officer (CIO) at security firm InfoArmor, the Yahoo database was sold for $300,000 on the dark web. Recently Yahoo admitted one billion accounts exposed in a […]
Russian hacker Rasputin allegedly stole logins from the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
The Russian-speaking hacker Rasputing was attempting to sell the allegedly stolen login credentials from the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC). According to the security firm Record Future, a Russian-speaking hacker […]
Some versions of Netgear routers remain vulnerable to arbitrary command injection
A security flaw was discovered in some NetGear routers that could be easily exploited by a remote attacker to gain root access on the device and remotely run code. Some […]
Tor Project released an alpha version of the Sandboxed Tor Browser
Experts from the Tor project have launched an early alpha version of Sandboxed Tor Browser 0.0.2. to protect users’ anonymity. Experts from the Tor project have launched an early alpha […]
UK National Security Strategy, Cyber Security is a top priority
The UK Government published the first annual report on the implementation of the 2015 National Security Strategy. The strategy considers cyber security a top priority alongside the resurgence of state-based […]
US Presidential Commission presents recommendations on cybersecurity
The US Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, tasked by President Barack Obama, issued its final report with recommendations on cybersecurity. Cyber security is a primary issue in the agenda of […]
Chinese hackers behind the CNACOM campaign hit Taiwan website
Security firm Zscaler have been monitoring a cyber espionage campaign dubbed ‘CNACOM’ that was targeting government organization in Taiwan. Security researchers from the firm Zscaler have been monitoring a cyber […]
Russian Central bank loses $31 million in cyber heist
It’s official, hackers have stolen 2 billion rubles, roughly 31 million US dollars, from accounts at the Russian central bank. While I was reporting the news that the FSB unnamed foreign […]
German politicians fear Russian interference in the next election
German politicians fear Russian interference in the next election after the cyber attack that hit at least 900,000 routers. During the weekend an improved version of the Mirai Botnet caused serious connectivity […]
More than 900k routers of Deutsche Telekom German users went offline
Deutsche Telekom confirmed that more than 900,000 routers began to have serious problems connectivity problems due to a cyber attack. More than 900,000 routers belonging to Deutsche Telekom users in […]
Customers of Liechtenstein banks blackmailed by ransomware
Hackers are targeting Liechtenstein banks with ransomware-based attacks and are threatening to disclose customers sensitive information. Hackers are targeting Liechtenstein banks with ransomware-based attacks. The situation is particularly concerning due […]