Plus: Police told us not to answer questions, says telco. Alexander J Martin Contrary to suggestions that TalkTalk hired BAE Systems to shore up its security after the much-publicised hack…
Day: November 13, 2015
TalkTalk hired BAE Systems' infosec bods before hack
Plus: Police told us not to answer questions, says telco. Alexander J Martin Contrary to suggestions that TalkTalk hired BAE Systems to shore up its security after the much-publicised hack…
Magnitude Exploit Kit Activity Increases Via Malvertising Attacks
Suspicion malware activity is due to recently patched Flash exploit. BY Jérôme Segura During the past few days we have noticed a higher than usual number of malvertising attacks pushing the…
FBI accused of paying US university for dark net attack
Anonymity network Tor, notorious for illegal activity, has claimed that researchers at US Carnegie Mellon university were paid by the FBI to launch an attack on them. Tor claimed that…
Cost concerns over web spying proposals
UK MPs are investigating what it will cost ISPs to meet government proposals to log where Britons go online. The House of Commons Science and Technology committee is looking at…
Man jailed for cyber attacks on more than 300 websites
A man has been jailed for carrying out a string of cyber attacks against high-profile websites, resulting in more than 300 being taken offline. Sites affected included the Conservative Party,…