Fancy Bear has been allegedly targeting political parties in the country using spear-phishing attacks. By Michael Kan A group of suspected Russian cyberspies blamed for interfering in the U.S. election…
Month: December 2016
UK.gov state of the nation report
Gov Secure Internet to be revamped, world still on brink of digital destruction, etc etc. By John Leyden The UK government’s first annual report on the implementation of the 2015…
Hackers rewarded for web attacks
A Turkish hacking group has turned web attacks into a game by rewarding people who successfully hit designated targets. It is giving loyalty points to hackers for every short-lived attack…
Hacker who stole film scripts jailed for five years
A hacker who stole sexually explicit videos and unpublished film and TV scripts from celebrities has been sentenced to five years in jail. Alonzo Knowles hacked email accounts, from the…
ESET: Millions of Net Users Possibly Exposed to Malicious Malvertising Campaign
Payloads detected so far include backdoors, banking trojans, spyware, file stealers and various trojan downloaders. By Michael Hill Researchers from ESET have warned that millions of internet users visiting popular…
Alert: Fake emails claim you were caught speeding
Action Fraud has received thousands of reports about fake emails purporting to be from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) that claim you were caught speeding. Analysis of the reports shows the…