Since November 2015, the First National Bank of South Africa has fought off groups looking for money. By Ryan Francis In November of 2015, First National Bank of South Africa…
Month: January 2017
Ukraine power cut 'was cyber-attack'
A power cut that hit part of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, in December has been judged a cyber-attack by researchers investigating the incident. The blackout lasted just over an hour…
Two held for 'hacking' into Italy ex-PM Renzi emails
Police in Italy have arrested a nuclear engineer and his sister on suspicion of hacking into the email accounts of leading politicians and institutions. They are said to have run…
Cyber attacks: MPs and peers to examine UK 'vulnerabilities'
MPs and peers are to investigate the threat posed to the UK by cyber attacks from other states, including Russia. A committee headed by former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett will…
Oh Britain. Worried your routers will be hacked, but won't touch the admin settings
Survey shows people don’t act on insecure wireless routers. John Leyden Recent Mirai-style attacks against home broadband routers have had some effect but the majority of users have failed to…
France thwarts 24,000 cyber-attacks against defence targets
France says it was the subject of 24,000 cyber-attacks against defence targets last year. Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said such attacks were doubling every year and this year’s presidential…