More than 1,000 incidents were reported to the National Cyber Security Centre in its first year of operation. The centre – part of the intelligence agency GCHQ – says more…
Month: October 2017
Inside the Russian hack of Yahoo: How they did it
A single click was all it took to launch one of the biggest data breaches ever By Martyn Williams One mistaken click. That’s all it took for hackers aligned with the…
Extra 2.5 Million Americans Affected by Equifax Breach
By Phil Muncaster Equifax has revised upwards the number of Americans affected by a massive data breach at the firm last month to 145.5 million, although data is still being…
Equifax triggers debate on cyber rules
US lawmakers have questioned the former head of credit-scoring company Equifax about a cyber attack which may have exposed personal information of more than 145 million people. Richard Smith, who…
Pulse-Wave DDoS Attacks Mark a New Tactic in Q2
Tara Seals A new tactic for DDoS is gaining steam: the pulse wave attack. It’s called such due to the traffic pattern it generates—a rapid succession of attack bursts that…
Russian bot-herder and election-fiddling suspect closer to US trial
It’s an international tug-of-war: Russia also wants to extradite Peter Levashov By Richard Chirgwin The 36-year-old Russian accused of herding pump-and-dump spambots will be tried in America, following a decision…