By Ms. Smith The FBI and DHS jointly issued two alerts about Hidden Cobra, the malicious cyber activity of North Korean government hackers, and the attackers’ RAT FALLCHILL and backdoor…
Month: November 2017
Suspended .UK Domains Double in a Year
Phil Muncaster The volume of .uk domains suspended by Nominet over the past year because of criminal activity has doubled, according to the registry. The Oxford-based non-profit claimed the number…
Why you should fear phishing more than data breaches
When it comes to account compromise, phishing poses a greater threat than data breaches, say researchers at Google and UC Berkeley. By Steve Ragan For some people, Google controls most…
UK cyber-defence chief accuses Russia of hack attacks
One of the UK’s cyber-defence chiefs has accused Russia of having attacked Britain’s media, telecommunications and energy sectors over the past year. Ciaran Martin, chief executive of GCHQ’s National Cyber…
Q3 Sees a Whopping 400M Malware Infections
Tara Seals There were nearly 400 million malware incidents around the world in the third quarter, permeating throughout every nation-state on the planet. According to Comodo Threat Research Labs’ Q3…
Huddle's 'highly secure' work tool exposed KPMG and BBC files
The BBC has discovered a security flaw in the office collaboration tool Huddle that led to private documents being exposed to unauthorised parties. A BBC journalist was inadvertently signed in…