Three Chinese citizens have been charged by a US court with hacking attacks on international corporations. The three, said to run a cyber security firm in China, targeted Moody’s Analytics,…
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Prices for fake news campaigns revealed
Mounting a year-long fake news campaign can cost about $400,000 (£315,000), suggests a report. The Trend Micro report draws on price lists found on sites that run the misinformation campaigns.…
Chinese hackers must pay $9m over insider trading scam
Three Chinese hackers have been ordered to pay $8.8m (£6.8m) over a multi-million dollar insider trading scam. The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) said Iat Hong, 26, Bo Zheng, 30,…
UK targeted by 'dozens' of serious cyber attacks each month
Britain’s security has been threatened by 188 high-level cyber attacks in the last three months, according to a government security chief. Ciaran Martin, chief executive of the National Cyber Security…
Double-dipping malware steals iOS creds and roots Android
Old Apples, modded Androids, most at risk from Chinese DualToy trojan. By Darren Pauli A newly-outed trojan is exploiting iOS and Android devices, ripping iCloud credentials abusing the trusted link…
US sentences Chinese hacker for stealing military information
A Chinese businessman who pleaded guilty to hacking sensitive military information has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison in the US. Su Bin admitted collaborating with hackers in…