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…
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Avalanche: Online crime network hit in global operation
One of the world’s biggest networks of hijacked computers has been dismantled after a four-year investigation, the EU law enforcement agency Europol says. The Avalanche network was used to target…
Half of Consumers Will Avoid Breached Firms
Study found 50% said they wouldn’t share data with or buy products from any firms that had been hacked in the past. By Phil Muncaster Half of all consumers would…
The story of a DDoS extortion attack – how one company decided to take a stand
German payment processor goes public on threats received last week. By John E Dunn Last Friday, June 10, a member of the IT team at German payments processor Computop retrieved…
Russia 'was behind German parliament hack'
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has accused Russia of being behind a series of cyber attacks on German state computer systems. The BfV said a hacker group thought to work for…
German nuclear plant hit by computer viruses
Computer viruses have infected PCs used at a German nuclear power plant. The viruses were found on office computers and in a system used to model the movement of nuclear…