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Large increase in cyber incidents at financial service providers’.

Large increase in cyber incidents at financial service providers’.

There has been a significant increase in the number of cyber incidents that financial service providers report to the UK watchdog Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Last year there were 819 incidents, compared to 69 incidents in 2017. Phishing and ransomware attacks are the most reported forms of c... Read more

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Trend Micro blocked five million IoT camera hack attempts

Trend Micro blocked five million IoT camera hack attempts

Trend Micro security researchers have blocked five million attempts to hack Internet or Things (IoT) cameras. Many cameras are easy to hack because users are not asked to change a default password. Internet-connected cameras have become an important target for hackers. By being able to look into som... Read more

date5 years ago
“Chinese hackers steel data from dozens of telecom companies.

“Chinese hackers steel data from dozens of telecom companies.

A group of hackers has broken into the systems of dozens of telecom companies worldwide. In doing so, they sampled large amounts of data from the past seven years. The cybercriminals are linked to the Chinese government by security company Cybereason. The hack campaign is now called Operation Soft ... Read more

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Design tool Canva victim of proud hacker

Design tool Canva victim of proud hacker

At the end of last week, the design and marketing tool Canva became the victim of a hack. The service now advises users to change their password as a precaution. Last weekend, Canva discovered a security problem. A hacker entered the system, and ran off with usernames and email addresses. Canva imme... Read more

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Hackers steal data from 113,000 other hackers

Hackers steal data from 113,000 other hackers

A group of hackers has attacked a popular forum among a community of its rivals. Nearly 113,000 forum users - including email addresses, hacked passwords, IP addresses and private messages - were stolen. This is the OGUser.com forum, knows IT Pro. That forum is popular among a community of cybercrim... Read more

date5 years ago
European Union can take action against cybercriminals

European Union can take action against cybercriminals

The European Union has agreed to new regulations that will allow action to be taken against individuals responsible for cyber-attacks that pose a significant threat to the Union. The European Union can impose travel bans and freeze the assets of these people, writes Bloomberg. The new rules came in... Read more

date5 years ago
Stack Overflow victim of hack, customer data not affected

Stack Overflow victim of hack, customer data not affected

Stack Overflow, the website where developers can share their knowledge and ask questions, was the victim of a hack last weekend. The company states that user data has not been compromised. That's what TechCrunch reports. Mary Ferguson, vice president of engineering, announced in a very short message... Read more

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Hackers collect payment data and passwords from 4,600 websites

Hackers collect payment data and passwords from 4,600 websites

Hackers are said to have broken into the analytical service of Picreel and the open source project Alpaca Forms. The hackers would have adapted JavaScript files on the infrastructure of the two companies to add malicious code to over 4,600 websites. The attack is still active, security researchers o... Read more

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