THIS WEEK, SAKS Fifth Avenue, Saks Off 5th, and Lord & Taylor department stores—all owned by The Hudson’s Bay Company—acknowledged a data breach impacting more than five million credit and debit card numbers. The culprits? The same group that’s spent the last few years pulling off data heists from Omni…
The #FBI Used #Classified #Hacking #Tools in Ordinary #Criminal #Investigations
The FBI’s Remote Operations Unit (ROU), tasked with hacking into computers and phones, is one of the Bureau’s most elusive departments. But a recent report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Justice has now publicly acknowledged the unit’s existence seemingly for the first time….
Norway and #US #Busted #Hacking Russian #Networks to #Gain #Data on #Leadership
This is the first time Norwegian hacking efforts to obtain intelligence information on Russia have been documented. According to formerly classified documents, Norway and the US have been pooling their spying efforts since 2011. Norwegian and US intelligence services have collaborated on hacking Russian networks in order to retrieve information…
Canada #build digital #Bitcoin vault to #protect investors from hacking
Source: National Cyber Security News A CRYPTOCURRENCY vault aimed at protecting online currencies such as Bitcoin from hacking is about to be launched by a digital Canadian bank, it has been reported. It comes after last month Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck announced it would have to pay back more than…
Toulouse Hacking Convention
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans General Cybersecurity Conference March 9 – 10, 2018 | Toulouse, France Cybersecurity Conference Description The Toulouse Hacking Convention is a day of computer security conferences, followed by a “Capture The Flag” type competition. Initiated in 2016 by a group of enthusiasts, the…
North #Korea allegedly #hacking #PCs to mine #Monero #cryptocurrency
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans North Korea has been accused of hacking server networks to install mining scripts for the Monero cryptocurrency. A new Monero mining hacker group has been seizing control of servers over the past year. It’s now been linked back to North Korea….
Intel #confirms reports of #hacking #vulnerability in its #chips, promises to #fix asap
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The world’s top chip maker Intel Corp on Wednesday confirmed a report about a potential security flaw in its Chips that is vulnerable to hacking and promised to fix the bug as soon as possible. Security researchers at Google said they…
Man, 30, held over #hacking attacks on two #Hong Kong #travel #agencies
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Officers raid IT worker’s flat on Cheung Chau and also seize two desktop computers, two laptops, one tablet, three hard disks and five mobile phones A 30-year-old Hong Kong man was arrested in connection with cyberattacks in which the computers of…
Apple #HomeKit #bug made #smart locks #vulnerable to #hacking
The software bug in HomeKit can apparently allow bad actors to control accessories in smart homes. Following the news of Apple’s recent security flaw in High Sierra OS for Macs, news has broken of a zero-day vulnerability in the firm’s HomeKit. According to 9to5Mac, a flaw in the current version…
Two #Women #Charged With #Hacking Bucks #Computer #Systems
A Bucks student and her cohort were arrested and charged with hacking the college’s computer system to alter her grades and the grades of other students in a microbiology course. The two women arrested were Aleisha Morosco, a 30-year-old part-time student, and Kelly Margaret Marryott, a 37-year-old employed at a…
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