"The FBI has agreed to help prosecutors gain access to an iPhone 6 and an iPod that might hold evidence in an Arkansas murder trial, just days after the agency managed to hack an iPhone linked to the …
Hackers Will Try to Legally Infiltrate Pentagon in DOD Competition
"Specially vetted hackers will be able to legally test one of the Pentagon's secure computer networks next month as part of the 'Hack the Pentagon' initiative designed to test the security of Defense …
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Cravath Law Firm Discloses a Data Attack
"One big firm that has confirmed it was the victim of a ‘limited breach’ of its computer network is Cravath Swaine & Moore, based in New York, which may be best known for its corporate merger …
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Obama: Cyberattacks continue to be national emergency
"Nearly one year ago, President Barack Obama declared a national emergency due to continued cyberattacks against U.S. interests, including critical infrastructure like financial institutions and …
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Why Hospitals Are the Perfect Targets for Ransomware
"Hospitals are a good target for another reason as well: they ‘have not trained their employees on security awareness … and hospitals don’t focus on cybersecurity in general,’ he says. Instead, their …
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‘Anonymous’ hackers cyber-attack Angolan government
"The hacking collective Anonymous says it has shut down more than 20 Angolan government websites in response to the jailing of 17 youth activists. Many of the sites were still down 20 hours after the …
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FBI Investigating MedStar Health Computer Hack
"Malware infected the network of Washington's MedStar Health Inc., early Monday morning, forcing the hospital administration to shut down its computers, email system, and large record database to …
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FBI Is Pushing Back Against Judge’s Order to Reveal Tor Browser Exploit
"Last month, the FBI was ordered to reveal the full malware code used to hack visitors of a dark web child pornography site. The judge behind that decision, Robert J. Bryan, said it was a ‘fair …
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Hacker Weev hijacked 29,000 printers to spew anti-Semitic flyers across US colleges
"An infamous black hat hacker and internet troll has admitted to hijacking 29,000 printers in dozens of college campuses across the US to remotely print out multiple copies of racist and anti-Semitic …
Why hackers are going after health-care providers
"Washington is reeling from the news of a hack at MedStar, one of the largest medical providers in the area. A computer virus infecting the organization's computer systems forced MedStar to shut down …
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