“InfoArmor concluded the Yahoo hackers were criminal after reviewing a small sample of compromised accounts, Andrew Komarov, the firm’s chief intelligence officer, said in an interview. The hackers, dubbed Group E, have a track record of selling stolen personal data on the dark web, and have been previously linked to

“With information sharing, there are three key characteristics: volume (lots of indicators), velocity (speed of sharing), and validation. Unfortunately, you can only ever get two out of three. In this case, the NCCIC has heard from you that you want a lot of information from the government, and you want

“Over the past month, voter registration databases in states across the United States have continued to come under cyberassault by hackers, FBI Director James Comey warned lawmakers today. ‘There have been a variety of scanning activities, which is a preamble for potential intrusion activities, as well as some attempted intrusions

“In 2015, 113 million electronic health records were breached, a major leap over the 12.5 million the year before. In 2009, the number was less than 135,000. The number of reported hacks and breaches affecting records of at least 500 individuals rose from none in 2009 to 56 last year,

“At Microsoft’s Ignite conference in Atlanta yesterday, the company announced the availability of a new cloud-based service for developers that will allow them to test application binaries for security flaws before they’re deployed. Called Project Springfield, the service uses ‘whitebox fuzzing’ (also known as ‘smart fuzzing’) to test for common

“Six years ago, Yahoo’s computer systems and customer email accounts were penetrated by Chinese military hackers. Google and a number of other technology companies were also hit.” Source: Defending Against Hackers Took a Back Seat at Yahoo, Insiders Say – NYTimes.com

“BIYSK, Russia — Living anonymously, down a winding road in the wilderness of western Siberia, not far from the Mongolian border, the only person so far implicated in the flurry of Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee and other political sites was obviously enjoying the moment.” Source: A Voice

” A hacking group that claimed responsibility for leaking sensitive documents from a Century City investment bank threatened Tuesday to divulge more data if the firm failed to pay a ransom.” Source: Hackers steal Westpark Capital files, demand ransom for data – LA Times

“Do you know — Your Smart Devices may have inadvertently participated in a record-breaking largest cyber attack that Internet has just witnessed. If you own a smart device like Internet-connected televisions, cars, refrigerators or thermostats, you might already be part of a botnet of millions of infected devices that was

“In a hot cyber war, the first line of attack would not be like on Star Trek, with spectacular bursts of sparks flying out of computers. Instead it would be a stealth attack on the enemy’s military command and control infrastructure, to keep it from being able to strike, said Matt Devost, managing