NATO has carried out an internal cyber security experiment to test the extent to which its troops could be identified and influenced during an exercise by means of social media data. A report on the …
White House Orders Agencies to Defend the Skies From Cyberattacks
On Tuesday, US President Trump released the National Strategy to Combat Terrorist Travel and the National Strategy for Aviation Security. While the former document aims to "[modernize] the approach of …
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Formjacking Surpasses Ransomware and Cryptojacking as Top Threat of 2018
The latest installment of Symantec's annual Internet Security Threat Report shows that formjacking was the number one cyber threat in 2018, replacing cryptojacking, i.e. the distribution of malware …
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Mistaken For North Koreans, The ‘Ryuk’ Ransomware Hackers Are Making Millions
According to a new report by McAfee and Coveware, the threat actors behind Ryuk, a highly successful ransomware strain, are not North Korean hackers as was previously suspected. Instead, researchers …
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Researcher: Not Hard for a Hacker to Capsize a Ship at Sea
According to Ken Munro, a security researcher with Pen Test Partners, gaining access to the network of a ship is in most cases "a low-skill attack." As Munro explains: “[P]assword security and patch …
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ATM Hacking Has Gotten So Easy, the Malware’s a Game
A new report by Kaspersky Lab describes WinPot, a new malware strain designed for "ATM jackpotting" attacks, in which cyber criminals get ATMs to spit out cash. The striking thing about WinPot is that …
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Ukraine Announces Joint Exercises with EU to Fend Off Russian Cyber Threats
Ukraine has announced that it will hold joint defense exercises with the European Union (EU) before the country's March 31 presidential election. The Secretary of the Ukrainian National Security …
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China Has Abandoned a Cybersecurity Truce With the U.S., Report Says
American cybersecurity technology company Crowdstrike has released a report showing that China is no longer adhering to a 2015 agreement between the US and China to stop targeting each other in …
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North Korea’s Lazarus Group Targets Russian Companies For First Time
Researchers with Check Point have uncovered the first-known North Korean cyber attack campaign that targets Russian businesses. North Korean hackers belonging to the notorious Lazarus Group have been …
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The race to 5G wireless tech is on. A report finds Americans have an early lead
According to a new report by Cisco, the US has taken the lead in its race with China to become the global leader in 5G wireless networking. Cisco projects that 5G networking will account for 9% of …