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Russian Oil Giant Rosneft Says Hit by 'Powerful' Cyberattack (Security Week)
2017-06-27 12:49

Russian oil giant Rosneft said Tuesday that its servers had suffered a "powerful" cyberattack, as the company is locked in a bitter court fight with the Russian conglomerate Sistema.  read more

Fighting Leakers at Apple (Schneier on Security)
2017-06-27 11:25

Apple is fighting its own battle against leakers, using people and tactics from the NSA. According to the hour-long presentation, Apple's Global Security team employs an undisclosed number of...

Spying on Citizens with Malware Aimed to Battle Criminals (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-27 10:33

The latest ISMG Security Report leads off with a look at the growing industry of mobile spyware designed exclusively for governments, but often misused to track citizens and activists. Also,...

Petya Ransomware Spreading Rapidly Worldwide, Just Like WannaCry (The Hackers News)
2017-06-27 07:45

Watch out, readers! It is ransomware, another WannaCry, another wide-spread attack. The WannaCry ransomware is not dead yet and another large scale ransomware attack is making chaos worldwide,...

Google Gets Record-Breaking $2.7 Billion Fine for Manipulating Search Results (The Hackers News)
2017-06-27 04:08

Google has just lost its biggest regulatory battle! Google has been hit with a record-breaking $2.7 billion (€2.42 billion) fine by the European antitrust officials for unfairly manipulating...

Russia threatening to ban Telegram encrypted messaging app (Help Net Security)
2017-06-26 22:02

Roskomnadzor, Russia’s communications regulator, is threatening to ban the use of popular encrypted messaging app Telegram. The request Roskomnadzor is a federal agency tasked with overseeing that...

Ransomware Attack Affects 500,000 Patients (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-26 20:03

Largest Such Incident Listed So Far on the 'Wall of Shame'A ransomware attack on a provider of oxygen therapy has resulted in the second largest health data breach posted on the HHS tally so far...

Anthem ready to pay $115 million to settle data breach lawsuit (Help Net Security)
2017-06-26 19:49

US health insurer Anthem has agreed to pay $115 million to settle a class-action suit mounted in the wake of the massive data breach it suffered in late 2014/early 2015. The data breach The breach...

FBI: $1.45 Billion in Losses to Internet Crime Reported in 2016 (Security Week)
2017-06-26 19:19

The FBI has published its Internet Crime Report 2016 based on information received by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). It shows that 298,728 complaints were received by the IC3 during...