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A hacking group is luring participants to use a DDoS platform where they can compete with peers to earn redeemable points exchangeable for hacking tools and click-fraud software.
A research paper describes vulnerabilities enabling distributed guessing attacks which allow an attacker to collect payment card data across a number of sites without triggering alerts.
Researchers are tracking a new wave of DDoS attacks that rival Mirai when it comes to intensity and scope.
Social engineering is having a notable impact on organizations across a range of industrial sectors in the US. In fact, 60 percent of surveyed security leaders say their organizations were or may...
A zero-day vulnerability in Firefox, similar to one created by the FBI in 2013, is actively being exploited in the Tor Project’s anonymizing TorBrowser.
German telecom and ISP giant Deutsche Telekom has confirmed that the connectivity problems some 900,000 of its customers experienced on Sunday are the result of a hack attempt. “Following the...
The San Francisco Municipal Transport Agency says it has contained a ransomware attack, but now it faces new unsubstantiated claims by attackers who say they have 30GB of the agency’s data.
Banks in Asia and Africa have been targeted with exploits for a zero-day vulnerability in InPage publishing software popular in Arabic-speaking nations.
Only 32 percent of IT and security professionals say their organisation has a high level of cyber resilience – down slightly from 35 percent in 2015, according to a global study involving 2,400...
IBM introduced on Wednesday a new Cyber Range attack simulator during the opening of its global security headquarters in Cambridge, Mass.