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How to build your own IT infosec holodeck: A blueprint for crafting a virtual enterprise to prod, test and hack
2018-10-26 19:27

Massive hacker playground can be spun up on the cheap A group of Italian researchers have developed a blueprint for a massive virtualized enterprise network to allow for large-scale security tests...

Belgium: Oi, Brits, explain why Belgacom hack IPs pointed at you and your GCHQ
2018-10-26 09:10

State investigation finds non-Snowden proof of UK badness - local report GCHQ’s rumoured hacking operation against Belgacom came back into the spotlight yesterday after a local newspaper revealed...

British Airways: If you're feeling left out of our 380,000 passenger hack, then you may be one of another 185,000 victims
2018-10-25 23:53

Names, billing addresses, email addresses, card info, CVV numbers in some case... British Airways' horror hack is worse than first thought: the world's favorite airline has added 185,000...

What attackers want whey they hack email accounts
2018-10-25 13:31

Mark Risher, Google's director of product management for identity and account security, explains what hackers are looking and how Google is ramping up account security.

What attackers want when they hack email accounts
2018-10-25 13:31

Mark Risher, Google's director of product management for identity and account security, explains what hackers are looking and how Google is ramping up account security.

Cathay Pacific hack: Personal data of up to 9.4 million airline passengers laid bare
2018-10-25 10:37

Passport numbers, credit card info etc – combo of stuff leaked 'varies for each' poor sod Cathay Pacific has admitted that personal data on up to 9.4 million passengers, including their passport...

How Colorado voting became a cybersecurity leader long before Russians tried to hack it
2018-10-24 13:16

Colorado offers extensive election official cybersecurity training, paper ballots, and a strong auditing system, giving it top marks in election security.

Adult Website Hack Exposes 1.2M ‘Wife Lover’ Fans
2018-10-23 14:48

A 40-year-old, easily cracked encryption method was used to protect the 98MB database of user information.

Equifax exec's inside trade shame: Software boss sentenced for mega-hack stock profit
2018-10-18 19:41

Thrown in the small house rather than the big house An Equifax executive – who knew the biz had been hacked before it was made public and banked over $75,000 in stock trades using this inside...

Weirdo Twitter messages were a glitch, not a hack
2018-10-17 16:27

Were you one of the dozens of people who got a bizarre Twitter message yesterday? It's OK. It wasn't a disturbance in the Matrix.