The 2014 Yahoo hack disclosed late last year that compromised over 500 million Yahoo user accounts was believed to be carried out by a state-sponsored hacking group. Now, two Russian intelligence officers and two criminal hackers have been charged by the US government in connection with the 2014 Yahoo hack that compromised about 500 million…
Yahoo Mail and Gmail users are being warned to check their security settings after a huge hoard of accounts were reportedly put up for sale online by criminals. Over a million decrypted accounts were being offered online by hackers seeing lucrative Bitcoin hauls. Details such as usernames, email address and passwords stored in plan text…
A new Ransomware as a Service, or RaaS, called Satan has been discovered by security researcher Xylitol. This service allows any wannabe criminal to register an account and create their very own customized version of the Satan Ransomware. Once the ransomware is created, it is then up to the criminal to determine how they will distribute the…
TOKYO — Japanese researchers say they have successfully copied fingerprint data from a digital picture of a person flashing a two-fingered “V” or peace sign, raising questions about the potential theft of such information. “One can use it to assume another identity, such as accessing a smartphone or breaking and entering into a restricted area…
The European Commission suffered a 20% rise in attacks on its infrastructure in 2016, it has been revealed, as fears grow over Russian attempts to influence the outcome of major elections in France and Germany. People “close to the situation” told the FT of the growing threat from cyberspace, with hackers keen to get their…