KrebsOnSecurity site under attack after DDoS-for-hire service was exposed and alleged owners arrested

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Security researcher Brian Krebs’ website KrebsOnSecurity came under “heavy and sustainable” attack after two 18 year-old Israeli hackers were arrested over their connection with a DDoS-for-hire service called vDOS. The arrests coincided with an article, which exposed the two hackers The…

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CYBER SECURITY VULNERABILITIES OF FTSE 100 COMPANIES EXPOSED

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Anomali, provider of market-leading threat intelligence platforms, has today revealed the prevalence of suspicious brand spoofing and mass compromised credential exposures of the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 (FTSE 100). Over the last three months, eighty one companies in the FTSE…

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Philippines Voter Database Exposed By Hackers

The breach could be the biggest-yet hack of government-held data, according to Trend Micro A breach of the Philippines’ Commission on Elections (Comelec) affecting about 55 million people could be the largest hack of government-held data ever, according to security specialists. Government representatives have downplayed the seriousness of the breach,…

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Cars Exposed to Hacking Inside Car Dealerships

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Security researcher Craig Smith developed a device to test if car diagnostics tools used in car dealerships to test and fix modern cars can be hacked and then used as infection stations, spreading malware to other cars. Craig named this concept…

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