A “significant number” of Australian organisations have been affected by the attack, Minister for Law Enforcement and Cyber Security, Angus Taylor, confirmed. Australia joined the United States and Britain in alleging Russia was the culprit and “expressed concern at the malicious cyber activity”. “This attempt by Russia is a sharp reminder that Australian businesses and […]
Equifax’s quarterly profits have dipped and the company’s revenues come in lower than forecast as a result of the costs arising from dealing with a major cyber attack this year, which was only revealed in September. The cyber attack affected more than 145 million accounts in the US and more than 15 million in the […]
Last year in June, cyberattacks swamped Ukrainian banks, government departments, public utilities and newspapers. Their computers froze and thousands of employees were locked out of the company networks. Very soon reports of similar attacks began coming in from Europe, with a few cases reported from the US as well. Everyone feared a WannaCry redux in […]
CyberEdge Group, a premier research and marketing firm serving the security industry’s top vendors, today announced immediate availability of its fifth annual Cyberthreat Defense Report. New this year, the report found that 55 percent of responding organizations were compromised by ransomware in 2017, down from 61 percent in 2016. However, respondents who were victimized by […]
It’s a story as old as time: hacker sees cool tool, hacker recoils in horror at the price of said tool, hacker builds their own version for a fraction of the price. It’s the kind of story that we love here at Hackaday, and has been the impetus for countless projects we’ve covered. One could […]
Britain’s cyber security agencies have launched a major overhaul of how they grade online attacks. Incidents can now be classified in six categories, up from three under the previous arrangements. The system has been designed to bring greater clarity and consistency to the response triggered when UK networks are targeted by hackers, online fraudsters or […]
The chief executive of McAfee believes cyber security firms will see higher demand for election protection as authorities in countries such as the US and UK try to safeguard “integrity” at the ballot box. Chris Young said there was a growing trend of attacks targeting “major events” like the most recent Winter Olympics, with the […]
So unfortunately, there is another cyber attack to tell you about. Someone compromised over 200,000 Cisco switches. But wait…it gets better. Because Iran was the one that found the attack and alerted the world. Cisco global cyberattack: What you need to know. So according to Iran’s tech leaders, hackers hit around 3,500 systems. But guess […]
There is no doubt that successful cyber attacks can have substantial legal repercussions on victimized organizations, and that fact alone gives legal counsel, whether in-house or sourced from outside, an important seat at the table when cyber security lands in the spotlight of litigation. But, “Having a seat at the cyber security table and being […]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Olympic officials on Sunday said a cyber-attack was responsible for an internet and wifi shutdown during the Pyeongchang Winter Games opening ceremony, but refused to say who was responsible. Internal systems crashed just before Friday’s ceremony but didn’t disrupt the high-tech gala, which was attended by VIPs including the sister of […]