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North Korean Hackers Steal Parts of US-South Korean War Plan for Second Korean War

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

Apr 06, 2017 07:08 AM EDT

North Korea's elite hacking unit is designated Bureau 121.

Chaos Computer Club (CCC) computer hackers' congress

The Shadow Brokers Dump Hacking Arsenal as Parting Gift

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Jan 16, 2017 09:25 AM EST

The Shadow Brokers, the infamous hacker group that stole cyberweapons from the United States National Security Agency, have announced that they are signing off, but not before sharing all of its hacking tools into the Internet. It appears that Shadow Brokers have developed a suite of hacking tools that are designed to penetrate computers that are running on the Windows platform.

Paid Ransomware Bounty Reached $1 Billion in 2016: Report

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Jan 07, 2017 12:33 PM EST

A security expert claims that cybercriminals using the ransomware tactic have amassed a collective bounty of about $1 billion last year. This figure is based on the amount of money that went into Bitcoin wallets believed to be controlled by ransomware operators.

Mirai Botnet Spreads to Thousands of UK Routers

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Dec 10, 2016 03:15 AM EST

A new variant of Mirai, the botnet that nearly crippled half of Germany’s Internet service, has spread across the United Kingdom infecting about 2,400 home routers. Security researchers said that these infected routers are being used to carry out massive distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS).

Hacking Group Rewards Hackers for Participating in DDoS Attacks

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Dec 09, 2016 09:40 PM EST

A cyberattack group based in Turkey is offering interested hackers to join a dedicated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) platform and earn points which can then be exchanged for certain hacking tools. The platform is called Surface Defense and it asks hackers to target political websites using a DDoS tool called Balyoz which literally translates to Sledgehammer.

Hacker Gets 5 Years Jail Time for Stealing Unreleased TV, Films Scripts

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Dec 09, 2016 08:58 PM EST

A hacker who stole several sexually explicit photos and videos of celebrities, as well as unpublished TV and film scripts, has been sentenced to five years in prison. The hacker, identified as Alonzo Knowles, was sentenced by a New York City federal court after pleading guilty to the charges of hacking.

San Francisco Municipal Railway System Held Hostage by Hackers

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Nov 28, 2016 06:45 PM EST

Commuters of the San Francisco Municipal Railway got a surprise this weekend when the system's computerized fare system was breached and held hostage by hackers. The operator of the public railway system said that the hack took place on Friday afternoon.

Symantec Acquires LifeLock for $2.3 Billion

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Nov 21, 2016 09:33 AM EST

Cybersecurity firm Symantec recently announced that it has struck an acquisition deal worth $2.3 billion with LifeLock. This includes debt in order to expand its operation in the identity protection security platform.

FlashPoint Suggests Dyn DNS Attack Perpetrated by Script Kiddies

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Oct 27, 2016 07:22 AM EDT

Dyn DNS was at the receiving end of a massive denial of service attack last week, and recently FlashPoint issued a preliminary report about what happened.

Participant hold their laptops in front of an illuminated wall at the annual Chaos Computer Club (CCC) computer hackers' congress, called 29C3, on December 28, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany.

China's Hackers are Costing the Country $15B per Year: Report

Charissa Echavez |

Sep 30, 2016 08:00 AM EDT

China's criminal hacking community has at least 400,000 hackers, and its proliferate activities are sucking 100 billion yuan ($15 billion) out of the country's economy annually.

A Yahoo! News sign is displayed prior to the start of the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Yahoo Confirms 500 Million Accounts Hacked in Largest Cybersecurity Breach

Charissa Echavez |

Sep 22, 2016 10:04 PM EDT

Yahoo confirmed that about half a billion user accounts have been stolen in 2014, blaming "state-sponsored" hackers in what appears to be the biggest cybersecurity breach in history.

Acer Hack Compromises Sensitive Information of 34,500 Customers

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Jun 21, 2016 08:17 AM EDT

In a statement sent to California's Attorney General, tech company Acer admitted that hackers were able to break into the company's online store and steal sensitive and highly-classified customer data.

Apple Requires iOS Apps to use HTTPS Connections by 2017

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Jun 16, 2016 11:00 PM EDT

As part of its effort to improve the online security of its users, tech giant Apple recently announced that it will require all iOS apps to adopt the secure HTTPS connections by 2017. Apple made the announcement at the annual Worldwide Developers Conference, adding that the strategy is part of the company's plan to enable a new security feature called App Transport Security.

FLocker Ransomware: New Malware Strain Infects Android Smartphones and SmartTVs

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Jun 15, 2016 07:25 AM EDT

Security researchers at Trend Micro reported the emergence of a new strain of ransomware that has the capability of locking down smartphones and smart televisions running on the Android operating system. Dubbed as FLocker or Frantic Locker, the malware has been in circulation since April 2015.

Netflix Resets Passwords Following Myspace, LinkedIn, Tumblr Hacks

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Jun 08, 2016 07:54 PM EDT

As part of the company's effort to curb hacking, Netflix has announced that it is resetting the password of users who also used the same password on their social media accounts like Myspace, LinkedIn, or Tumblr.

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