North Korea has trained thousands of hackers to pose a weaponized cyber threat to its neighbors and the world, but lately it’s been using them to make money. The White House on Monday said North Korea was behind a global malware attack last May named “WannaCry.” The attack encrypted and rendered useless hundreds of thousands of computers in…
A previously unknown ring of Russian-speaking hackers has stolen as much as $10 million from U.S. and Russian banks in the last 18 months, according to a Moscow-based cyber-security firm that runs the largest computer forensics laboratory in eastern Europe. The MoneyTaker group broke into 20 systems, which includes 15 U.S. lenders, targeting ATMs with…
The leak marks at least the fifth exposure of NSA-related data in as many years. Source: Exclusive: NSA hit by yet another leak
EXCLUSIVE: NORTH Korea is more than capable of carrying out cyber security attacks and governments need to protect themselves, a top security expert has warned. Source: The REAL threat from North Korea: Why cyber attacks are Kim’s PERFECT WEAPON
Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing company ousted Joe Sullivan, chief security officer, and one of his deputies for their roles in keeping the hack under wraps. Compromised data from…