Chinese hackers have used a flaw in a popular email security device to break into the networks of hundreds of public and private sector organizations around the world, Mandiant, a company specializing in cybersecurity, revealed on Thursday. "This is the largest known cyber espionage campaign with links to China since the...
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Europol dismantles one of the largest hacking networks
Europol has announced the dismantling of one of the world's largest hacking platforms, responsible for selling millions of stolen IDs on the internet. The operation resulted in 119 arrests. The international operation, led by the FBI, targeted the Genesis Market website, and involved police from 17 countries, a dozen...
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Russian hackers tried to break into NATO's network
A report shared by Google indicates that a group of Russian 'hackers' - known as Coldriver or Callisto - made attempts to break into NATO networks and even military institutions in some European countries. The information is advanced by Noticias ao Minuto. As SKY quoted by the news source, the report was...
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Public and private sectors must invest in cyber security
Mozambican companies and institutions must invest more in cybersecurity to reduce the impact on their business of cybercrime, as well as the vulnerability that citizens are subject to with the increasing access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services, including the Internet. Cybercrime is increasingly becoming...
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Hackers Disable Russian Space Agency
The computer 'hackers' group, "Anonymous," said Wednesday that it has disabled the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscomos) as a measure of coercion for Moscow to lose "control over spy satellites." A Twitter post features an image of what the hacker group claims is information from Roscosmos' server. The information of...
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"Hackers" hijack Mozambican websites. What information were they looking for?
The Mozambican computer system was the victim of a cyber attack between late Sunday and most of Monday morning. About 30 government websites were taken down, allegedly by Yemeni terrorists. Government websites, those with the extension (gov.mz) were replaced with images usually related to the so-called "Islamic insurgency." "Attacked by 'hackers'...