April 17, 2020

US offers up to $5m reward for information on North Korean hackers

UN experts believe the DPRK cyber-steals and launders money, extorts companies and funnels the cash into its nuclear program.

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March 27, 2020

Thousands of Dark Web sites deleted in attack on free hosting service

It's the second time that the popular Daniel's Hosting platform was attacked in 16 months. This time, 7,600 Dark Web sites were obliterated.

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March 25, 2020

Hackers target WHO in phishing attack

A cyberattack that targeted the World Health Organization is probably just the tip of the iceberg according to experts reacting to the news this week.

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October 28, 2019

Ransomware with a difference as hackers threaten to release city data

Johannesburg spent the weekend struggling to recover from its second malware attack this year as it took key services systems offline.

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September 17, 2019

US Treasury targets North Korean hacking groups

The US has formally sanctioned the Lazarus Group and offshoots Bluenoroff and Andariel, which are allegedly acting on behalf of the DPRK.

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August 15, 2019

Hacking forum spills rival’s 321,000 member database

When users of hacking forums turn on each other, expect things to get messy quickly.

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August 02, 2019

4 million Club Penguin Rewritten accounts exposed in breach

The hugely popular gaming site Club Penguin Rewritten suffered a serious data breach.

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July 22, 2019

Hacked Bulgarian database reaches online forums

Data on millions of people stolen from the Bulgarian government has already popped up on hacker trading forums.

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April 15, 2019

Is there a link between videogaming and cybercrime? Police think so

UK police are planning to issue online warnings to young gamers hoping to deter them from a life of cybercrime, they revealed last week.

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