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Cybercrime
British teenager sentenced for massive Spamhaus attack
Malware
United Airlines pays out 2 million flight miles for security bugs
Dozens arrested in international Darkode crackdown
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5 ways attackers are targeting gamers
British teen Seth Nolan Mcdonagh, aka "narko" has been sentenced for his role in a 2013 attack which slowed the internet around the world.
Karl Thomas • 16 Jul 2015 • 1 min. read
United Airlines has paid out two million flight miles to two security researchers who uncovered 14 separate vulnerabilities in the company’s operation.
International law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 60 people suspected of carrying out cybercrime associated with the Darkode forum.
Karl Thomas • 15 Jul 2015 • 1 min. read
Gamers beware – video games, websites and even apps are all in the sights of hackers hungry for better scores, more money and public notoriety.
Karl Thomas • 15 Jul 2015 • 4 min. read
Privacy
Cheap wifi privacy device pulled with no explanation
A planned Defcon talk around a low-cost privacy device called ProxyHam has been cancelled.
Karl Thomas • 14 Jul 2015 • 1 min. read
Barclays compensates customers after personal data trove uncovered
Barclays bank is to pay out around £500,000 in compensation to 2,000 customers whose personal data was found on a USB stick in a flat on the south coast.
Karl Thomas • 13 Jul 2015 • 1 min. read
Millions of records lost in huge OPM US data breach
The US Office of Personnel Management has admitted that the widely-publicised data breach in June was more wide-reaching than at first thought.
Karl Thomas • 10 Jul 2015 • 1 min. read
Adobe rushes to patch Flash flaw under attack
Adobe Systems has issued a sizeable security update with patches for 36 vulnerabilities, at least one of which is currently under attack in the wild.
Karl Thomas • 09 Jul 2015 • 1 min. read
US petrol stations are vulnerable to cyberattack
More than 5,000 devices in petrol stations in the US can be manipulated from the internet, causing false alarms, closure of the petrol station and locking the monitoring services out of the system.
Karl Thomas • 08 Jul 2015 • 1 min. read