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One of the largest cyber 'war games' ever created tested thousands of banking staff across London’s investment banks against the ‘worst case scenario’ - a major cyber attack on stock exchanges.

A coalition of digital rights organizations and academics recently published an ‘open letter’ to the Anti-Malware/Anti-Virus industry asking for clarification on vendor policies regarding cooperation with government agencies and/or law enforcement using state-sponsored Trojans. This is ESET's official response.

American PC users are being hit with a new wave of Filecoder ransomware, which locks access to computers and demands $300 - with a ticking timer before files are locked forever, according to US-CERT.

A cyberheist targeting a bitcoin "bank" website has netted thieves more than 4,100 bitcoins, worth $1.2 million. The hack is among the largest thefts in the currency’s four-year history.

Domestic violence is not something that gets discussed much in information security circles, but there are few people that need advice on assuring their online safety more urgently than victims of stalking and domestic abuse. What can people do to protect themselves when there is a known and persistent threat?

Only weeks after the closure of Silk Road, a “drug market” which authorities claim shipped $1.2 billion of drugs including heroin around the world, a site styling itself Silk Road 2.0 has appeared. Like the original, it is only accessible via the “anonymous” browser Tor.

The FBI added five new cybercriminals to its Most Wanted list - including a new entry at number one, Alexsey Belan. The FBI aimed a specific warning at criminals who thought they could "hide overseas".

On November 2nd, 1988, the Morris worm was released by its author, and within 24 hours had caused damage across the world. It spread via the internet - and its release marked a new dawn for malicious software. Our five facts highlight what has changed since - and what hasn't.

Adobe’s security breach laid bare 38 million passwords to the world - and a security researcher claims that 1.9 million of these are the simple “123456”. Half a million craftier customers chose “123456789”