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China Cybersecurity Firm Linked With Country’s Intel Agency For Espionage

11/30/2016
Boyusec is working with China’s intelligence services and military to doctor security products for spying, says Pentagon report.
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Georgia Tech Gets $17 Million Defense Deal For Cyberattack Attribution

11/30/2016
US Department of Defense awards research to work on technique for quick attribution of cyberattack with hard evidence.
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European Commission Hit By DDoS Attack

11/29/2016
The cyberattack lasted for several hours and affected output but no loss of data was reported.
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German Telco Probes Possible Hack Of 900,000 Customers

11/29/2016
Network outages bring down services of many Deutsche Telekom customers raising suspicion that external parties may be involved.
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Petition Forces Parliament To Reconsider Surveillance Bill

11/28/2016
100,000 signatures require MPs to consider debating Snoopers' Charter again.
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Atlanta Attorney’s Office Gets Cybercrime Unit

11/23/2016
New cell created after arrest and extradition of two Nigerians from Malaysia in alleged phishing attacks on US.
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European Regulator Probes Yahoo’s 2015 Secret Email Scan

11/23/2016
Dublin-based Data Protection Commissioner trying to ascertain if Yahoo broke Europe’s privacy laws.
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178 Arrested In Money Mule Crackdown

11/22/2016
Total of 17 countries involved in second European effort to disrupt cybercriminals' money laundering mechanism.
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Symantec To Buy LifeLock At $2.3 Billion

11/22/2016
Deal set to be finalized by Q1 2017 and financed by cash and $750 million of new debt.
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Oracle Announces Acquisition Of Dyn

11/22/2016
Oracle says purchase of the recently DDoSed DNS service is aimed expanding the company’s cloud computing platform.
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Millions Exposed In Data Breach At UK Telecom Three

11/21/2016
Three, a British ISP and telecom company, suffers major breach of its upgrade database, impacting two-thirds of its 9 million users.
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Hackers Attack Canada Army Site, Redirect Visitors To China

11/21/2016
Canada armed forces take down recruitment site after would-be recruits are redirected to official Chinese government page.
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China's Jinping Opens Tech Meet With Calls For 'Fair & Equitable' Internet

11/18/2016
The third Wuzhen World Internet Conference had a strong presence of US tech companies despite criticism of China’s Internet laws.
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Teenager Admits To TalkTalk Hack

11/18/2016
A 17-year-old boy exploited flaws in ISP’s web pages to steal confidential data of 150,000 customers.
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Adobe To Pay $1 Million Compensation In Data Breach Case

11/17/2016
Personal data of more than 500,000 consumers from 15 states were stolen in the 2013 breach of Adobe server.
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'Snoopers’ Charter' Set To Become Law In UK

11/17/2016
Surveillance bill goes through British Parliament and awaits only the Royal assent to become law before the year ends.
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Digital Shadows Narrows Down Causes Of Tesco Hack

11/16/2016
Security firm Digital Shadows uses the "analysis of competing hypothesis" to narrow down possible causes of the $3.1 million Tesco bank theft.
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TAG Unveils Anti-Malware Certification For Online Ad Industry

11/15/2016
As the ad industry continues its fight against malware, the Trustworthy Accountability Group launches a threat-sharing hub to provide intelligence on attacks.
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412 Million Users Exposed In Adult Friend Finder, Penthouse Breach

11/14/2016
16 million deleted accounts are among the victims in breach that's 'ten times worse' than that of Ashley Madison.
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5 Russian Banks Hit By IoT DDoS Attack

11/11/2016
State-owned Sperbank among the victims in one of the largest DDoS attacks ever seen against Russian banks.
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Free Cloud Storage Putting Small Business Data At Risk

11/10/2016
SMBs are putting sensitive information at risk by using free cloud storage services that lack strong security measures, new research shows.
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Bangladesh Bank Team In Manila To Recover $15 Million Lost In Hack

11/9/2016
Philippine court orders return of part of the stolen money retrieved from casino boss to Bangladesh bank.
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ID Theft Ringleader Gets Prison Sentence Of 16+ Years

11/9/2016
Tampa resident and his gang had cheated more than 1,000 people and 35 financial institutions causing loss of $700,000.
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Synopsys Expands Software Security With Cigital, Codiscope Acquisitions

11/8/2016
Deal is expected to close by December 2016 and will be funded with combination of US cash and debt.
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China Passes Controversial Cybersecurity Law

11/8/2016
Global business and rights groups raise concern about the censorship that could impact foreign business interests.
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US Governors Affirm Confidence In Cybersecurity Of Election Systems

11/7/2016
Statement from National Governors Association say presidential election outcome will accurately reflect voters’ choice.
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After Mirai, Hacking Tool Marketplace Shuts Down Web-Attack Section

11/7/2016
Hack Forums section closure prompted by the powerful Oct. 21 DDoS attacks that took down popular social media websites.
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Man Arrested For Hacking University Emails

11/4/2016
Phoenix resident allegedly attacked more than 1,000 email accounts, reset 1,050 passwords, and stole confidential data.
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Ransomware Attacks Have More Than Doubled In Q3, Says Report

11/4/2016
Q3 cyber threat study by Kaspersky Lab says ransomware modifications have risen 3.5 times and newer countries are coming under attack.
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Threat Hunting: Going After The Big Game

11/3/2016
The Black Hat News Desk welcomes Jian Zhen from Endgame.
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Photobucket Hacker Sent To Prison

11/3/2016
Brandon Bourret sold software used to invade privacy of Photobucket customers, stealing their private images for blackmail.
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LastPass Offers Free Password Sync Across Devices

11/3/2016
The new scheme will allow LastPass to be synced on all Internet-enabled mobile and desktop devices.
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Tool For Cybersecurity Job Hunters Launched

11/2/2016
CyberSeek to help candidates understand the market and locate the right opening, thus narrowing cybersecurity employment gap.
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NullCrew Hacker Gets 45-Month Jail Term

11/2/2016
As member of NullCrew hacking group, Timothy Justen French carried out cyberattacks across global institutions, causing $792,000 in losses.
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Ex-FBI Chief Reviews Security For Booz Allen After NSA Contractor Arrest

11/1/2016
Robert Mueller hired after Booz Allen staff arrested for allegedly stealing classified information at NSA.
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Anthem Breach Victims Go To Court Over Cybersecurity Audit Release

11/1/2016
Class-action lawsuit against health insurer seeks disclosure of network security details following data breach of 80 million members.
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