A Chicago-based company that runs derivatives exchanges said Friday it was the victim of a July cyber attack that compromised customer information.
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Winter Olympics threatened by hacking campaign
Hackers have targeted an attack at organisations involved in the Winter Olympics in South Korea and tried to access sensitive information, according to a report by cybersecurity firm McAfee. 1 3042
Network Solutions investigating DNS hijack
Network Solutions is investigating an attack by a pro-Palestinian hacking group that redirected websites belonging to several companies.
Malware-as-a-service blossoms in Russia, vendor research finds
Highly organised Russian groups have transformed mobile hacking into an industrial scale business, a kind of “malware-as-a-service,” complete with marketing affiliates, distributors and customer support.
MPs declare that the UK is losing the war on cyber crime
A Home Affairs Select Committee has stated that the UK is losing the war on online criminal activity and that the government is too complacent in targeting cyber criminals.
GBM: Study reveals Middle East as prime target for cyber criminals
More than 65 percent of IT experts in the GCC say the region is a prime target for cyber …
Prism doesn’t have CIOs in a panic – yet
Revelations over the U.S. National Security Agency’s Prism surveillance programme have much of the general public in uproar, but in terms of the controversy’s impact to enterprise IT, some CIOs have measured, albeit watchful reactions.
Pentagon accuses China government, military of cyberattacks
China’s government and military appear to be directly involved in cyber-attacks against the U.S., according to a report released Monday …
Evernote CEO wants firm to build hardware
The CEO of archiving service Evernote this week said his company will soon release branded hardware with partners, as it …
First targeted attack for Android discovered by Kaspersky
Kaspersky Lab has detected a new targeted attack against Uyghur activists which, for the first time, is based on a …
Apple praised over two-step authentication roll-out
Apple this week followed the lead of rivals like Facebook, Google and Microsoft, offering two-step authentication to help customers secure …