North Korea praises Sony hack as a “righteous deed” but denies involvement December 7, 2014 North Korea has denied it was behind a cyber attack on Sony Pictures over the studio’s new movie release which depicts an assassination attempt on the country’s leader Kim Jong-Un. The secretive country failed to distance itself from the attack which caused huge amounts of highly sensitive information to be leaked, praising the attack and [...]
Sony hack: Staff comments reveal how much they hate Adam Sandler – who joins Drew Barrymore, Eddie Murphy, Denzel Washington and Tom Cruise in Forbes’ Most Overpaid Hollywood Actors list 2014 December 5, 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment employees are really annoyed that Adam Sandler gets paid so much. The media giant was hacked last week and those responsible – rumoured to be working for North Korea, though this has been denied – have dumped a load of information ranging from the pay of some of its stars to [...]
Hackers are stealing trading tips from publicly traded companies to play the stock market December 1, 2014 A group of hackers are targeting publicly traded companies to obtain insider trading tips and win on the US stock market, according to research by US network security company FireEye. The report, which calls the group FIN4, says that hackers broke into the email accounts of top executives and legal advisors to steal secret information [...]
Rachel Johnson Twitter hacked: Boris Johnson’s sister’s account drops the c-bomb on David Cameron November 25, 2014 The past week have been something of a dream for Twitter gaffes. Labour's shadow attorney general was forced to step down after sending what was regarded as a snobby tweet from Rochester and Strood while even Twitter's own CFO appears not quite to have mastered the social media minefield. Over the past 24 hours, a [...]
British companies considering hiring hackers to fight cyber criminals November 16, 2014 British companies are considering turning to ex-hackers in a bid to stay one step ahead of cyber criminals, according to latest research released today by KPMG. The professional services company surveyed 300 senior IT and human resources professionals in firms employing 500-plus staff to assess how they were protecting themselves against cyber security breaches. Nearly [...]
Dropbox hacked? File storage service denies 7m passwords and usernames October 14, 2014 Cloud storage service Dropbox has denied that seven million passwords have been stolen from its service, contrary to reports. The news came in the wake of another hacking scandal, in which up to 200,000 videos and pictures of teenage Snapchat users were leaked online. A post on Reddit yesterday linked to a pastebin.com [...]
JPMorgan cyber attack may have also hacked nine other financial institutions October 5, 2014 The cyber attack on JPMorgan which compromised the data of 73m households and businesses may have also hit nine other banks and brokerages. According to the New York Times, who did not disclose the names of the affected financial institutions, the scale of the attack may have stretched far beyond users of Chase.com, Chase [...]
76m JPMorgan customer accounts hacked in massive cyber attack October 3, 2014 JPMorgan, America's biggest bank, has been a victim to a major data breach, affecting millions. 76m households and seven million small businesses may have had their private data compromised by the cyber attack which gathered accounts holders' names and addresses. The attack targeted users of the websites Chase.com and JPMorganOnline, and the apps ChaseMobile and [...]
Satoshi Nakamoto could be unmasked if this hacker gets 25 Bitcoins September 9, 2014 A hacker is offering to reveal information that could unmask the anonymous founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. The hacker, whose name is Jeffrey, claims he managed to get hold of the information by taking control of Nakamoto's email address; satoshin@gmx.com. “The fool used a primary gmx under his full name and had aliases set up [...]
Apple share price: iCloud hack and Samsung derail iPhone 6 hype sending shares down after six months of steady gains September 7, 2014 Ahead of Tuesday’s big launch event- said to be the unveiling of the latest iPhone 6 according to, well, everyone- Apple’s rising share price was derailed this week, as was its well-orchestrated hype-machine. On Tuesday shares hit a record high, even as the leaking of nude pictures of celebrities began to increase the focus on [...]