Daily Archives: January 20, 2018

Hacker Alex Bessell jailed for cyber crime offences

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A computer hacker has been jailed for two years for committing thousands of cyber crimes, including attacks on Google and Skype.

Alex Bessell, 21, of Aigburth, Liverpool, was also convicted at Birmingham Crown Court of other offences, including money laundering.

West Midlands […]

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TV stars settle ‘six-figure’ hacking claims

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Credits: BCC

The publishers of The Sun and the defunct News of the World have settled more claims for phone hacking.

News Group Newspapers offered payments to Coronation Street actor Jimmi Harkishin, TV presenter Kate Thornton, comedian Vic Reeves and former Spice Girls […]

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Who Is Selling Hacking Subscriptions to Governments?

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Credits: theatlantic

Just north of a perennially jammed arterial, sandwiched between the French embassy complex and a university administration building, a beige monolith with a vertical slash of reflective windows is set back from the road, guarded by a row of high barriers […]

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North Korea accused of hacking cryptocurrency exchanges selling Bitcoin and Monero

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Credit: metro

North Korea has been accused of hacking South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges in a series of cyber-heists. A mysterious hacking squad called the Lazarus Group is thought to have launched operations aimed at cryptocurrency businesses based in democratic South Korea.

Although it’s often hard […]

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Hacking campaign using fake apps traced to Lebanon

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Credits: FT News

A spying campaign that uses fake versions of encrypted apps to hack smartphones has been traced to Lebanon’s intelligence agency, revealing the growing capabilities of nation-state hackers beyond the global superpowers.

The hackers created fake versions of WhatsApp, Telegram and […]

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Pentagon considers nuclear response to retaliate for large cyber attacks

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Why use hack-back tactics when you can drop a nuke on your cyber attackers?

According to the draft for the Pentagon’s 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, the U.S. would consider using nuclear weapons to respond to non-nuclear attacks.

While the Pentagon’s proposed policy change suggests […]

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Govt launches Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative in partnership with top tech companies

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Credits: India Times

The founding partners of the consortium are leading IT companies, Intel, Redhat and Dimension Data for the initiative which is the first public-private partnership of its kind.

Organisations such as Cert-In, NIC, NASSCOM and the FIDO Alliance, CISCO and consultancy […]

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