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UK Rail Hit By Four Cyberattacks In One Year http://ift.tt/2a4FKvY UK Rail Hit By Four Cyberattacks In One Year No disruption to rail network caused, hackers appear to be nation-states, says cybersecurity firm Darktrace. UK’s rail network was hacked at least four times in the past one year, reports The Telegraph, quoting Darktrace, which handles…

Cerber: Analyzing a Ransomware Attack Methodology To Enable Protection http://ift.tt/29PnYKG Ransomware is a common method of cyber extortion for financial gain that typically involves users being unable to interact with their files, applications or systems until a ransom is paid. Accessibility of cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin has directly contributed to this ransomware model. Based on…

Compromised Joomla sites are foisting ransomware on visitors http://ift.tt/29Ognyw Administrators of WP and Joomla sites would do well to check for specific fake analytics code injected into their properties, as a ransomware delivery campaign taking advantage of vulnerable sites has been going strong for over a month now. Sucuri researchers began warning about the “Realstatistics”…

SentinelOne Discovers Nation State SCADA Attack Targeting Western European Energy Companies http://ift.tt/29Pbwue SentinelOne Labs has discovered a new form of sophisticated malware, which has already infected at least one European energy company. The malware, dubbed SFG: is the mother ship of an earlier malware sample called Furtim, which targets the industrial automation control systems with…

25 cyber-criminal business models unveiled http://ift.tt/29PfIKp A new Euro IP study unveiled a shocking truth – the grass is green, and the sky is blue. Also, criminals like to use technologies which keep them anonymous online, as they go about their criminally business. The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) released the report, entitled…. Threat…

The UK government is getting it wrong with Investigatory Powers Bill http://ift.tt/2amKHMK Various regulatory changes have impacted the technology sector in a serious way over the last few months, with the likes of Safe Harbour and new Global Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) dominating conversations. In the UK the Investigatory Powers Bill – also known as…

Automated Blackmail Malware Gathers a File of Shame – Gizmodo UK http://ift.tt/2a1qMFo A piece of malware given the name of Delilah by security researchers has been found trying to use social engineering and blackmail techniques to force employees to hand over sensitive data, with the ultimate ambition of ensnaring a worker’s loyalty via blackmail and…

Hacker defaces University of Limpopo website again http://ift.tt/2amHkp7 University of Limpopo suffers second website breach and the hacker reveals the site wasn’t made any more secure since the last hack. The post Hacker defaces University of Limpopo website again appeared first on htxt.africa . Threat Intel via CERT-EU : EMM AlertFilter System: CERT-LatestNews http://ift.tt/1gYYfLb July…

Futuristic Cyberattack Scenario http://ift.tt/29O5WoK Futuristic Cyberattack Scenario This is a piece of near-future fiction about a cyberattack on New York, including hacking of cars, the water system, hospitals, elevators, and the power grid. Although it is definitely a movie-plot attack, all the individual pieces are plausible and will certainly happen individually and separately. Worth reading…