A newly released, top-secret document traces the NSA’s infiltration of North Korean systems back to 2010, when it piggybacked on South Korean “implants” on North Korea’s networks and “sucked back the data”.
Tag Archives: Data loss
Hackers for hire? Hacker’s List – for those with no ethics or espionage skills
Prying open a boyfriend’s private accounts is just one of the crimes listed on ‘Hacker’s List’ – a Task Rabbit/Craigslist-esque hackers-for-hire website.
Pirate Wi-fi is IN DA HOUSE – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly “60 Second Security” video. The latest news, presented in a way that will make you smile…and it only takes a minute.
Hold data on EU citizens? Check if you’ll be compliant with the new Data Protection Regulation
The upcoming EU Data Protection Regulation applies to all organisations that hold data on EU citizens, even if they are not based in an EU country. Does your organisation comply with the new rules?
Ouch! Home router security “bypass” actually means no security AT ALL
A Spanish researcher has found an astonishing security “bypass” in a home router – there simply isn’t any security to bypass.
Insta-sham: Instagram fixes its no-so-private photo bug… well, sort of
Instagram has fixed a privacy flaw that allowed anyone with the URL to see photos posted on the service, even if the user’s account was set to private. At least, it has kind of fixed it.
Barack Obama proposes shielding companies that share cyber threat data
President Obama on Tuesday proposed new cybersecurity legislation that would put cybercrime on par with racketeering and would protect companies from getting sued if they share computer threat data with the government.
Barack Obama calls for stricter data privacy, disclosure laws
President Obama has announced a laundry list of proposals to improve the data privacy of consumers. 
Zappos data breach: settlement reached
Zappos, an online clothing and shoe retailer, has reached a settlement over a 2012 data breach which impacted up to 24 million of its customers.
‘Sloppy’ North Korean Sony attackers let their IP addresses slip, says FBI
FBI director James Comey has stuck to the bureau’s conclusion that the North Korean government is behind the mammoth cyber attack on Sony Pictures, giving out a few more crumbs to explain his conviction.