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In today's news: The website of the Kardashian Family has been hacked, with a hacker finding a way to meddle with accounts and data across their site. More news at www.itsecurityguru.com @IT_SecGuru

Apple has been hit by what is suspected to be the first large scale attack on its app store. Hackers have created a counterfeit version of Apple’s software for building iOS apps, which developers were persuaded to download. The apps in question are particular popular for iPad and iPhone users in China. In a statement, Apple has said they are taking steps to remove the malicious code. The code acts to steal data about users...

The Kremlin has reportedly been hit by what they have described as a “very powerful” distributed denial of service attack – also known as a DDoS attack. The attack is reported to have targeted the nation’s electoral commission. A similar attack was made on Sunday, which targeted the official website of Russian president, Vladimir Putin. As many as 50,000 requests per minute were made in the attacks, according to Vladimir Churov, chairman of Russia’s electoral...

Good morning and welcome to IT Security Guru news. New Hampshire’s attorney general has today been notified of a breach at TD Bank. Reports indicate that an employee took personal data from the bank’s database and shared it with a third party, which has yet to be named. In the report given to the attorney general, TD bank’s head of US privacy and Social media compliance said that the personal information they obtained may have...

Telecoms company Vodafone has been lambasted in the press this morning amid reports they may have unlawfully accessed a journalist’s phone records. Natalie O’Brien’s call and text records were accessed by investigators in 2011. I should add that Vodafone denies asking the investigators to make such a move. The Australian federal police have taken over the investigation. It was for the purposes of tracking down a source – a Vodafone manager is quoted as instructing...

In today's news: The Daily Telegraph is reporting that jihadists in Syria have hacked into ministerial email accounts in a sophisticated espionage operation uncovered by GCHQ. GCHQ reportedly alerted Whitehall officials in May, with the investigation finding the attempts to steal information from the personal correspondence of several of David Cameron's senior ministers, including Home Secretary Teresa May. If accessed, the emails could have disclosed events that government figures and members of the royal family...

A special feature on car security - what's happening now in the industry and what is in store for the future? As vehicle hacks and security flaws in other IoT devices have been prevalent in the news over the last 6 months, we thought it was time to look at the background to this situation and what role security plays in the making of connected devices. More IT security news and analysis at www.itsecurityguru.org @IT_SecGuru

Database expands to include contacts and companies across the European Union DiscoverOrg (www.discoverorg.com), the leading Sales Intelligence platform and 3-time Inc. 500 company, announced today the expansion of its database of European Union (EU) contacts and organizations. The database now represents the world’s largest collection of Safe Harbor-compliant EMEA information technology decision makers. “We received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the initial release of our EU Dataset,” said Henry Schuck, co-founder and CEO of DiscoverOrg. “Over the...

A group of sophisticated Russian-speaking hackers is exploiting commercial satellites to siphon sensitive data from diplomatic and military agencies in the US and Europe. The technique also helps them to mask their location. The group, which some refer to as Turla, has targeted government organisations, embassies and companies in Russia, China and dozens of other countries, as well as research groups and pharmaceutical firms, said a researcher at Kaspersky Lab.

Popular messaging app WhatsApp has been hit by a software vulnerability in their new web-based version, which was rolled out last month. The vulnerability was discovered by CheckPoint Security, who claim that it could compromise computers by allowing hackers to distribute malware, including ransomware, boots, remote access tools and other types of malicious code. Hackers can easily take over victims' computers by having access to their phone number and sending an innocuous v-card contact containing...