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More than 60,000 sensitive US military files have been found on a publicly accessible Amazon server by a security researcher. The files contained passwords for US government systems and the security credentials of a senior engineer at defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH). They were discovered by Upguard analyst Chris Vickery. In a statement, BAH said no classified data had been stored on the server. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC.co.uk

The FCC claimed earlier this month that the comment system by which people can weigh in on the proposal to kill net neutrality had been on the receiving end of a distributed denial-of-service attack. Today, a group of Senators asked that the FBI look into it. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) penned a letter to FBI Director Andrew McCabe suggesting the matter was too...

The company did not say which of its locations were affected by the breach. Kmart, confirmed Wednesday that the popular retailer experienced a recent data breach, exposing customer credit card data to criminal hackers. While the company did not say which Kmart locations were affected by the breach, it said that online purchases at kmart.com were not targeted in the hack. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Patch

With so much of life lived online, it can be hard to remember passwords for every app and platform you're on, but re-using them is putting people at an ever-increasing risk of being hacked. The recent data breach of food and restaurant search engine Zomato saw hackers steal 17 million users' data. The company had to strike a deal with the hacker, who agreed to destroy all data and not sell it to someone over...

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in wordpress, a web blogging tool. They would allow remote attackers to force password resets, and perform various cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery attacks. For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u13. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Seclist

Security researchers are considering buying undetected software security vulnerabilities from a notorious group of hackers. The Shadow Brokers group has previously leaked exploits allegedly stolen from the US National Security Agency (NSA), and is offering more for sale. Some researchers want to buy the next batch of hacking tools, and help fix them before cyber-criminals strike. But critics argue that the Shadow Brokers should not be funded. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC

A large digital billboard outside a Liverpool shopping centre was apparently defaced by hackers on 29 May. "We suggest you improve your security. Sincerely, your friendly neighbourhood hackers," a message on the screen read. It was posted on a large outdoor display at the Liverpool One shopping centre in the city. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC.co.uk

Bitcoins worth £18,500 ($24,000) that were sent to hacker group the Shadow Brokers have been moved. The funds were received during an auction of hacking tools that failed to attract much interest before the group eventually released the tools for free. One leak included an exploit that helped the WannaCry ransomware to spread around the world. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: BBC.co.uk

People operating criminal services on Tor and other darknets attack each other frequently, a study by Trend Micro shows. Apparently, there's very little love lost between criminals in the cyber underworld. A study of the Dark Web by Trend Micro shows that cybercriminals attack each other with almost the same ferocity as they reserve for their victims outside of it. View Full Story  ORIGINAL SOURCE: darkreading.com

A Russian suspected hacker has moved a step closer to being sent to the US as a Czech judge gave tentative approval for an extradition to go ahead, during a court hearing held inside a high-security prison in Prague. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Business Insider