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Police are investigating after “malicious” messages were left on a school website by Turkish nationalists in an apparent hacking attempt. Parents of students at North Mundham primary in Sussex were left concerned after the school’s website was taken over by a long message written in Turkish. The school website has been changed to a plain white background with a red logo, believed to be linked to cyber hacking group Ayyildiz Tim. The group describes itself as “patriotic”, claiming...

LastPass has resolved a number of issues with its two-factor authentication (2FA) implementation, after being alerted to the issues by Salesforce security researcher Martin Vigo. The company said the problems are now resolved, and users do not have to take any action. "To exploit this issue, an attacker would have needed to take several steps to bypass Google Authenticator," LastPass said in a blog post. "First, the attacker would have had to lure a user to...

The NSA's Equation Group hacking tools, leaked last Friday by the Shadow Brokers, have now been used to infect thousands of Windows machines worldwide, we're told. On Thursday, Dan Tentler, founder of security shop Phobos Group, told The Register he's seen rising numbers of boxes on the public internet showing signs they have DOUBLEPULSAR installed on them. These hijacked machines can be used to sling malware, spam netizens, launch further attacks on other victims, and so on. View full story...

Donald Trump has missed a deadline on strengthening US cyber security. Before he was sworn in, Mr Trump said in a statement the US needs to “aggressively combat and stop cyber attacks.” He vowed to “appoint a team to give me a plan within 90 days of taking office.” We have now reached 90 days with no team, plan, report, or executive order on anti-hacking. Michael Sulmeyer, director of the Harvard Belfer Center’s Cyber Security Project...

In yet another example of a data breach, eyes have recently turned to a fashion gaming website which appears to have either ignored or is completely unaware of compromise. Fashion Fantasy Game is an online game and social network for fashion lovers. The platform, developed by fashion designer Nancy Ganz, allows users to design and sell virtual fashion items in their own online fashion businesses, manage currency and market them to other virtual retailers. Over 15,000...

Free, easy-to-use hacking tools help many young people slip into a life of cyber-crime, according to a report. The National Crime Agency (NCA) has detailed the "pathways" taken by people who become criminals. Many started by getting involved with game-cheat websites or forums that talked about ways to change or "mod" games, its report said. Mentors, role models and positive opportunities could deter people from committing cyber-crime, the NCA added. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE:...

Do you own a pair of premium wireless headphone from Bose? Chances are your music, podcasts and other audio activities are being spied on by the company as claimed by a lawsuit. Kyle Zak, once an avid user of Bose headphones has filed a lawsuit at the federal court of Chicago seeking an injunction to stop Bose from breach of privacy laws by acquiring and selling consumer information without permission. Zak claims Bose spies on...

An issue with a car parking app used by many local councils caused users to see the personal details of other people on the app, including information about vehicle registration and names. The app is used in 230 towns across the country by councils including Richmond, Milton Keynes, Lewisham and Westminster, and allows users to register several cars and pay for their parking using their smartphone device. The company, RingGo, said in a statement that...

London gun owners are asking questions of the Metropolitan Police after the force seemingly handed the addresses of 30,000 firearm and shotgun owners to a direct mail marketing agency for a commercial firm's advertising campaign. The first any of the affected people knew about the blunder was when the leaflet (pictured below) landed on their doormats in Tuesday's post. Titled "Protect your firearms and shotguns with Smartwater", the leaflet – which features Met Police logos...

Hajime, an IoT malware strain discovered last October, appears to be the work of a vigilante who has set out to take over and neutralize as many smart devices as possible before other botnets like Mirai can get ahold of them. While Hajime was first observed last year, it only recently became apparent to researchers that the author of this malware had no intention of using infected devices for evil. When it was discovered last...