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A news and comment website for Democratic voters fears data loss after an attack it blames on pro-Trump hacker trolls. DemocraticUnderground.com's forums were hacked and rendered unavailable on Tuesday afternoon "apparently by a supporter of Donald Trump". "This person clearly knew what they were doing, and despite our best efforts we have not yet been able to resolve the issues caused by the hack," according to a holding statement by administrators of DemocraticUnderground.com, who added...

The iPhone 911 Bug is a serious security issue that has been discovered in iOS 10. It is not a new flaw in design, but rather one that has reemerged. The bug can auto-dial numbers and lock the user out so that they cannot cancel the call. In 2008, a similar flaw in iOS Safari was triggered which tied up 911 call centers across the United States. Apple patched the bug in Safari, but it...

At least five large Russian banks are being targeted by moderate-intensity cyberattacks since November 8, a source close to the Bank of Russia said Wednesday. Russia's largest retail bank Sberbank later confirmed that it thwarted a powerful DDoS attack on its servers on Wednesday.The first attack was reportedly registered in the morning, the next one – in the evening consisting of several stages with each of them being twice as powerful as the one before. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Sputnik News

Researchers have developed a proof-of-concept worm they say can set off a chain reaction that will rip through Philips Hue lightbulbs across entire cities, causing the insecure web-connected globes to flick on and off. The attack detailed in the IoT Goes Nuclear: Creating a ZigBee Chain Reaction (PDF) shows how hackers can exploit universal encryption keys over Zigbee networks to compromise a single light globe from up to 400 metres away. The worm can then spread from a...

The public-facing website for the UK's National Crime Agency has wobbled today under a Distributed Denial of Service Attack. The NCA – dubbed Britain's FBI – told The Register its site was "an attractive target" and that "attacks on it are a fact of life." A spokesperson dismissed the skiddies' tool of choice, and branded DDoS a "blunt form of attack which takes volume and not skill. It isn't a security breach, and it doesn't affect our...

Many of Trump's outbursts have been criticized for their deemed sincerity – and vulgarity – but it is particularly his defense of torture (despite his nation's ratification of the United Nations Convention Against Torture, and the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment) that could provoke problems between the UK and US. The constitution may ostensibly be amended, and a UN convention might be derogated from, but a US decision to legalize torture would very...

While Trump’s views on building walls and lack of belief in climate change are well documented, the president elect’s stance on the issues that will directly affect technology firms, and by extension, much of the world are less obvious.Trump has promised to immediately make cybersecurity a top priority, citing concerns about cyberattacks from the likes of China and North Korea. His written policies on cybersecurity are summed up in four bullet points that lack any concrete detail,...

The cyber heist at Tesco Bank been described by the chief executive of the City regulator as an “unprecedented” incident in the UK. Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority, told MPs on the Treasury select committee that “there are elements of this that look unprecedented and it is serious, clearly”. The National Crime Agency (NCA) is one of a number of organisations scrutinising what has taken place at the supermarket chain’s banking arm, which has more than...

Donald Trump’s and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign websites each sustained cyberattacks on the eve of Election Day, waged with the same malware responsible for recent internet disruptions around the world, researchers said Monday. Flashpoint, a New York-based cybersecurity company, said attackers waged a total of at least four, 30-second distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the candidates’ websites on Sunday and Monday this week in a series of unsuccessful attempts aimed at knocking either offline. View full story Original...

Despite concerns about possible attempts to hack or otherwise tamper with the U.S. election, voting appears to have gone smoothly, with no attacks or intrusions. The Department of Homeland Security said it had no reports of election-related cyber breaches. In Indianapolis, a team of cybersecurity experts fortified by two kinds of pizza and eight cases of Redbull spent Tuesday monitoring for any cybersecurity issues linked to the election — but found none. View full story Original source: USA...