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A hacker believed to be behind cyber attacks on South Korea's sole nuclear power plant operator released more files on Thursday.   With a company official saying that the data was not believed to have been newly stolen, but from a previous hacking, more files were posted on Twitter on Thursday with a demand for money and an email address where the hacker said he could be contacted, claiming there have been offers from other...

The BBC website was out of use for several hours on Saturday, just days after members of digital protest group Anonymous threatened an attack.   The BBC website was warned of an attack if bosses don't reinstate Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, and visitors to the site at 1.40pm were greeted with an error message that reads "Error 500 - Internal Error" for around half an hour.   In an open letter published online, a...

Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett leaked to the press details of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email address during her time as secretary of state, according to sources.   According to the New York Post, she did so through people outside of the administration, so the story couldn’t be traced to her or the White House. In addition, at Jarrett’s behest, the State Department was ordered to launch a series of investigations into Hillary’s...

The website of Jamie Oliver has been found to be harbouring malicious software for a second time.   Anyone visiting it using a vulnerable browser risks losing login names, passwords and other data, said researchers. Maarten van Dantzig from Fox-IT said that cyber-thieves returned to the site and planted the virus in the main part of the page.   The malicious code lurking on the site helps to install a virus on compromised machines called...

AlienVault has announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom and its ICT division T-Systems to power a new cyber defence solution.   The “German Mittelstand” will enable mid-market customers with the ability to detect and mitigate the impact of a breach. This solution enables SMEs to detect and defend their networks from professional hackers in real time – without having to employ their own security experts.   Cyber Defence for SMEs utilises AlienVault’s Unified Security Management...

Cybersecurity Ventures has launched the first Cybersecurity 500, a directory of the 500 hottest and most innovative cyber security companies to watch in 2015.   Included based on customer base, feedback from users and evaluators, growth and funding and notable implementations, the 500 currently sees FireEye at number one, followed by Moka5, AlienVault and Norse, and will be updated monthly to add new companies, change rankings and update the company profiles.   Founder and CEO...

The Anthem hackers collected the credentials of five different employees while seeking to penetrate the company's computer network, and they may have been inside the system since December.   Investigators now believe the hackers somehow compromised the credentials of five different tech workers, possibly through a phishing campaign that could have tricked a worker into unknowingly revealing a password or downloading malicious software.   The company also confirmed Friday that it found that unauthorised data...

Anonymous and the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organisation have traded further blows, with the hacktivists taking down hundreds of social media accounts and launching a massive cyber attack campaign against the organisation.   While military forces push back against ISIS, Anonymous has taken to the Internet to conduct its own battle against the terrorist organisation, beginning with a video where Anonymous promised to take on ISIS under the campaign name #OpISIS.   The group says...

The White House has released the latest National Security Strategy which calls for improved network security defences to protect critical systems and intellectual property from theft.   The publication states that “our economy, safety, and health are linked through a networked infrastructure that is targeted by malicious government, criminal, and individual actors who try to avoid attribution”, and goes on to say that the US Government will “take necessary actions to protect our businesses and...

The introduction of privacy seals by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has the potential to mark the beginning of a major shift in the regulatory landscape for data protection in the United Kingdom.   According to Tughan Thuraisingam, senior associate at PwC Legal – UK, the most interesting aspect of the scheme is that in order to be awarded the seal, businesses will be required to meet the assessment criteria set by third party operators...