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US federal agencies suffer the highest volume of data breaches out of government agencies worldwide and budgets are part of the problem, new research suggests. On Thursday, cybersecurity firm Thales, in conjunction with analyst firm 451 Research, revealed the results of a new study into the security practices and effectiveness of government entities. The 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition, suggests that US federal agencies are experiencing a rise in data breaches not only from...

More than 52% of Britons aged 18-25 are using the same password for lots of online services, suggests a survey. By doing so they make it easy for hackers to hijack accounts, warned the UK government's Cyber Aware campaign. The danger was acute because of the sensitive data people typically send via email and other accounts, it found. About 79% of the 2,261 respondents of all ages said they had sent bank details or copies...

More than 52% of Britons aged 18-25 are using the same password for lots of online services, suggests a survey. By doing so they make it easy for hackers to hijack accounts, warned the UK government's Cyber Aware campaign. The danger was acute because of the sensitive data people typically send via email and other accounts, it found. About 79% of the 2,261 respondents of all ages said they had sent bank details or copies...

The personal details of 685,000 registered HardwareZone forum users were compromised in a security breach. This is Singapore’s largest data breach to date. The actual hacking reportedly took place in September last year but SPH Magazines only discovered the breach last Sunday, 18 Feb 2018 – months after the breach occurred. According to SPH Magazines, the breach was discovered after the group noticed a “suspicious posting” last Sunday. The internal investigation that followed showed that a senior...

According to researchers at cloud security firm RedLock Ltd., hackers infiltrated Tesla’s Kubernetes software console after the company failed to secure it with a password. Within one of the Kubernetes pods, a group of software containers deployed on the same host, sat the access credentials to Telsa’s Amazon Web Service Inc. account. The hackers then stole confidential data, including vehicle telemetry, from an AWS S3 storage instance. It’s not clear from the report whether any of the data...

Security researchers have identified a ransomware variant that is available for free on the Dark Web and is even unregistered. The discovery comes at a time when the ransomware trade is running on handsome commissions and bounty-sharing occurs between malware sellers and buyers. The distribution of ransomware among hackers and cyber-criminals on the Dark Web over the years wasn't always about targeting common enemies or demonstrating mutual affection. In fact, ransomware-as-a-service was and continues to...

The UK’s top cyber security agency has reaffirmed its commitment to working with Chinese smartphone giant Huawei after US spy chiefs accused the company of presenting a national security risk. The Government and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) will “continue to benefit” from collaboration with Huawei, according to an NCSC spokesman. It comes despite US government employees potentially being banned from using the Chinese company's smartphones due to security fears. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Telegraph

The UK’s top cyber security agency has reaffirmed its commitment to working with Chinese smartphone giant Huawei after US spy chiefs accused the company of presenting a national security risk. The Government and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) will “continue to benefit” from collaboration with Huawei, according to an NCSC spokesman. It comes despite US government employees potentially being banned from using the Chinese company's smartphones due to security fears. View full story ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Telegraph

With Apple's Homepod finally on the market, the trifecta of voice assistants from Amazon, Google, and Apple is complete. However, with more devices on the market, there are higher chances hackers will find vulnerabilities and steal your information. Jason Glassberg, co-founder of Casaba Security and self-proclaimed "ethical hacker," joins Cheddar to discuss how to protect your device from hackers. Glassberg says if a hacker can gain access to your smart speaker, he or she could...

A lesser-known North Korean cyberespionage group has been rapidly widening its scope and skills to step up attacks beyond the Korean Peninsula to include Japan, Vietnam and the Middle East in 2017, security researchers have said. According to cybersecurity firm FireEye, the shadowy hacker group dubbed APT37 or Reaper has been active since 2012 and primarily focused on South Korea. Researchers added that the group has since "expanded its operations in both scope and sophistication"...