Dutch data protection authority fines Booking.com €475,000
Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has imposed a fine of €475,000 on Booking.com for a data breach where criminals accessed…
Category: Cybersecurity
US’s Homeland Security Secretary calls for modernizing cybersecurity capabilities
A suspected Russian hacking campaign exposed glaring shortcomings in the U.S. government's approach to cybersecurity, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas…
US cybersecurity company finds Iranian hackers targeted American, Israeli medical researches, via phishing emails
The US-based security company Proofpoint said a group of Iranian hackers targeted American and Israeli senior medical professionals, the company's…
SolarWinds hackers have got access to the emails of high-ranking DHS officials
Suspected Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to the Trump administration's head of the Department of Homeland Security…
Cyber threats endanger the federal election campaign
Hacker attacks and disinformation campaigns could influence the federal elections, experts warn. The first incidents show that the threat is…
Swiss cybersecurity firm identifies SilverFish hacking group to be linked to SolarWinds attack
A Swiss cybersecurity firm called Prodaft claims to have identified a global cyber-espionage campaign with links to the SolarWinds hack,…
Till Kottmann is charged by US government with hacking of dozens of entities in 2019
A Swiss computer hacker named Till Kottmann has been charged by the US government with multiple accounts of wire fraud,…
Hackers are targeting telecoms companies to steal 5G secrets
Cybersecurity researchers at McAfee detail an ongoing cyber espionage campaign which is targeting telecoms companies around the world. A cyber…
From Russia with Love: social networks and Russian outlets as a tool to promote Sputnik V in Latin America
The COVID-19 vaccine has given the world hope for salvation from the pandemic that had claimed millions of lives, as…
Britain must boost cyber-attack capacity, PM Johnson says
Britain needs to boost its capacity to conduct cyber attacks on foreign enemies, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said before the…