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US President Donald Trump has accused Twitter of “interfering” with the 2020 presidential election, after the social media giant for the first time slapped fact-checking links on his tweets that claim mail-in voting leads to a “rigged election”. Trump tweeted: “@Twitter is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are saying my statement on […] More
Image: Rambler Group, ZU photography Blogging platform LiveJournal appears to have suffered a security breach in 2014, according to multiple hackers who are now selling and freely trading the company’s user database on the dark web and on hacking forums, ZDNet has learned. For some, this might be old news. Rumors about a LiveJournal security […] More
Immediate action needs to be taken to stop cyberattacks targeting hospitals and healthcare organisations during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic – and governments around the world need to work together to make it happen, says a newly published open letter signed by the International Committee of the Red Cross, former world leaders, cybersecurity executives and others. […] More
Because Chinese users usually hang out in their own corner of the internet, behind the Great Firewall, we tend to forget that they are also targeted by malware on a daily basis; albeit different malware, and not usually the same that targets everyone else. For the past three years, the DoubleGuns trojan has emerged to […] More
Europol and Capgemini have agreed to pool their resources in new cybersecurity awareness campaigns and the expansion of existing collaboration on threat intelligence. On Tuesday, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) said a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with the consultancy giant that is expected to lead to new “joint exercises, capacity building, and […] More
Forescout has filed a complaint against Advent International Corporation for its intention to withdraw from a previously-agreed merger plan in light of COVID-19. The cybersecurity firm announced its acquisition by Advent in February. At the time, Forescout said the $1.9 billion deal — agreed at a premium of 30% on closing share prices — would […] More
UK budget airline easyJet is facing an £18 billion class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of customers impacted by a recently-disclosed data breach. Made public on May 19, easyJet said that information belonging to nine million customers may have been exposed in a cyberattack, including over 2,200 credit card records. The “highly sophisticated” attacker to blame […] More
Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now be millions — or even billions — of dollars at risk when information security isn’t handled properly. Read More Security researchers from ESET have discovered new attacks carried out by Turla, one of Russia’s most […] More
