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Italian government warns of increased DDoS attacks by Russian groups
The Computer Security Incident Response Team Italia warns of persistent DDoS attacks on national companies and institutions. The government body has detected an ongoing threat from Russian hacker groups. Italian public services and private ent…
Artis Zoo did not pay ransom to criminals behind ransomware attack
Artis says it did not pay any ransom to the hackers behind the ransomware attack in June of this year. Cybercriminals breached the network of the Amsterdam zoo last month and demanded 1 million euros in cryptocurrency. Artis engaged a cybersec…
Dutch government aims to make cyber driving licence available to all primary schools
The Dutch government wants to make the cyber driving licence project announced last year available to all primary schools. The aim of the project is to prevent children from falling victim to cybercrime. The licence is being developed by the D…
Microsoft to acquire developer platform GitHub
Microsoft is acquiring the popular developer platform GitHub. An agreement was reached recently. There had long been rumors about acquisition talks between Microsoft and GitHub. Through this website, developers share source code and keep track…
Hackers reactivate banned Twitter accounts
A Spanish hacker group has brought banned and deactivated Twitter accounts back to life. The group then attempted to sell several popular banned accounts. Twitter could not provide substantive comment on these reports. In the meantime, the acco…
The Era of Real Cyberwar Has Begun
Since 2015, the world has entered an era of cyberwar. For the first time, a power outage was caused by a hacking attack on a power plant in Ukraine. Later, an airport in Kyiv was also attacked by hackers, and a dam in the United States was hack…
6 new dangerous hacking techniques
It was time again for the annual RSA Conference. Naturally, we were there too! A number of attack techniques were set out—an important trend we may be dealing with in the coming years. We list the six most dangerous hacking techniques here. 1.…
IT Professional Wins $14 Million by Manipulating Lottery
The head of information security at a U.S. company that runs lotteries is alleged to have gained access to the secure room where computers generate the numbers used for the drawing. He is said to have won more than $14 million as a result. Bre…
Mandatory retention of internet data proves useless
The data retention obligation does not work and therefore should be expanded. That, in brief, is the conclusion of the Evaluation of the Telecommunications Data Retention Act. The report by the Scientific Research and Documentation Centre desc…