Hackers attacked Britain's opposition Labour Party for the second time in two days on Tuesday, sources told Reuters, flooding its web services with malicious traffic in an attempt to force them offline just weeks ahead of a national election.
The party said earlier on Tuesday it had "experienced a sophisticated and large-scale cyberattack on Labour digital platforms," but that the attack was successfully repelled and no data was compromised.
Just hours later, the party's website and other online services came under a second digital bombardment, according to two people with knowledge of the matter and documents seen by Reuters.
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Exclusive: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As trade talks between Washington and Beijing intensified earlier this year, suspected Chinese hackers broke into an industry group for U.S. manufacturers that has helped shape President Donald Trump’s trade policies, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) was hacked over the summer and hired a cybersecurity firm, which concluded the attack came from China, the two sources said.
RPT-Hackers demand $5 million from Mexico's Pemex in cyberattack - Reuters
MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Hackers demanded about $5 million in bitcoin from Mexico’s Pemex, they told Reuters on Tuesday, saying the state oil firm missed a special discount by not paying immediately after a cyberattack that fouled up the company’s systems.
Hackers have increasingly targeted companies with malicious programs that can cripple systems overseeing everything from supply chains to manufacturing, removing them only after receiving substantial payments.
Security flaws in 5G could let hackers spy on your cellphone
As cellphone carriers and users await the rollout of 5G networks, researchers at the University of Iowa and Purdue University warn in a new paper that the system may still have some serious bugs to work out.
Among the 11 flaws they found are bugs that could potentially allow hackers to monitor 5G cellphone user locations, send fake emergency alerts to phones, or simply deny service to users or force their devices to downgrade to an older network such as a 4G system, they write. One of the researchers, Syed Rafiul Hussain, says he’s most concerned about attacks that could expose a person’s location, Wired reports.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Russian hackers who stole DNC emails failed at social media. WikiLeaks helped.
The Russian military hackers who stole tens of thousands of sensitive Democratic Party documents in 2016 struggled to disseminate their bounty online — at least until anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks joined the effort, according to a report released Tuesday night.
The hacking campaign's outreach efforts, executed by the Russian military intelligence agency known as the GRU, underscore how marrying stolen documents with sophisticated social media outreach can generate outsize results. It also underscored the unwitting role American journalists played in a Russian intelligence operation to interfere in a U.S. election.
Hackers are stealing loyalty rewards. Are your air miles or hotel points at risk?
American consumers love loyalty programs. It's estimated that the 3.3 billion loyalty program members in the U.S. currently store about $48 billion worth of points and miles in their accounts, according to Chargebacks911 . These programs have grown so large in recent years that they've become an inviting target for hackers.
While we call them miles or points, loyalty rewards are really a form of digital currency that can be used just like cash. Because they're so liquid, the hackers don't have to book flights or hotel stays with them. They can buy gift cards or merchandise to resell online, or they can simply sell the stolen rewards to other criminals.
Hackers are after your healthcare data | ITProPortal
The healthcare industry is mostly targeted by malware, it says. Two most dangerous Trojans in the past year were Emotet and TrickBot, with the former taking the spotlight for the first half of the year, and TrickBot stealing it in the second half.
“Healthcare is vital to our population, industries and economy, which is why it’s an especially concerning industry to see targeted by cybercriminals,” said Adam Kujawa, Director of Malwarebytes Labs.
Israel Extradites Accused Russian Hacker to U.S. - WSJ
Alleged Russian cybercriminal Alexei Burkov was extradited from Israel to the U.S. on hacking-related charges, including fraud, identity theft, computer intrusion and money laundering, after the Kremlin's efforts to recover him in an unusual prisoner exchange failed.
Happening on Twitter
ICYMI last night, @Conservatives website was also hit by a cyberattack yesterday afternoon, making three DDoS attem… https://t.co/UM9QN4E23Y jc_stubbs (from Europe) Wed Nov 13 10:01:55 +0000 2019
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