Australia probes attempted hacking of national parliament
By Colin Packham SYDNEY, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Australian authorities are investigating an attempt to hack into the national parliament’s computer network, two senior lawmakers...
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Cypriot diplomats targeted by hackers in EU diplomatic cables leak
HACKERS targeted Cyprus’ diplomats in exposing thousands of EU diplomatic cables, by using a ‘run-of-the-mill’ phishing campaign the New York Times has reported, as details...
Private messages of 81,000 Facebook users leaked online – BBC
The personal data of 257,000 Facebook users, including the private messages of 81,000 users, has been freely available online since early September, shared by what...
Cloud security threats and solutions
The rise of cloud computing consistently creates opportunities for entrepreneurs and businesses. Cloud computing can affect gains in efficiency and scalability while keeping business costs...
News podcast: Cyprus computer society looking for young hackers
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local...
Hackers stole $6 mln in attack on SWIFT system -Russian central bank
Unknown hackers stole 339.5 million roubles ($6 million) in an attack on the SWIFT international payments messaging system in Russia last year, the Russian central...
Researchers uncover flaw that makes Wi-Fi vulnerable to hacks
Cyber security watchdogs and researchers are issuing warnings over risks associated with a widely used system for securing Wi-Fi communications after the discovery of a...
Ukraine points finger at Russian security services in recent cyber attack
UKRAINE said on Saturday that Russian security services were involved in a recent cyber attack on the country, with the aim of destroying important data...
Symantec attributes 40 cyber attacks to CIA-linked hacking tools
Past cyber attacks on scores of organizations around the world were conducted with top-secret hacking tools that were exposed recently by the Web publisher Wikileaks,...
The hacker of famous people’s accounts jailed
Edward Majerczyk, from Chicago, pleaded guilty to felony computer hacking at a court in Los Angeles last year and will be locked up behind bars...
The black, the grey and the white
Not all hackers have evil intentions of course, but those who do are growing ever more powerful. And don’t think you’re too unimportant CYBERHACKS...
Uphill struggle against computer hackers
By Annette Chrysostomou Yahoo has revealed only now, after a huge delay, that in August 2013 more than one billion of their user accounts were...
Hackers hold retailers to ransom, bitcoins reportedly paid
TWO well-known local electronic supply stores that were held to ransom by cyber-hackers who had attacked and locked down their software system, are reported to...
Cyber attacks disrupt PayPal, Twitter, other sites
By Joseph Menn, Jim Finkle and Dustin Volz Hackers unleashed a complex attack on the internet through common devices like webcams and digital recorders and...
WADA says hackers released another batch of athlete data
By Frank Pingue The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Wednesday that another batch of athlete data has been leaked by the same Russian cyber...
Anon hackers take on Alithia website
The website of Alithia newspaper, belonging to the family of Interior minister Socratis Hasikos, had been partially taken over by anonymous hackers late Tuesday who...
Bangladesh Bank hackers compromised SWIFT software, warning to be issued
The attackers who stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank probably hacked into software from the SWIFT financial platform that is at the heart...
Apple CEO opposes court order to help FBI unlock iPhone (Updated)
Apple Inc opposed a court ruling on Tuesday that ordered it to help the FBI break into an iPhone recovered from a San Bernardino shooter,...
Hackers attack 20 mln accounts on Alibaba’s Taobao shopping site
Hackers in China attempted to access over 20 million active accounts on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s Taobao e-commerce website using Alibaba’s own cloud computing service,...
KYP denies comment on hacking technology
By Elias Hazou The Cyprus Intelligence Service (KYP) has declined to comment on revelations that the agency apparently purchased phone surveillance tech from a manufacturer...