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Pentagon's new weapons systems easily hacked

Pentagon's new weapons systems easily hacked

New U.S. weapons systems being developed by the US Department of Defense can be easily be hacked by adversaries, a new government report said. The Government Accountability Office said the Pentagon was unaware of how easy it could be …

Turkey declares day of mourning for Egypt attack

Turkey declares day of mourning for Egypt attack

Turkey has announced that on November 27 will be a day of national mourning in the wake of last week's deadly terrorist attack in Egypt. Flags will fly at half-mast at Turkish representations in the country and abroad, authorities …

US accuses Iran of hacking attacks against Game of Thrones

US accuses Iran of hacking attacks against Game of Thrones

US Justice Department may make public a number of cases with Iranian suspects within a month, including one connected to the hacking of HBO broadcaster. In late July, it emerged that HBO underwent a major cyberattack, with hackers …

Russian bunks not compromised by BadRabbit attack

Russian bunks not compromised by BadRabbit attack

Some Russian financial organisations suffered a cyber attack from the so-called BadRabbit malware distributed through email, the country’s central bank’s Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team (FINCERT) said, adding …

Bad Rabbit ransomware attacks Russia's top banks

Bad Rabbit ransomware attacks Russia's top banks

Bad Rabbit ransomware attacked Russian mass media, Odessa Airport and Kiev subway, the Chief Executive Officer of Group-IB company dealing with investigation and prevention of cybercrimes,  Ilya Sachkov, said, adding …

Bad Rabbit ransomware attacks Russian mass media

Bad Rabbit ransomware attacks Russian mass media

Bad Rabbit ransomware attacked Russian mass media, Odessa Airport and Kiev subway, Ilya Sachkov, Chief Executive Officer of Group-IB company dealing with investigation and prevention of cybercrimes, said on Tuesday, TASS …

Russia’s Interfax agency comes under hacker attack

Russia’s Interfax agency comes under hacker attack

Almost all services of Russia’s Interfax news agency have come under the attack by hackers, First Deputy Director General and Executive Director Alexey Gorshkov said. He said that almost all services of Interfax …

 Russia among top 10 in UN Cybersecurity Survey

Russia among top 10 in UN Cybersecurity Survey

  Russia is ranked a high 10th out of 165 nations in a global index that measures the commitment of nations across the world to cybersecurity. Following Singapore were the United States, Malaysia, Oman, Estonia, …

 Petya cyber attack spreads across Europe

Petya cyber attack spreads across Europe

DLA Piper, a global law firm with offices in the UK, and Merck, a Netherlands-based pharmaceutical company, have both confirmed that they have been hit by the Petya ransomware. The confirmations come as reports are surfacing of the …

Rosneft oil production unaffected despite cyber attack,

Rosneft oil production unaffected despite cyber attack,

Russia's top oil producer Rosneft (ROSN.MM) said on Tuesday its servers had been hit been a large-scale cyber attack, but its oil production was unaffected, Reuters reported. "The company's servers underwent a powerful …

Armenian banks to regularly hold pen tests against hackers

Armenian banks to regularly hold pen tests against hackers

Armenian banks will regularly hold pen tests, Head of Financial System Regulation Department of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA), Mher Abrahamyan, said the aforementioned at a press-conference on Wednesday, News.am reports. …

Turkey to form ‘cyber army’ against cyberattacks

Turkey to form ‘cyber army’ against cyberattacks

Turkey will establish a “cyber army” against possible cyber threats, Turkish Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan said, commenting on the recent WannaCry “ransomware” …