The Latest on the publication by WikiLeaks of what it described as thousands of pages of confidential files about CIA hacking activities : Samsung smart TVs have microphones so viewers can make voice commands, such as requests for movie recommendations. The commands typically aren’t transmitted outside the home unless users activate the feature.

Apparently CIA’s archive of tools used to compromise targeted systems was recently circulated in an unauthorized manner among former CIA contractors and hackers, one or more of which provided the information to Wikileaks. This leak outlines how CIA has been able to compromise platforms like Apple’s iPhone, Google’s Android, Microsoft Windows and Samsung TV’s which can be turned into covert microphones.

This year, TrendMicro sees a 25-percent growth in the number of new ransomware families available for use in breaches. Reports of the encroachment of ransomware on government, law enforcement, critical infrastructure, and health and safety are already climbing.

Ends investigation related to 2015 claims by a hacker that they had obtained a customer database of the iiNet subsidiary The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has finalised its investigation into an allegations of a data breach in 2015 that involved iiNet subsidiary Westnet. A hacker claimed in June 2015 that they had obtained a Westnet customer database that included personal details of the ISP’s customers, including usernames, addresses, phone numbers and, in some cases, password data.

Russian hackers are gaining access to emails and other information belonging to progressive groups and then sifting it for embarrassing information. As many as a dozen groups have been blackmailed with demands for thousands of dollars in bitcoins.

Slack, a team messaging app, in five hours patched a bug that allowed a hacker access to a user’s communications. Detectify Labs security researcher Frans Rosn determined he could steal users’ private tokens – which allow access to the user’s communications – by tricking them with a malicious web page.

The nude snaps of the supermodel were part of a set of images Kate posed for on her wedding day in 2011. They show her in the buff getting ready for her big day, They were among dozens of private snaps she commissioned to celebrate getting hitched to rocker Jamie Hince, from whom she has since split.

More than half of businesses in the UK were victims of cybercrime last year, according to a new report by Beaming. The report says that 2.9 million UK firms, or 52 percent, experienced some form of cyber-security incidents, costing them 29.1 billion.

Yahoo says 32 million user accounts have been illegally accessed in the past couple of years, adding to around 1.5 billion in the years before that. Bad news for Marissa Mayer who’s had her 2016 bonus forfeited.

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More than 11.5 million documents from the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca were leaked to the public. The information leaked was 2.6 terabytes of data, which is more than the contents of the Edward Snowden National Security Agency leaks and the 2010 WikiLeaks documents combined.

With shares of the next-gen network security specialist down sharply in after-hours trading, it was clear the market wasn’t pleased. Let’s take a closer look, then, at how Palo Alto capped the first half of its fiscal year, and what investors should expect from the company going forward.

With shares of the next-gen network security specialist down sharply in after-hours trading, it was clear the market wasn’t pleased. Let’s take a closer look, then, at how Palo Alto capped the first half of its fiscal year, and what investors should expect from the company going forward.

Cyber security firm ECSC is on track to more than treble revenues over the next two years as it continues to capitalise on the growing digital threat to blue-chip firms. Cyber security firm ECSC is on track to more than treble revenues over the next two years as it continues to capitalise on the growing digital threat to blue-chip firms.

The problem was not down to a cyber attack but because of issues with the bank’s own systems, the company announced on Twitter. We’re still experiencing issues affecting Barclays Debit Card and ATM transactions.