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Cebu Normal University suspends subdomain after anonymous website hack
The Cebu Normal University has informed the National Privacy Commission about the recent cyberattack
Honda cyberattack hits plants in India, Brazil, Turkey, U.S.
A cyberattack hits Honda's internal servers, spreading a virus through the company's systems, and disrupting operations at 11 Honda plants
EasyJet reveals cyber attack on 9 million clients
EasyJet adds the credit card details of 2,208 customers were also accessed. It did not say when the attack took place.
The other virus threat: Surge in coronavirus-themed cyberattacks
The abrupt move of millions of people to remote work sparks an unprecedented volume of attacks to trick people into giving up credentials to attackers, security researchers say
Mitsubishi Electric data may have been compromised in cyberattack
Mitsubishi Electric says it has confirmed highly sensitive information in the defense, power, and railway sectors are unaffected
U.S. city hit by cyberattack days after military base shooting
Emails, telephone lines and online payment services were affected by the attack. Officials did not say whether there was a link between the cyber and naval base attacks.
UK Labour suffers 'major cyberattack' ahead of election
The Labour Party says some of its campaign activities were slowed but were restored by early Tuesday and are now back to normal
Airbus hit by series of cyberattacks on suppliers – security sources
There have been 4 major attacks on Airbus in the last 12 months, according to two security sources involved in investigating the hacking
U.S. cyber attack on Iran: The search to exploit a flaw
Military computing security is usually 'hardened' to defend against attack, but highly-skilled computer scientists in cyber units of modern armies are always working to find a way in
Iran denies being hit by U.S. cyberattack
'No successful attack has been carried out by them, although they are making a lot of effort,' telecommunications minister Mohammad Javad Azarari Jahromi says
Alternative media groups file civil case amid cyberattacks
'The magnitude, scope, and scale of the cyberattacks suggest that they were targeted, deliberate, and organized,' the complaint reads
Q&A: RiskIQ's Yonathan Klijnsma on the group that hacked the ABS-CBN store
In this Q&A, we discuss the learnings of RiskIQ, which has been tracking Magecart operations for the past few years
Elite North Korean hacker group tied to bank attacks
A report by the cybersecurity firm FireEye says the newly identified group dubbed APT38 is the source of cyberattacks on global banks that has netted 'hundreds of millions' of dollars
State-actors likely behind Singapore cyberattack
Singapore's health minister says the strike was 'a deliberate, targeted, and well-planned cyberattack and not the work of casual hackers or criminal gangs'
Singapore says hackers stole 1.5 million health records in cyberattack
(UPDATED) Singapore's health and information ministries say a government database was broken into in a 'deliberate, targeted and well-planned' strike, describing the attack as 'unprecedented'
European Union states to form 'rapid response' cyber force – Lithuania
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis says his counterparts from Croatia, Estonia, the Netherlands and Romania will join him on Monday to sign the agreement in Luxembourg. Finland, France, Poland, and Spain will join later this year.
Southeast Asia faces threats from ISIS, cyberattacks – ASEAN chair
At the opening of the 32nd ASEAN Summit, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tells fellow leaders that ISIS continues to threaten the region
Tech firms sign pledge to refrain from helping cyberattacks
Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, adds, 'This tech sector accord will help us take a principled path towards more effective steps to work together and defend customers around the world'
Cybercriminals pivot to cryptomining, fileless malware – McAfee
Increasing cybersecurity threats linked to cybercriminals' ability to use open-source tools and shared, accumulated information within their community
5 diplomatic rows looming over Russia's World Cup
Poisonings, doping, cyberattacks and conflicts in Syria and the Ukraine make for a tense World Cup in 2018
Cybersecurity roundup: February 25 to March 3, 2018
Learn more about this week's cybersecurity happenings in our roundup!
GitHub down only less than 10 minutes after world's largest DDoS attack
The DDoS attack took advantage of unprotected memcached servers meant to speed up networks, using that power to amplify the data sent to GitHub 50 times over
Equifax identifies 2.4 million more affected by massive hack
Equifax says the newly identified consumers were not previously informed because their social security numbers -- which appeared to be the focus of the hackers – were not stolen together with their partial driver's license information
Cyberattack against German government 'ongoing'
'It is a real cyberattack on part of the government system. It's an ongoing process, an ongoing attack,' says Armin Schuster, chairman of the German parliamentary committee on intelligence issues
North Korea cyber threat 'more aggressive than China' – US firm
It is the first time that FireEye had used the designation 'Advanced Persistent Threat' for a North Korean-based group
Cybersecurity roundup: February 11 to 17, 2018
Here's an overview of some of the major occurrences in the cybersecurity sector from February 11 to 17
U.S., Britain blame Russia for 'NotPetya' ransomware attack
(UPDATED) Statements from Washington and London say Russia would face ramifications for the attacks that crippled computer networks in the United States and Europe, including those of some big corporations
A look back on the cyberattacks that threatened PH businesses
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Olympics hit by cyberattack, source not revealed
North Korea and Russia deny launching any attacks on the Pyeongchang Olympics
NUJP slams cyberattack on Kodao Productions' website
Kodao.org is known for covering the peace process between the Philippine government and the NDFP, as well as issues about indigenous peoples, human rights, environmental issues
Top Dutch banks, revenue service hit by cyber attacks
(UPDATED) The Netherlands' top 3 banks experience DDoS attacks over the weekend, which blocked access to websites and internet banking services
Hackers could get even nastier in 2018 – researchers
McAfee researchers say that as ransomware profitability fades in the face of new defenses, hackers will turn to new kinds of attacks that could involve damage or disruption of computers and networks
Blackpanda CEO sees opportunities in PH amid security threats
Gene Yu, chief executive officer and co-founder of private security firm Blackpanda, says there is room for businesses to improve their safety protocols
Lenovo to pay $3.5M in lawsuit involving 750,000 vulnerable laptops
The laptops in question are from 2014 and 2015 and contain pre installed software that left users open to cyberattacks
DOF installing new cybersecurity system
The Department of Finance is cooperating with the Department of Information and Communications Technology on the system which it expects to be fully operational by 2021
Briton extradited from Germany for allegedly hacking two UK banks
Daniel Kaye 29 allegedly orchestrates so called distributed denial of service DDoS attacks against the banks
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British hacker convicted in Germany of major cyber attack
The regional court in the western city of Cologne said it would suspend the sentence of one year and eight months against the defendant Daniel Kaye following pleas to this effect by both prosecutors and the defence
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Cyberattack blocks Maersk terminals, new orders
A number of Maersk s 76 container terminals are affected and forced to run on manual systems AP Moller Maersk chief operating officer Vincent Clerc says
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Focus on defenses as users scramble after global cyberattack
UPDATED The director of Europol Rob Wainwright says there are clear similarities with the WannaCry incident but warns there are also indications of a more sophisticated attack capability intended to exploit a range of vulnerabilities
Ukraine, Maersk hit in new wave of global cyberattacks
UPDATED Several companies and organizations are targeted in what appears to be another major spread of ransomware
UK parliament cuts e-mail access after cyberattack
The threat follows reports in British media including the Times that hackers were selling passwords for MPs online
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Ukraine's presidential office says website attacked by Russia
The president s website has sustained an organized attack says President Petro Poroshenko s deputy administration chief Dmytro Shymkiv in a statement
BSP to banks: Don't pay ransomware attackers
While no Philippine bank was affected in the global ransomware attack the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas issues guidelines on dealing with cyber criminals and protecting sensitive data
China denies universities hit hard by ransomware
These inaccurate statements have seriously misled public opinion caused panic among teachers and students and affected the normal order of instruction and life the China Education and Research Network says giving no further details
Cyberattacks level off after global pushback, but fears persist
UPDATED The number of victims appears not to have gone up and so far the situation seems stable in Europe which is a success a senior spokesman for Europol says
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