Zack Whittaker reports: A denial-of-service attack launched against an energy company providing power in several western U.S. states was enough to report “interruptions of electrical system operations” to the government’s energy authority. The “cyber event” lasted almost 10 hours on March 5, according to an electric emergency and disturbance report filed with the Department of…
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PH: Hackers breach database of UNIFAST
Mario Casayuran reports: The database of the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UNIFAST) has been breached by hackers. […] The data breach committed last March exposed the personal data of more than one million Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) applicants, Gatchalian said. He said the TES database containing the private data of 1,130,899…
Dell laptops and computers vulnerable to remote hijacks
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A vulnerability in the Dell SupportAssist utility exposes Dell laptops and personal computers to a remote attack that can allow hackers to execute code with admin privileges on devices using an older version of this tool and take over users’ systems. Dell has released a patch for this security flaw on April…
TalkTalk hacker Daniel Kelley became ‘ruthless’ cyber criminal after being rejected from college computer course
Emily Pennink reports: A teenager rejected from a college computer course became a “ruthless” online criminal who took part in the huge TalkTalk hack and blackmailed the company’s former chief executive. Disgruntled student Daniel Kelley, from Llanelli, turned to “black hat” hacking when he failed to get the necessary GCSE grades to get into a…
Hackers Snatch and Try Unsuccessfully to Ransom Data from IT Service Provider; CityComp’s Big Clients Impacted
Joseph Cox reports: Hackers have broken into an internet infrastructure firm that provides services to dozens of the world’s largest and most valuable companies, including Oracle, Volkswagen, Airbus, and many more as part of an extortion attempt, Motherboard has learned. The attackers have also released data from all of those companies, according to a website…
Leak Reveals Iran’s Wildest Hacker Crew Stole 13,000 Passwords From 98 Organizations
Thomas Brewster reports: Earlier this month, a prolific hacking group said to be sponsored by Iran had its cyber arsenal leaked. A bundle of tools and target information belonging to the crew, dubbed OilRig, were thrown up on the web for all and sundry to see, marking the most significant leak of Iran’s cyber weaponry…