Sentences with phrase «hacking attacks targeted»

This new system comes after several hacking attacks targeted the Gmail accounts of prominent individuals.

Throughout the upcoming weeks, the South Korean law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies are expected to focus on finding solid evidence to link the hacking attack targeted at Youbit to North Korean hackers.

Not exact matches

Most notably, there's Target, whose CEO, Gregg Steinhafel, was forced to step down last month following one of the biggest hack attacks ever logged.

«Investigators so far believe that Russian intelligence is likely behind the attacks and that Russian hackers are targeting news organizations as part of a broader series of hacks that also have focused on Democratic Party organizations, the officials said,» CNN reported.

Neither attack was particularly sophisticated, but South Korean authorities said North Korea was to blame, even though «hacktivist» groups - online activists who hack high - profile targets in order to spread political messages - first appeared to claim responsibility.

Since then, Fortune has spoken with more than a dozen victims, including tech CEOs and well - known blockchain proponents, whose Coinbase accounts have been targeted and hacked in almost exactly the same fashion; still more have been attacked on other exchanges.

Whether Apple's famous iCloud was actually hacked or if this was a series of targeted attacks against specific accounts is somewhat interesting but inconsequential to most of us.

«FireEye has recently uncovered 11 iOS apps within the Hacking Team's arsenals that utilize Masque Attacks, marking the first instance of targeted iOS malware being used against non-jailbroken iOS devices,» wrote FireEye senior research scientist engineer Zhaofeng Chen on the company's findings.

The hack into Ashley Madison's system follows attacks on the likes of Sony Pictures Entertainment and retailer Target that inflicted damage to companies as well as customers.

McAffee security experts recently uncovered one of the biggest cyber attacks in history: an extensive hacking job that targeted 72 organizations, including the United Nations, multiple governments and the International Olympic Committee.

But the REAL target of the hack wasn't a U.S. Central Command social media feed: it was the hearts and minds of potential Islamic State supporters around the world, making the attack a textbook piece of psychological warfare.

Libicki said the demand for cybersecurity professionals began to overtake supply in 2007, largely due to increased reports of large - scale hacking, including the leakage of credit card data, attacks on Internet connectivity, and the discovery of «advanced persistence threats» — teams of hackers who go after intellectual property by establishing a persistent presence in the networks of U.S. and other technology targets.

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Still, for the sake of saying it, the turn - based combat seen in previous FE games is swapped out for some real - time hack - and - slash action and things like dodging, base capturing, camera lock - on targeting, button mashing combos, Special Attacks (aka Warrior Specials) are present as is a Magic - like mode known as Awakening.

Still, for the sake of saying it, the turn - based combat seen in previous FE games is swapped out for some real - time hack - and - slash action and things like dodging, base capturing, camera lock - on targeting, button mashing combos, Special Attacks (aka Warrior Specials) are present as is a Magic - like mode known as Awakening.

Players work in groups of 4 to survive 10 waves of attacks by a specific enemy type, with objectives such as special target killing and device hacking popping up on the 3rd, 6th and 10th round.

When an American satellite is hijacked by The Federation and hacked to attack targets on American soil, a military unit known as Ghosts are dispatched to save the red, white, and blue before imminent annihilation is unleashed.

After all the disingenuous Dimowit finger - pointing at Russia, we now get this:... The Department of Homeland Security told members of congress Friday that a rogue federal employee may have been responsible for a November hack - attack that targeted the Georgia secretary of state's system, LifeZette has learned.

Email servers could be hacked by anybody wanting to retrieve such documents and law firms have been the target of such attacks before.

This year has already seen suspicions that elections around the world have been targeted by cyber hacks, but the latest large - scale attacks have brought home how big a risk this is to businesses and organisations like the NHS.

It is quite possible they will target you individually, including attacking your home computer to hack into your office systems.

Krebs was most likely hacked because he writes about information security and cybercrime (this isn't the first time he's been targeted by criminals), but these kind of attacks can (and do) happen to anyone.

Another is claimed to show the company debating what to do after an independent investigation from the University of Toronto attacked it for selling hacking tools to Ethiopia, which then used it to target journalists in the US and elsewhere.

Since then, Fortune has spoken with more than a dozen victims, including tech CEOs and well - known blockchain proponents, whose Coinbase accounts have been targeted and hacked in almost exactly the same fashion; still more have been attacked on other exchanges.

NEM was the cryptocurrency that was the target of the biggest ever hack attack that took place in January this year, where $ 530 million worth of NEM token were stolen from the Japanese crypto - exchange Coincheck.

The multiple hacking attacks that were suspected to have a North Korean origin that targeted Youbit and caused them to file for bankruptcy may have also played a part.

Cyber hacking attacks have risen drastically in the last while, with hackers targeting companies that hold very sensitive data such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords etc, the latest being Equifax which affected millions of users.

More and more people are becoming victims of sophisticated hacking attacks that are mainly targeting their cryptocurrencies.

One of the methods used by the North Korean hacking group was Spear Phishing, the FireEye report stated, which targeted individual cryptocurrency users with highly sophisticated phishing attacks and malware.

Firms now report that they are putting more focus on increasing their ability to respond to DDoS attacks with 40 % acknowledging that, while 40 % for ransomware and 39 % for targeted hacking.

(Bloomberg)-- When Brian Cornell joined Target Corp. three years ago, the cheap - chic retailer was reeling from slumping sales and a hacking attack that exposed the personal data of millions of customers.