Quantcast
Channel: cyberattacks | New York Post
Browsing all 130 articles
Browse latest View live

Hackers target thousands of bank emails in cyber attack

An international phishing campaign was launched Thursday against roughly 2,700 bank domains — including Bank of America and Citibank, The Post has learned. Cyber-thieves posed as employees of an...

View Article



The malware that conquered the world has reinvented itself

The RIG Exploit kit that infected 1.3 million devices a few years ago is back and it’s up to no good again. The RIG Exploit kit was responsible for infecting computers globally at a rate, on average,...

View Article

Russian hacker accused of mass data breach extradited to US

A Russian man accused of hacking US companies and stealing the personal information of 100 million customers was extradited from Georgia and delivered to Manhattan federal prosecutors on Friday. Andrei...

View Article

Hacker behind largest breach in US history appears in court

The noose is tightening around the band of crooks who pulled off the largest cyber-hack of a single bank in US history. After years of tracking the fourth member of the alleged criminal enterprise —...

View Article

Russian military group behind wave of global cyberattacks: UK

The Russians recently launched a new wave of “reckless and indiscriminate cyberattacks” against businesses, governments, media outlets and sports bodies across the globe, according to British...

View Article


Russia blasts UK cyber attack allegations as ‘diabolical perfume cocktail’

MOSCOW — Russia on Thursday rejected British accusations its spies were behind global cyber attacks, saying the allegations were unworthy and part of a disinformation campaign designed to damage...

View Article

China’s latest cyber offensive — and what to do about it

Tensions between the United States and China have been rising, but the worst may be ahead. The disclosure by Bloomberg Businessweek that the Chinese military allegedly implanted microchips onto...

View Article

Germany calls on Russia to halt campaign of cyberattacks

Germany on Friday joined other Western countries in blaming Russia for engaging in a global campaign of cyber attacks against political institutions, businesses, media outlets and sports organizations....

View Article


Government report reveals Pentagon weapons can easily be hacked

A brief look at the news is enough for anyone to realize that cyber attacks are a real threat. Just recently, we’ve seen Western governments strongly condemn Russia for hacking attacks. We also saw a...

View Article


Why Russian hackers didn’t strike during the midterm elections

Despite probing and trolling, a Russian cyberattack is the dog that did not bark in Tuesday’s elections. This is the assessment of the Department of Homeland Security, which says there were no signs of...

View Article
Browsing all 130 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images