HBO Hacked, Game of Thrones script leaked on the Internet
Early August, hackers announced to have breached the systems of the television network HBO that is owned by the giant Time Warner. Crooks claimed to have...
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WannaCry, The Aftermath: How WannaCry Could Have Been WannaSmile
I have been working in the field of cyber security and related areas for over 20 years. In that time there have been many cyber incidents. Those that instantly...
Does History Need to Repeat Itself? Lessons Learned From WannaCry
Often, at the end of a project, especially a long and complicated one, there will be a ‘lessons learned’ session held. These sessions usually bring together...
Why Was Wanacrypt0r 2.0 So Successful?
On 12th of May 2017, unknown hackers launched a large-scale global ransomware attack. It affected more than 230,000 computers. The ransomware (WanaCrypt0r...
Freedom Hosting II Hacked: 10,613 .onion Sites are Down
The Anonymous hacktivist group hacked the popular Dark Web hosting provider Freedom Hosting II. Roughly 10,613 .onion sites leveraging on the service have...
The Biggest Cyber-Security Incidents of 2016
January 1st, 2017, this is the right moment to look at the last 12 months analyzing the biggest hacks of 2016. It was for sure the worst year for cyber-security...
A DDoS Attack Hit the Dyn Managed DNS: Is Someone Trying To Cause An Internet Takedown?
The Internet is one of the most important critical infrastructures for almost every country in the world. It is a "global commons" on which leverage the most...
Panama Papers – How Hackers Breached the Mossack Fonseca Firm
The Panama Papers are a huge trove of high confidential documents stolen from the computer systems of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca that was leaked...
The Ferizi Case: The First Man Charged with Cyber Terrorism
In October 2015, for the first time, the US Justice Department has charged a suspect for terrorism and hacking. The US Government has charged a hacker in Malaysia...
MES Security: What can we learn from the Volkswagen Recalls?
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