Visa Warns About Hackers Stealing Gas Pumps Credit Card Data –
Payment processing company Visa reported that attackers at gas pumps intercept credit card data from point-of-sale networks, which are becoming increasingly attractive targets for...
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GitHub Account of Canonical Hacked, PII Source Code Safe
On 6th July Canonical owned account on GitHub was hacked and credentials were compromised and used to create repositories and issues among other activities....
Hackers Exploiting Microsoft Outlook Vulnerability Warns America
The recent increase in state-sponsored cyber campaigns have not diminished in the short term. US Cyber Command has reported that non-state actors were exploiting the long-non-patched...
Chinese Hacking Team APT10, Still Actively Operating
In a previous article here in Hackercombat.com, we have featured the story of Iran’s APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) team, which is not at all...
Second US City Pays Hackers For Ransomware
A city in Florida paid $ 500,000 to the hackers after a ransomware attack. The total amount the city of Florida has paid for...
Vulnerability in EA Origin Game Exposed Players to Hackers
Electronic Arts fixes security vulnerabilities in its Origin online gaming platform after security researchers found that they could trick gamers to remotely execute malicious...
A Hacker Nabbed After He Accidentally Drops A USB Drive
An independent investigation by the Belgian police found the suspect in a bank explosion, was linked to multiple cyber-attack charges against the same bank....
TalkTalk hacker Locked Up For Four Years
In December 2016, this teenager, Daniel Kelley, was warned that he will be detained for his involvement in hacking millions of pounds of TalkTalk...
The EU’s Embassy In Moscow Was Hacked and Kept It Secret
A “sophisticated cyber espionage event” began in February 2017. Russian entities are said to be behind piracy, a source told BuzzFeed News. The European...
New Zealand Opposition Behind Budget Info Hack?
Two thousand unauthorized access attempts in 48-hours, that is how New Zealand’s Treasury Secretary in coordination with the National Cyber Security Centre described the...