Hackers will take advantage of working from home
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Good time to infiltrate corporations

Hackers will start taking advantage of people working from home during the coronavirus pandemic, according to insecurity experts.

Never mind the Chinese, Russians and Americans – Turkey linked to cyber attacks
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Why are Western systems getting the works? That's nobodies' business but the Turks

Sweeping cyberattacks targeting governments and other organisations in Europe and the Middle East are believed to be the work of hackers acting in the interests of the Turkish government.

IoT devices can be hacked with a light
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Laser or a flashlight will do it

Japanise boffins took time out of their schedule of fighting giant animals in Tokyo and found if they shined a light at Google Home, Amazon's Alexa or Apple's Siri devices from hundreds of feet away they could hack them.

Security people fear their toilets being hacked
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IoT throws everything down the pan

Bog standard research from hardware security company nCipher suggests that IT security professionals are rather insecure about IoT and are becoming worried that even their toilets are leaking secret information.

Bulgarian hacker released
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He was a white hat

The person the Bulgarian police thought was responsible for the massive hack of the country's tax database has been released, although will face some lesser charges.

Bulgaria’s worst hack wasn’t Russians
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It appears to have been a 20 year old Bulgarian cybersecurity worker

A Bulgarian cybersecurity worker has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a hacking attack that stole millions of taxpayers’ personal and financial data, interior ministry officials said.

Cyber security blighted by bias
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More dangerous than a Russian hacker

A study of cybersecurity professionals indicates that their confirmation bias is probably more likely to sink their computer networks than a Russian hacker.

Kelly jailed for four years
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11 hacking related offences

Daniel Kelley, the"cruel and calculating"  teen behind the cybercrime screen, has been sentenced to four years in a young offenders institution after pleading guilty to 11 hacking-related offences.

US House of Representatives wants more control on hacking tools
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They are our weapons why are we giving them to the Arabs?

US lawmakers are pushing legislation that would force the State Department to report what it is doing to control the spread of US hacking tools around the world.

Wikileaks software developer jailed for hacking
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Assange’s mate

A judge in Ecuador has jailed a Swedish software developer whom authorities believe is a key member of WikiLeaks and close to Julian Assange.