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The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny...

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When the mysterious entity known as "Shadow Brokers" released a tranche of stolen NSA hacking tools to the internet a year ago, most experts who studied the material honed in on the most potent tools, so-called "zero-day" exploits that could be used to install malware and take over machines.

Leaked Files Show How NSA Tracks Other...

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Merck, a US-based pharmaceutical giant, was among dozens of businesses affected by a sprawling cyberattack Tuesday, with victims across the globe facing demands to hand over a ransom or have their computer networks remain locked and inaccessible. The widespread intrusion that hit the New Jersey-based drug company was similar to the massive ransomware attack last month, which deployed a virus dubbed WannaCry.

Pharmaceutical giant rocked by...

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Ukraine's government, National Bank and biggest power companies all warned of cyberattacks Tuesday. Airports and metro services in the country were also reportedly affected, though it appears they're victims of another massive ransomware outbreak that's spreading across the world fast and hitting a significant number of critical infrastructure providers.

Another Massive Ransomware Outbreak Has...

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The clocks read zero when the lights went out. It was a Saturday night last December, and Oleksii Yasinsky was sitting on the couch with his wife and teenage son in the living room of their Kiev apartment. The 40-year-old Ukrainian cybersecurity researcher and his family were an hour into Oliver Stone's film Snowden when their building abruptly lost power.

How An Entire Nation Became Russia's...

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In what is the largest known data exposure of its kind, UpGuard's Cyber Risk Team can now confirm that unsecured databases containing the sensitive personal details of over 198 million American voters was left exposed to the internet by a firm working on behalf of the Republican National Committee (RNC) in their efforts to elect Donald Trump.

The RNC Files: Inside the Largest US...

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