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Israel’s surveillance tools are now part of its economic presence in Africa. Photo: File

OPINION| Have you been hacked?

A cool and calm head is the greatest protection against a hack that could ruin your life

Head of the Hawks, Lieutenant-General Godfrey Lebeya was presumably not impressed by the porn hack.  (Photo by Gallo Images/Beeld/Felix Dlangamandla)

Hackers infiltrate SA illicit financial flows conference with porn clip

The conference was attended by state agencies, blue- chip global and local non-governmental agencies and public accountability experts

Israel’s surveillance tools are now part of its economic presence in Africa. Photo: File

The evolution of cybercrime and how we can fight back

The odds of your company being hacked are much higher than you think. This can have devastating effects, as when Transnet had to declare force majeure a few months ago

The British government holds the Kremlin ultimately responsible for the cyber campaign. (Reuters)

Britain, Australia accuse Russian spies of global cyber attack

Operatives from Russia’s GRU arm carried out various ‘reckless and indiscriminate’ high-profile online attacks, says the UK’s foreign secretary

(John McCann/M&G)

Another day, another data breach

Liberty is just the latest in a growing list of targets, heightening the urgency to protect information

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Hackers steal $30m from top Seoul bitcoin exchange

This is the second major attack on South Korean virtual currency exchanges in just 10 days

Liberty says there is currently no evidence its customers nor affiliate clients have suffered any financial losses.

Liberty refuses to pay hackers

Liberty Holdings says it refused a ransom demand after hackers breached its IT infrastructure and accessed some emails.

Hackers were able to reach large numbers of websites by infecting a commonly used “plug-in

Thousands of websites infected by ‘crypto mining’ malware

Researchers have been warning in recent weeks about this kind of malware, which can deliver profits without being obvious to users.

The British government holds the Kremlin ultimately responsible for the cyber campaign. (Reuters)

Putin’s cyber play: What are all these Russian hackers up to?

The FBI is warning of Russian cyberattackers probing American election systems.

Ajay Gupta (centre) (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Gupta’s Oakbay responds to website attacks by Anonymous group hackers

On Wednesday Anonymous Africa claimed to take down Gupta-linked websites for Oakbay Investments, Sahara, and media outlets The New Age and ANN7.

CRISPR technology is a relatively new and powerful tool for editing genomes. It allows researchers to easily alter DNA sequences and modify gene function. (File photo: Edgard Garrido, Reuters)

Hacker collects 272m email addresses and passwords, some from Gmail

Security firm announces it has persuaded fraudster to give up database of email addresses along with passwords users use to log in to websites.

“We know a lot about real-world criminology. We don’t know anything about cyber juvenile delinquency

Psychologist RATs on hackers

“We know a lot about real-world criminology. We don’t know anything about cyber juvenile delinquency.”

CRISPR technology is a relatively new and powerful tool for editing genomes. It allows researchers to easily alter DNA sequences and modify gene function. (File photo: Edgard Garrido, Reuters)

Data kidnapping erupts

A recent report has revealed that hackers are obtaining compromising material and then holding it hostage until their demands are met.

Lenovo to hackers: Come on in!

Lenovo did not set out to compromise its customers security. But its behaviour makes it a greedy accomplice, writes Alistair Fairweather.

The theft of content deprives creatives of a living and harms businesses and investor confidence

Software piracy opens doors for hackers

A study has shown that cybercriminals are employing malware embedded in PCs running pirated software and sold to unsuspecting consumers or companies.

Media companies including the New York Times, Twitter and the Huffington Post lost control of some of their websites. (Reuters)

Syrian group linked to hacking NY Times, Twitter, Huff Post

Hacker group the Syrian Electronic Army has claimed credit for the Twitter and Huffington Post hacks in a series of Twitter messages.

Israel’s surveillance tools are now part of its economic presence in Africa. Photo: File

US defence chief accuses China of cyber spying

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has accused China of waging cyber espionage against the United States.

Bogus ‘Obama injured’ tweet upsets US markets

Hackers took over news agency Associated Press’s Twitter account and sent a false tweet about the US president that briefly sent US markets reeling.

US hacking accusations are flawed, says China

Accusations by a US computer company that a secretive Chinese military unit is likely behind a series of hacking attacks are unreliable, says China.

Anonymous hackers ‘take over’ Burger King’s Twitter account

Burger King’s Twitter account was hacked apparently by hackers from Anonymous who took it over and rebranded it with rival McDonald’s logo and name.