Wikileaks 0day: New 'AssangeLeaks' website claims to have the source code for PGP Corp's popular open source program GnuPG as well as internal documents from the United States Central Intelligence Agency, Russian FSB and the Syrian Electronic Army. The site - 'leaks.wikileaks' - appeared online with a notice: "We have the source code, we have [GnuPG] servers, and we will publish them all." Full story here. Gawker Hack: The controversial media website Gawker's website was hacked over the weekend, leading to a fake story about a Florida woman who won an illegal lotto jackpot of US$1 billion in a sweepstakes. Gawker has since taken down the story that said the woman was the only recipient. Full story here. Google's 'Doorway' Exploit: Hackers were able to exploit a Google Chrome vulnerability that was reported to the company three months ago, Google confirmed yesterday. The exploit, also reported in The Register, allows hackers to use their own server as a "sneaky alternative" for Google search, so that victims don't notice the redirections and see bogus information instead. Full story here. U.S. Army Veteran Charged in 'Hack of the Stars' Scheme: The Department of Justice has charged a U.S. Army veteran with hacking into several high-profile gaming companies and stealing credit card numbers and other personal information in a "massive" and ongoing series of online cybercrime attacks. Full story here. Cybersecurity: Tougher Passwords For Cybersecurity Workers Required: The Office of Personnel Management is requiring federal workers, contractors and contractors for federal workers to change their passwords in the wake of a massive data breach by hackers, President Barack Obama said yesterday. The federal workers will need to change their "commonly used password," OPM said yesterday, according to Computerworld. Full story here. Amazon Cloud Sync: The new Amazon Cloud Sync service provides low cost, high-speed data sync and backup with unlimited data transfer and retention across all of your connected devices, Amazon announced yesterday. Customers will need to install and enable the service on one of their devices. The service currently supports over 100 data types. Full story here. The End of the Road for The Daily Stormer: An internet domain registrar has cancelled the registration of the neo-Nazi website, 'The Daily Stormer.' Daily Stormer owner Andrew Anglin posted a statement to Twitter yesterday announcing the cancellation. Yesterday, he also announced plans to move his site to an alternative domain name, and he has filed a legal complaint against the domain name registrar. More here. Faster Crypto Hash Algorithms: Google has developed a computer algorithm, dubbed FHE Encrypt, that is three times faster than some popular cryptographic hash algorithms. Google engineers wrote in a research paper that FHE Encrypt is three times faster than the MD5 and SHA256 cryptographic hash algorithms. Full story here. The Evolution of Cyber-Security: The NSA uses AI to protect itself from hackers, and that is only one of the ways the agency is using technology to stop cyber attacks. The agency is also creating a 'Cyber Counterintelligence' organization, in which specialists will be tasked with protecting military, government and civilian networks. Full story here. AWS Security Breach: Security firm DataBreaches reported an Amazon Web Services (AWS) database that contained financial records and personal information of 2,100 consumers, including credit card data, Social Security numbers and bank account information. No financial information has been reported stolen. Full story here. Microsoft Edge Browser Breached: Microsoft has detected and blocked an attack on the company's Edge browser, which is a new, faster web browser that the company launched earlier this year. The breach affected computers running Windows 7 and 8. Full story here. IBM Taps OpenStack to Bring Public Cloud Services to the IBM Cloud: IBM has developed a new public cloud service based on OpenStack, the open source cloud computing platform. Called "IBM Cloud Private," the new offering is now available for testing at the IBM BladeCenter. Full story here. Microsoft Pushes 'Defensive Vetting' in Office 365: Microsoft is providing a new feature called 'defensive vetting' for Office 365 users, offering an easy way to let Office 365 administrators determine which users can access their organization's cloud-based information. Full story here. AWS Security Breach: Amazon is in hot water after a security breach at one of its servers exposed data from a slew of well known companies including Zappos, Apple, Pepsi and more. TechCrunch reported that Amazon Web Services accidentally exposed the data of at least 15,000 companies after an 'unsecured Elastic Block Store' was mistakenly exposed to the internet. More here. Facebook's Data Mining Research: Facebook has been working with U.S. tech companies to develop a system that "allows users to express themselves in ways that are invisible to Facebook's algorithms." Facebook said yesterday, according to Reuters. Full story here. Kaspersky's 'Fake Ransomware' Cybersecurity Toolkit: 'Fake Ransomware' is a 'botnet' comprised of compromised software used to commit cyber attacks. According to Kaspersky Labs, it can help people determine if their PCs are being controlled by cyber criminals. The company calls the project 'H-Worm.' Full story here. Cloud Expo Security Solutions: Anticipating the next headline about hacking, or the one about a cyber attack, event organizer Cloud Expo has rolled out two solutions to bolster the event's cyber security. One is a full-service cybersecurity team; the other is a Cybersecurity Assessment Services program, or the 'CAS.' Full story here. Twitter's New Cybersecurity Policy: Twitter's new policy on 'hacking' requires that its social network's users provide information if they want to work for a U.S. military contractor. Also, Twitter is working with a group of software and cybersecurity companies to develop a system that will let it shut down bots that spread disinformation or cause problems for users. Full story here. China's Cyberattacks: Hackers stole 20 million credit card details, but the hackers in China didn't use the information immediately, according to security firm Kaspersky Labs. Instead, the stolen information was stored in an un-sanitized and unprotected format on an infected computer. It was recovered and used by a third party cybercriminal for malicious activities, researchers said. More here. Microsoft Windows 'Defender': Microsoft has released Windows 10 version 1703, and the upgrade includes a new desktop feature that it calls 'Windows Defender.' The new feature is designed to help prevent viruses and other computer infections. More here. Amazon S3: A new data storage service for website developers called S3 can now automatically detect and remove unused files. S3 users must register in order to take advantage of this new service, which was released in December. Full story here. The Web 3.0 Cybersecurity Conundrum: Users cannot be fully protected when their data lives on several sites, according to security experts. More here. 'Cyberattack' on the U.S. Election: The Pentagon and the Homeland Security Department were both notified in advance of a cyberattack on a private company, but President Obama said the government had no evidence it was tied to Russia. Meanwhile, a federal judge declined to halt the administration's efforts to place some undocumented immigrants in detention. Full story here. Twitter: Hackers breached the social network and posted a message that included an ominous quote that read "Hello World!" on the site's most popular timeline page. The security breach, which lasted nearly 24 hours, was one of the largest breaches Twitter ever experienced. Full story here. Microsoft: Microsoft reported a security breach of a computer at the company, which occurred this weekend and is thought to be the result of a hack. The company said it was investigating to find the culprit. Full story here. Uber Raid: The FBI has raided the office of Uber Technologies Inc. in an investigation into a massive data breach, according to a report by Reuters. Full story here. Oculus VR: Hackers have released malware that allows users to take control of Oculus VR headsets without the user even knowing. The company confirmed the malware and said that it "will continue to monitor for suspicious files and alert consumers to ensure they are protected." Full story here. Microsoft's Azure Security: Catching cybercriminals has become more challenging with the emergence of software that allows