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Poland Eyes Cybersecurity in Skies
2017-11-09 11:14

Poland on Wednesday agreed to test a cybersecurity pilot program for the aviation sector as Europe's EASA civil aviation authority tackles the potential threats posed by hackers to air traffic. read more

Vault 8: WikiLeaks Releases Source Code For Hive - CIA's Malware Control System
2017-11-09 09:06

Almost two months after releasing details of 23 different secret CIA hacking tool projects under Vault 7 series, Wikileaks today announced a new Vault 8 series that will reveal source codes and...

More Prison Time for Ex-Federal Agent Who Stole Bitcoins
2017-11-09 06:31

A former U.S. Secret Service agent already convicted for stealing bitcoins from the now-defunct underground marketplace Silk Road has been handed another prison sentence for the theft of digital...

Russian 'Fancy Bear' Hackers Using (Unpatched) Microsoft Office DDE Exploit
2017-11-09 01:07

Cybercriminals, including state-sponsored hackers, have started actively exploiting a newly discovered Microsoft Office vulnerability that Microsoft does not consider as a security issue and has...

Former Yahoo CEO: Stronger Defense Couldn't Stop Breaches
2017-11-08 23:33

Marissa Mayer Testifies on the Challenges of Halting State-Backed Persistent AttacksThe former CEO of Yahoo, which has had 3 billion records exposed in a 2013 data breach, testified at a Senate...

Hacker Distributes Backdoored IoT Vulnerability Scanning Script to Hack Script Kiddies
2017-11-08 22:55

Nothing is free in this world. If you are searching for free hacking tools on the Internet, then beware—most freely available tools, claiming to be the swiss army knife for hackers, are nothing...

No. 1 Patient Safety Threat? Ransomware, Cyberattacks
2017-11-08 21:33

ECRI Institute Releases List of Top 10 Health Technology HazardsRansomware and other cyberattacks will be the biggest health technology hazard in 2018, according to the ECRI Institute. It's the...

The Wild West of drive-by cryptocurrency mining
2017-11-08 20:42

As more and more Coinhive clones continue popping up, chances of users’ CPU power being hijacked for cryptocurrency mining are rising. According to Malwarebytes’ latest figures, their AV solution...

IoT is Insecure, Get Over It! Say Researchers
2017-11-08 20:29

Security experts Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, contemplate the larger universe of the Internet of things and security.

Hundreds of Millions in Digital Currency Remains Frozen
2017-11-08 18:31

Between $150 million and $300 million in digital currency called ether remains inaccessible today after a user said he “accidentally” triggered a vulnerability that froze the funds in the popular...