Security News > 2019 > January

2FA codes can be phished by new pentest tool
2019-01-11 12:25

A researcher has published a tool called Modlishka, capable of phishing 2FA codes sent by SMS or authentication apps.

Poland Charges Huawei Manager and Pole With Spying for China
2019-01-11 12:08

Poland's Internal Security Agency has charged a Chinese manager at tech giant Huawei in Poland and one of its own former officers with espionage against Poland on behalf of China, Polish state...

Juniper releases barrage of security fixes for security, networking devices
2019-01-11 11:06

Juniper Networks has released patches for vulnerabilities affecting its networking and security devices running Junos OS, as well as a bucketload of security flaws in the Junos Space Network...

Trading site DX.Exchange spills gobs of user data
2019-01-11 10:59

A trader believes he could easily have obtained admin access to the site and potentially have stolen the funds of its 600,000 users.

Card-Not-Present Fraud Costs Mount
2019-01-11 10:33

A Juniper Research analysis of why card-not-present fraud will continue to grow leads this week's edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also featured: Updates on a Neiman Marcus breach lawsuit...

Government Shutdown: Experts Fear Deep Cybersecurity Impact
2019-01-11 10:33

Readiness, Morale, Investigations and Recruitment at Risk as Standoff PersistsThe U.S. government shutdown is impacting agencies integral to the nation's cybersecurity readiness, and experts fear...

El Chapo was brought down by a sysadmin
2019-01-11 10:30

Christian Rodriguez says he set up secure VoIP communications for the cartel: a system whose encryption keys he wound up giving to the FBI.

DDoSing Hospital Networks Landed This Hacktivist in Jail for Over 10 Years
2019-01-11 09:48

A simple DDoS attack could land you in jail for 10 years or even more. A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to over 10 years in prison for launching DDoS attacks against the computer network of...

No plain sailing for Anon hacktivist picked up by Disney cruise ship: 10 years in the cooler for hospital DDoS caper
2019-01-11 09:05

Healthcare networks pummeled amid drama over teen girl's custody Five months after he was found guilty of orchestrating a distributed denial-of-service attack against US healthcare providers, the...

Hacktivist Gets 10-Year Prison Sentence for DDoS Attack on Hospitals
2019-01-11 07:37

A 34-year-old man from Somerville, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against two healthcare organizations in the...