Security News

Driving Xtreme Cuts: DXC Technology waves bye bye to 45% of Americas Security divison
2019-06-24 08:08

50 roles shifted off to India DXC Technology is sending hundreds of security personnel from the America's division down the redundancy chute and offshoring some of those roles to low-cost centres,...

US border cops confirm: Maker of America's license-plate, driver recognition tech hacked, camera images swiped
2019-06-10 22:57

That story we broke in May? It is still true – and perhaps even worse than first thought The US Customs and Border Patrol today said hackers broke into one of its bungling technology...

America's anti-hacking laws are so loose, even Donald Trump Jr broke them. So, what do we do about it?
2019-04-29 22:21

Click to read to disappointingly logical answer Comment The President's son Donald Trump Jr broke the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a US federal law.…

Beto O'Dork: White House hopeful O'Rourke was a member of America's top hacking crew Cult of Dead Cow
2019-03-15 20:04

Revealed: Dem golden boy's past as BBS-dwelling l33t teen Newly minted US presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke says he was a member of Cult of the Dead Cow, one of the most legendary hacking groups...

RSA Conference 2019: Emotet Takes Aim at Latin America
2019-03-08 18:04

RAT activity in Latin America and Asia ramped up at the end of 2018, indicating widespread coordinated targeting by threat actors.

US counterintelligence agent helped Iran lob cyber-bombs at America, say Uncle Sam's lawyers
2019-02-14 01:25

Prosecutors accuse Monica Witt of helping Tehran target her former colleagues US prosecutors on Wednesday announced the indictment of a former US counterintelligence agent on charges of helping...

First they came for Equifax and we did nothing because America. Now they are coming for back-end systems and we're...
2019-02-12 12:03

Imag-I-Nation Technologies (no, not that one) fesses up to breach affecting thousands A company that develops and supports software for consumer reports and background checks has admitted to...

Team America tries to crash Little Rocket Man's Joanap botnet from within, warns owners of infected boxes
2019-01-31 02:27

So lonely, so lonely without my network of hacked PCs Uncle Sam has infiltrated and somewhat knackered what it claims is a North Korea-operated botnet of hijacked Microsoft Windows computers.…

Team America crashes Little Rocket Man's Joanap botnet from within, warns owners of infected Windows boxes
2019-01-31 02:27

So lonely, so lonely without my network of hijacked PCs Uncle Sam has infiltrated and knackered what it claims is a North Korea-operated botnet of hijacked Microsoft Windows computers.…

The Privacy Penalty for Voting in America
2018-11-16 10:18

States Shouldn't Serve Up on a Platter Voters' Email Addresses and Phone NumbersVoting in the United States carries a huge privacy cost: states give away or sell voters' personal information to...