Security News

Kaspersky Links Global Cyber Attacks to North Korea (SecurityWeek)
2017-04-04 14:48

Acoustic Attack Against Accelerometers (Schneier on Security)
2017-04-04 11:23

Interesting acoustic attack against the MEMS accelerometers in devices like FitBits. Millions of accelerometers reside inside smartphones, automobiles, medical devices, anti-theft devices, drones,...

Linux-based Tizen: Critical bugs leave most Samsung Smart TVs open to attack (ZDNet)
2017-04-04 10:18

Drive-by Wi-Fi i-Thing attack, oh my! (The Register)
2017-04-03 23:18

Fake SEO Plugin Used In WordPress Malware Attacks (Threatpost)
2017-04-03 16:29

Malware that passes itself off as a WordPress SEO plugin has been infecting sites and opening a backdoor for hackers on thousands of sites.

Smart TV hack embeds attack code into broadcast signalno access required (ArsTechnica)
2017-03-31 21:47

Custom phishing attacks grow as crooks create fake flight confirmations, receipts (ZDNet)
2017-03-31 13:03

What Motivates Targeted Attacks Today? (InfoRiskToday)
2017-03-30 20:48

New Mirai Variant Carries Out 54-Hour DDoS Attacks (Threatpost)
2017-03-30 18:50

Researchers are tracking a new variant of the Mirai malware after it launched a 54-hour long DDoS attack against a U.S. college.

Siemens RUGGEDCOM industrial communication devices vulnerable to remote attacks (Help Net Security)
2017-03-29 19:46

All version of Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX I VPN endpoints and firewall devices sport five vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers to perform actions with administrative privileges. The...