Security News

Researcher Finds Credentials for 92 Million Users of DNA Testing Firm MyHeritage
2018-06-05 19:50

MyHeritage, an Israeli-based genealogy and DNA testing company, disclosed today that a security researcher found on the Internet a file containing the email addresses and hashed passwords of more...

Friday Squid Blogging: Do Cephalopods Contain Alien DNA?
2018-06-01 21:24

Maybe not DNA, but biological somethings. "Cause of Cambrian explosion -- Terrestrial or Cosmic?": Abstract: We review the salient evidence consistent with or predicted by the Hoyle-Wickramasinghe...

Hardcoded admin passwords in Cisco DNA Center could put your enterprise network at risk
2018-05-17 15:50

Cisco has released a list of security advisories including three critical flaws in Cisco DNA Center that could allow an attacker to seize complete administrative control.

Critical Flaws in Cisco DNA Center Allow Unauthorized Access
2018-05-17 15:38

Cisco has found and patched three critical unauthorized access vulnerabilities in its Digital Network Architecture (DNA) platform. Cisco DNA is a solution that helps enterprises automate network...

Running Cisco DNA Center? Update right now to get rid of the static admin credential
2018-05-16 22:50

Switchzilla scrambles out patches for trio of nasty flaws Cisco has issued updates to address a trio of critical vulnerabilities in its Digital Network Architecture (DNA) Center appliance.…

DNA in genealogy database leads to arrest of suspected serial killer
2018-04-30 12:08

If one of your relatives uploads their DNA data, much of yours goes with it.

Hacking a Gene Sequencer by Encoding Malware in a DNA Strand (Schneier on Security)
2017-08-15 11:00

One of the common ways to hack a computer is to mess with its input data. That is, if you can feed the computer data that it interprets -- or misinterprets -- in a particular way, you can trick...

GOP senators’ border wish list: drones, DNA collection, voice scans, and more (ArsTechnica)
2017-08-15 08:00

Civil libertarians tell Ars they’re worried about “mass surveillance expansion.”

Week in review: DNA-based malicious code injection, password power rankings (Help Net Security)
2017-08-14 01:46

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: New Cerber ransomware variant steals Bitcoin wallets, passwords Here’s a new reason to fear ransomware more...

Researchers pull off DNA-based malicious code injection attack (Help Net Security)
2017-08-11 13:30

Researchers have demonstrated that it’s possible to create synthetic DNA strands containing malicious computer code that, if sequenced and analyzed, could compromise a computer. The main goal of...