Security News

Shadow Brokers Release Tool Used by NSA to Hack PCs (Security Week)
2017-09-07 14:28

The hacker group calling itself Shadow Brokers continues to release tools and exploits allegedly stolen from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), including a sophisticated espionage platform...

Proof It's Possible to Hack German Elections; Hackers Tamper with Voting-Software (The Hackers News)
2017-09-07 10:33

Germany's democracy is in danger, as the upcoming federal elections in the country, where nearly 61.5 million citizens are going to vote on September 24th, could be hijacked. Hackers have...

Instagram Warns Hack More Widespread Than Expected (InfoRiskToday)
2017-09-05 13:33

Darknet Database Markets 6 Million Stolen Email Addresses or Phone NumbersInstagram is warning that more users were affected by a hack of its systems than it first suspected. While email addresses...

Hackers Sell Celebrity Info Obtained in Instagram Hack (Security Week)
2017-09-05 12:29

Hackers claim to have obtained the personal details of millions of Instagram users, including celebrities, after exploiting a vulnerability in the Facebook-owned photo-sharing service. read more

AngelFire: CIA Malware Infects System Boot Sector to Hack Windows PCs (The Hackers News)
2017-08-31 05:33

A team of hackers at the CIA, the Central Intelligence Agency, allegedly used a Windows hacking tool against its targets to gain persistent remote access. As part of its Vault 7 leaks, WikiLeaks...

A repair shop could completely hack your phone—and you wouldn’t know it (ArsTechnica)
2017-08-18 12:27

Booby-trapped touchscreens can log passwords, install malicious apps, and more.

Fresh Vehicle Hack Disables Airbags, Anti-lock Brakes (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-17 13:48

Findings Mean the CAN Bus Protocol Needs a RewriteThe 30-year-old protocol used by motor vehicle sensors to communicate may have to be rewritten following a proof-of-concept "error flooding"...

Fresh Vehicle Hack Disables Airbags, Antilock Brakes (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-17 10:48

Findings Mean the CAN Bus Protocol Needs a RewriteThe 30-year-old protocol used by motor vehicle sensors to communicate may have to be rewritten following a proof-of-concept "error flooding"...

Unnamed Firm Offers $250,000 for VM Hacks (Security Week)
2017-08-10 14:31

An unnamed company is prepared to offer up to $250,000 for virtual machine (VM) hacks as part of a “secret” bug bounty program, crowdsourced security testing platform Bugcrowd announced this week....

Malware Encoded Into DNA Hacks the Computer that Reads It (The Hackers News)
2017-08-10 01:01

Do you know — 1 Gram of DNA Can Store 1,000,000,000 Terabyte of Data for 1000+ Years? Even in March this year, a team of researchers successfully stored digital data — an entire operating system,...