Security News

Intelligence Panel Learns How to Hack Air-Gapped Voting Systems (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-21 22:03

DHS, at Hearing, Discloses that Russia Targeted 21 State Election SystemsHackers can breach air-gapped voting machines and tallying systems in an attempt to alter ballots to sway the outcome of an...

Report: Election Systems' Hacks Far Greater Than First Realized (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-13 22:47

Potential Loss of Confidence in Election Process FearedRussian hackers struck election systems in almost twice as many states as previously reported, according to a news report. The breaches could...

French Officials Detail 'Fancy Bear' Hack of TV5Monde (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-12 12:33

Takeaway: Beware Hacked Third-Party Accounts and Weak Active DirectoryNew details have emerged relating to the 2015 hack attack against French broadcaster TV5Monde, which resulted in multiple...

Warning! Hackers Started Using "SambaCry Flaw" to Hack Linux Systems (The Hackers News)
2017-06-10 05:16

Remember SambaCry? Two weeks ago we reported about a 7-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability in Samba networking software (re-implementation of SMB networking protocol) that allows...

NSA Document Outlining Russian Attempts to Hack Voter Rolls (Schneier on Security)
2017-06-09 15:24

This week brought new public evidence about Russian interference in the 2016 election. On Monday, the Intercept published a top-secret National Security Agency document describing Russian hacking...

Beware! This Microsoft PowerPoint Hack Installs Malware Without Requiring Macros (The Hackers News)
2017-06-07 05:29

"Disable macros and always be extra careful when you manually enable it while opening Microsoft Office Word documents." You might have heard of above-mentioned security warning multiple times on...

Russia Tried to Hack US Voting Systems for Months: Report (Security Week)
2017-06-05 22:20

A top secret National Security Agency document shows that hackers from Russian military intelligence tried repeatedly to break into US voting systems before last year's presidential election, The...

Leaked NSA report says Russians tried to hack state election officials (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-05 22:00

Source of leak arrested by FBI after Intercept provided copy to NSA.

The cost of IoT hacks: Up to 13% of revenue for smaller firms (Help Net Security)
2017-06-05 13:00

Nearly half of U.S. firms using an Internet of Things (IoT) network have been hit by a recent security breach, which can cost up to 13% of smaller companies’ annual revenue, according to a new...