Security News

Putin: Patriotic Russians Could Be Behind Election Hacks (Security Week)
2017-06-02 10:17

Russian President Vladimir Putin says patriotic citizens may have launched politically motivated cyberattacks against foreign countries, but denied any government involvement in such operations. read more

CIA Implants This Windows Hacking Tool to Silently Hack Computers Over Network (The Hackers News)
2017-06-02 01:06

WikiLeaks has published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing an alleged CIA project that allowed the agency to turn Windows file servers into covert attack machines that...

Hack Department of Homeland Security Act Would Bring Bug Bounty Program to DHS (Threatpost)
2017-05-31 20:25

Senators introduced a bill last week to establish a bug bounty pilot program within the Department of Homeland Security.

Hack DHS Act Establishes Bug Bounty Program for DHS (Security Week)
2017-05-30 19:38

Following what is now widespread practice among private industry tech giants, a new bill proposes to force the DHS to introduce its own public-sector bug bounty program. read more

Radio-controlled pacemakers aren’t as hard to hack as you (may) think (ArsTechnica)
2017-05-26 17:55

The four major makers aren't properly securing critical cardiac devices, report says.

Subtitle Hack Leaves 200 Million Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (Threatpost)
2017-05-23 21:33

Attackers can remotely execute code on targeted systems via specially crafted subtitle files for videos.