Security News

Researchers Demo Physical Attack via Car Wash Hack (Security Week)
2017-07-28 11:02

LAS VEGAS - BLACK HAT USA - Researchers have created proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits to demonstrate how hackers can cause physical damage to vehicles and injure their occupants by remotely...

Russian arrested, indicted for laundering funds from Mt. Gox hack (Help Net Security)
2017-07-27 18:57

Alexander Vinnik, a Russian man arrested on Tuesday in Greece, is allegedly the operator of digital currency exchange BTC-e, through which funds from the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange hack have been...

Ethereum Hacks (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-20 14:12

The press is reporting a $32M theft of the cryptocurrency Ethereum. Like all such thefts, they're not a result of a cryptographic failure in the currencies, but instead a software vulnerability in...

DHS, FBI warn of attempts to hack nuclear plants (ArsTechnica)
2017-07-07 03:20

Spear-phishing e-mails with malicious fake resumes targeted plant engineers.

Bitcoin, Ethereum Stolen Following Bithumb Hack (Security Week)
2017-07-05 12:30

Hackers have stolen significant amounts of Bitcoin and Ethereum after hijacking a computer belonging to an employee of Bithumb, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. read more

8tracks Prompts Password Reset After Hack (Security Week)
2017-06-30 16:50

Internet radio service 8tracks this week informed users of a database hack, prompting them to reset their passwords to prevent account compromise. read more

Wikileaks Reveals CIA Malware that Hacks Linux Computers (The Hackers News)
2017-06-30 13:03

WikiLeaks has just published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing an alleged CIA project that allowed the agency to computers running the Linux operating systems. Dubbed...

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...