Security News

Attributing the DNC Hacks to Russia (Schneier on Security)
2017-01-09 11:53

President Barack Obama's public accusation of Russia as the source of the hacks in the US presidential election and the leaking of sensitive e-mails through WikiLeaks and other sources has opened...

U.S. Intelligence Report Due Next Week on Election Hack (Threatpost)
2017-01-05 18:14

The U.S. intelligence committee is expected to publish an unclassified report on Russia's involvement with influencing the presidential election.

What Hack? Burlington Electric Speaks Out (Threatpost)
2017-01-04 19:01

Burlington Electric Department general manager Neale Lunderville speaks out about last week's incident and response to reports the electric grid had been hacked.

Vermont Grid ‘Hack’ Latest Tumble Down Attribution Rabbit Hole (Threatpost)
2017-01-03 20:56

The rush to connect a security incident at a Vermont utility to Russian government hackers is more evidence of the challenges around attribution.

FBI-DHS Report Links Fancy Bear to Election Hacks (Threatpost)
2016-12-30 19:30

Joint report “Grizzly Steppe” implicates Russian hacking group Fancy Bear in U.S. election-related hacking.

Clever Facebook Hack Reveals Private Email Address of Any User (Threatpost)
2016-12-23 22:19

A bug bounty hunter earned $5,000 for a Facebook hack that allowed him to bypass security protection and access any Facebook user's true email address.

One billion users affected in newly revealed Yahoo hack (Help Net Security)
2016-12-15 14:22

Yahoo has revealed that it’s been the victim of another hack and massive data breach that resulted in the compromise of information of a billion users! What happened? Outside forensic experts that...

DailyMotion Hack Leaks Emails, Passwords of 87M Users (Threatpost)
2016-12-06 18:45

The video sharing website DailyMotion admitted early Tuesday that it recently suffered an "external security problem" which resulted in the compromise of its users data.

Adult FriendFinder Hack Exposes 400 Million Accounts (Threatpost)
2016-11-14 18:17

The FriendFinder Network has reportedly been hacked exposing 400 million user accounts of Adult FriendFinder, Penthouse.com and Stripshow.com.

OAuth 2.0 Hack Exposes 1 Billion Mobile Apps to Account Hijacking (Threatpost)
2016-11-10 14:41

Mobile app developers need to be aware of improper OAuth 2.0 implementations that have put one billion mobile apps at risk to takeover.