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Hack computers to steal someone's identity in China? Why? You can just buy one from a bumpkin for, like, $3k
2019-08-07 20:09

Exploit an 3l33t zero-day and reverse-shell that backend DB proxy server... or simply pay this farmer off Black Hat Black Hat founder Jeff Moss opened this year's shindig in Las Vegas with tales...

Hack-age delivery! Wardialing, wardriving... Now warshipping: Wi-Fi-spying gizmos may lurk in future parcels
2019-08-07 18:36

Maybe, maybe not. These hack-in-a-box widgets are something to think about at least, says Big Blue Black Hat IBM's X-Force hacking team have come up with an interesting variation on wardriving –...

Brazilian Cell Phone Hack
2019-08-07 15:48

I know there's a lot of politics associated with this story, but concentrate on the cybersecurity aspect for a moment. The cell phones of a thousand Brazilians, including senior government...

How the Air Force used a bug bounty program to hack its own cloud server
2019-08-07 14:14

The Air Force paid out $123,000 to researchers who found vulnerabilities in the organization's move to the cloud. Here's why.

ID Theft Stings, But it's Hard to Pin on Specific Data Hacks
2019-08-05 16:25

Equifax 2017. Marriott 2018. Capital One 2019. read more

Researchers Discover New Ways to Hack WPA3 Protected WiFi Passwords
2019-08-03 09:33

The same team of cybersecurity researchers who discovered several severe vulnerabilities, collectively dubbed as Dragonblood, in the newly launched WPA3 WiFi security standard few months ago has...

What We Can Learn from the Capital One Hack
2019-08-02 21:30

On Monday, a former Amazon employee was arrested and charged with stealing more than 100 million consumer applications for credit from Capital One. Since then, many have speculated the breach was...

Researchers hack camera in fake video attack
2019-08-01 12:03

Tampering with surveillance cameras is a common activity for Hollywood heroes and criminals alike. Now, researchers have shown how they can do it in real life.

Hack a small airplane? Yes, we CAN (bus) – once we physically break into one, get at its wiring, plug in evil kit...
2019-07-30 23:18

PASSENGERS IN PERIL? CRISIS IN THE SKIES? No – but neat ways to frig with your own aircraft An investigation into the computer security of small airplanes, the results of which were made public...

Android exploit code emerges, ransomware goes south, Citrix calls off hack probe, and more
2019-07-29 14:09

Plus: RobinHood admits to password gaffe Roundup Here's a quick summary of what's been happening in the infosec world lately, beyond what we've already reported.…