Security News

Elon Musk Wants to Hack Your Brain
2019-08-13 17:33

Neuralink Pursues a Brain-Computer Interface; What Could Go Wrong?The news that serial entrepreneur Elon Musk and scientists have unveiled Neuralink - a neuroscience startup that's been in stealth...

SQLite Vulnerability Permits iOS Hack: Report
2019-08-13 17:33

Check Point Researchers Say Flaw Allows Execution of Malicious CodeSecurity researchers at Check Point Software Technologies say they've uncovered an SQLite database vulnerability in Apple iOS...

DEF CON 2019: Picture Perfect Hack of a Canon EOS 80D DSLR
2019-08-11 18:00

Session shows how researchers found multiple vulnerability in Canon firmware that can be used in a malware attack.

DEF CON 2019: New Class of SQLite Exploits Open Door to iPhone Hack
2019-08-10 21:00

Researchers exploit a SQLite memory corruption issue outside of a browser.

Hack of High-End Hotel Smart Locks Shows IoT Security Fail
2019-08-09 20:18

LAS VEGAS – A vulnerability in a popular IoT lock key – used chiefly by a high-end hotel in Europe – allowed researchers to break into hotel rooms. The locks in question are dubbed “mobile keys”...

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