Security News

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab a Frequent Hack Victim: Audit
2019-06-21 15:48

Report Outlines 10 Years' Worth of Serious IncidentsHackers have repeatedly stolen valuable data - including launch codes and flight trajectories for spacecraft - from NASA's Jet Propulsion...

Senators Question FBI on Russian Hack of Voting Firm
2019-06-13 05:28

Two U.S. senators asked the FBI on Wednesday to explain what it has done to investigate the suspected hack by Russian intelligence of a Florida-based voting software company before the 2016...

UK Man Sentenced for 2015 TalkTalk Hack
2019-06-11 21:03

22-Year-Old Also Attacked His Former SchoolThe fallout from the 2015 TalkTalk hack continues as a 22-year-old U.K. man was sentenced to jail Monday for his role in the attack and other...

Customs Says Hack Exposed Traveler, License Plate Images
2019-06-11 04:20

Customs and Border Protection said Monday that photos of travelers and license plates collected at a single U.S. border point have been exposed in a malicious cyberattack in what a leading...

You. Quest and LabCorp. Explain these medical database super-hacks, say US senators as 425,000 more people hit
2019-06-06 23:09

Quest gets the dreaded sternly worded letter from Washington DC As healthcare companies come forward to confirm hackers would have been able to access millions of patients' personal information...

AMCA Healthcare Hack Widens Again, Reaching 20.1M Victims
2019-06-06 20:03

OPKO subsidiary BioReference joins Quest and LabCorp in the supply-chain incident.

Hack The Sea: Bridging the gap between hackers and the maritime sector
2019-06-04 05:45

There’s a not a lot of researchers probing the security of computer systems underpinning the maritime industry. The limitations that keep that number low are obvious: both the specialized...

Top Australian University Reports Vast, 'Sophisticated' Hack
2019-06-04 04:40

A top Australian university with close ties to the country's government and security services on Tuesday said it had been the victim of a vast hack by a "sophisticated operator" who gained access...

We'll hack back at Russians, declare UK ministers in cyber-Blitz blitz
2019-05-23 12:09

NATO's getting in on the action too British ministers are stepping up their rhetoric on cyber warfare, with £22m to be splurged on embiggening an "offensive hacking" unit as Foreign Secretary...

User Data Exposed in Stack Overflow Hack
2019-05-20 05:33

Hackers had access to Stack Overflow systems for nearly one week before the attack was detected and some user data was exposed after all, the company has admitted. read more