Security News

The Anatomy of a Hack: Perception vs. Reality
2019-04-03 13:33

The number of data breaches has skyrocketed in recent years. Contrary to popular belief and Hollywood story lines, cyber-attacks are rarely carried out by legions of highly sophisticated coders...

3.1 million customer records possibly stolen in Toyota hack
2019-04-01 09:44

Personal information of some 3.1 million Toyota customers may have been leaked outside the company, the Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced on Friday. The announcement comes a few weeks after...

Week in review: Employee cybersecurity essentials, ASUS attack, lessons learned from crypto hacks
2019-03-31 17:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Attackers compromised ASUS to deliver backdoored software updates Unknown attackers have compromised an update server...

Brit founder of Windows leaks website BuildFeed, infosec bod spared jail over Microsoft hack
2019-03-29 18:20

26 and 24-year-olds slapped with suspended sentences, community work orders The Brit who ran the BuildFeed website of Windows leaks has been handed a suspended prison sentence – along with a...

Here's the List of ~600 MAC Addresses Targeted in Recent ASUS Hack
2019-03-29 11:03

EXCLUSIVE — While revealing details of a massive supply chain cyber attack against ASUS customers, Russian security firm Kaspersky last week didn't release the full list all MAC addresses that...

Lessons learned from the many crypto hacks
2019-03-29 06:15

The one poignant lesson that crypto investors globally have learned over the years is that despite the immutable, impenetrable nature of the technology behind cryptocurrencies and blockchain,...

Medtronic's Implantable Defibrillators Vulnerable to Life-Threatening Hacks
2019-03-22 12:03

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Thursday issued an advisory warning people of severe vulnerabilities in over a dozen heart defibrillators that could allow attackers to fully hijack them...

Researchers Earn $270,000 for Firefox, Edge Hacks at Pwn2Own 2019
2019-03-22 06:30

White hat hackers earned a total of $270,000 on the second day of the Pwn2Own hacking competition for demonstrating exploits against the Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge web browsers. read more

New WordPress Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Remote Attackers Hack Sites
2019-03-14 09:48

If for some reason your WordPress-based website has not yet been automatically updated to the latest version 5.1.1, it's highly recommended to immediately upgrade it before hackers could take...

Zero-Day Flaws in Counter-Strike 1.6 Let Malicious Servers Hack Gamers' PCs
2019-03-14 07:18

If you are a Counter-Strike gamer, then beware, because 39% of all existing Counter-Strike 1.6 game servers available online are malicious that have been set-up to remotely hack gamers' computers....