Security News

Former Employee Hacks Popular WordPress Plugin’s Website
2019-01-21 15:55

The website for a popular WordPress plugin was hacked over the weekend, when a former employee abused a previously implemented backdoor to take over the domain. read more

U.S. Issues Multiple Charges For 2016 SEC Hack
2019-01-16 16:47

The two were able to hack into the SEC's computer systems due to phishing attacks that stole credentials and spread malware.

Yes, you can remotely hack ... building site cranes. Wait, what?
2019-01-15 16:36

Authentication is simply AWOL for remote RF construction plant, says Trend Micro Did you know that the construction industry uses radio-frequency remote controllers to operate cranes, drilling...

Hack a Tesla Model 3, get cash and the car
2019-01-15 11:08

For this year’s edition of the Pwn2Own hacking contest at CanSecWest, Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative has announced a new target category: Automotive. So, aside from striving to hack a variety...

Researchers Invited to Hack a Tesla at Pwn2Own 2019
2019-01-15 06:27

Researchers can earn up to $300,000 and a car if they manage to hack a Tesla Model 3 at this year’s Pwn2Own competition, Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) announced on Monday. read more

This must be some kind of mistake. IT managers axed, CEO and others wallets lightened in patient hack aftermath
2019-01-14 23:45

Executives held to account? And three underlings thanked for their work? What is this madness? The Singaporean government-owned biz responsible for that country's patient database has fined senior...

Hack Allows Escape of Play-with-Docker Containers
2019-01-14 18:10

Researchers created a proof-of-concept escape of Docker test environment.

Lessons From Report on Massive Singapore Healthcare Hack
2019-01-10 20:48

Analysis of SingHealth Attack Offers Recommendations That Could Be Applied WordwideA variety of security weaknesses contributed to a massive 2017 health data security breach in Singapore,...

German, 20, Confesses to Massive Data Hack Spurred by 'Annoyance'
2019-01-08 16:06

German authorities on Tuesday said a 20-year-old hacker had confessed to stealing and leaking private data from hundreds of politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, because he was...

German 'student' said to have confessed to mass hack of local German politicians
2019-01-08 12:56

Case not linked to international spying, reckon sources. Hmmm A 20-year-old German man has confessed to what that country's media is calling "the Hacker Attack", a years-long data exfiltration...