Security News

China's Hack Attacks: An Economic Espionage Campaign
2018-11-16 06:18

An analysis of China's surging hack attacks as part of an economic espionage campaign leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also: Choosing the right MSSP, plus an analysis of the...

Did you by chance hack OPM back in 2015? Good news, your password probably still works!
2018-11-14 20:51

Government audit finds office still hasn't cleaned up from Obama-era megabreach More than three years after suffering one of the largest cyber-attacks in US government history, the Office of...

Want to hack an ATM for free cash? It's as easy as Windows XP
2018-11-14 14:00

Bank machines pen testing reveals alarming results ATM machines are vulnerable to an array of basic attack techniques that would allow hackers to lift thousands in cash.…

Russia: We did not hack the US Democrats. But if we did, we're immune from prosecution (lmao)
2018-11-13 21:07

Hackers are lethal weapons, as in diplomatic... oh forget it The Russian government has denied having anything to do with hacking the US Democratic party in 2016, although in a court filing this...

Cathay Pacific hack: Airline admits techies fought off cyber-siege for months
2018-11-12 15:08

Initial 'suspicious activity' was full-scale data theft, it tells local lawmakers Fresh from belatedly admitting that 9.4 million passengers’ personal data was stolen by hackers, Hong Kong airline...

Irony meters explode as WordPress GDPR tool hacked, cell network hack shenanigans, crypto-backdoors, etc...
2018-11-10 08:08

Loads of bonus infosec news for your weekend Roundup This week we had broken promises in China, broken keys in Steam, and broken ..err, everything in Apache Struts.…

Bankers Life Hack Affects More Than 566,000
2018-11-08 20:18

Company Says Medicare Supplemental Plan Policyholders Among Those ImpactedBankers Life is notifying more than 566,000 individuals, including Medicare supplemental insurance policyholders, that...

Spammer scum hack 100,000 home routers via UPnP vulns to craft email-flinging botnet
2018-11-08 07:58

Look out for traffic to and from these IP addresses and ports Once again, a hundred thousand or more home routers have been press-ganged into a spam-spewing botnet, this time via Universal Plug...

How database hacks could impact elections and voters' fears
2018-10-30 19:57

Cris Thomas (aka Space Rogue), global strategy lead at IBM X-Force Red, explains SQL injection attacks and discusses how voter registration database hacks can lead to doubt in the election process.

Yahoo! $50m! hack! damages! bill!, Russian trolls menaced by Uncle Sam inaction, computer voting-machine UI confusion, and more
2018-10-27 13:19

Plus, GSA shamed for glacial notification pace Roundup This week's headlines included buggy cranes, WebEx cockups, and DNS drama.…