Security News

Beware! Unpatched Safari Browser Hack Lets Attackers Spoof URLs
2018-09-12 12:03

A security researcher has discovered a serious vulnerability that could allow attackers to spoof website addresses in the Microsoft Edge web browser for Windows and Apple Safari for iOS. While...

British Airways hack: Infosec experts finger third party scripts on payment pages
2018-09-11 10:37

Airline yet to reveal breach's cause Security experts are debating the cause of the British Airways mega-breach, with external scripts on its payment systems emerging as a prime suspect in the hack.…

Attackers Made 9,000 Unauthorized Database Queries in Equifax Hack: Report
2018-09-10 11:43

It took Equifax 76 days to detect the massive 2017 data breach, despite the fact that attackers had conducted roughly 9,000 unauthorized queries on its databases, according to a new report from...

Russian Charged in JPMorgan Chase Hack Extradited to US
2018-09-10 09:03

Andrei Tyurin Perpetrated Biggest Bank Customer-Data Heist in History, Feds SayRussian national Andrei Tyurin, who's been accused of hacking into JPMorgan Chase's network in 2014 and stealing...

Opsec Mistakes Allowed U.S. to Link North Korean Man to Hacks
2018-09-07 09:00

A 34-year-old North Korean national has been charged by U.S. authorities over his alleged involvement in the cyberattacks carried out by the Lazarus Group. An affidavit filed by an FBI special...

Could you hack your bosses without hesitation, repetition or deviation? AI says: No
2018-09-07 07:26

Sprinkling a little machine learning into bad behavior detection Comment Businesses find themselves in a world where the threat to their networks often comes not simply from a compromise of their...

FBI fingers the Norks it wants to pinch for Sony, Wannacry hack attacks
2018-09-06 19:40

Cruel Kim's alleged cyber-crew outed in rap sheet The US government has formally accused the North Korean government of being behind the Sony pictures hack, the WannaCry ransomware that crippled...

U.S. Charges North Korean Over Lazarus Group Hacks
2018-09-06 18:04

The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced charges against a North Korean national who is believed to be a member of the notorious Lazarus Group, to which governments and the...

U.S. to Charge North Korean Spy Over WannaCry and Sony Pictures Hack
2018-09-06 17:18

The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to announce criminal charges against a North Korean government spy in connection with the 2017 global WannaCry ransomware attack and the 2014 Sony...

Preventing the Other Kind of Hack Back
2018-09-06 14:28

There has been endless discussion among security professionals about the ethics, propriety, legality, and effectiveness of corporations “hacking back” against attackers. On the other hand, there...