Security News

Microsoft Says Russia Tried to Hack Three 2018 Midterm Election Candidates
2018-07-19 20:48

Microsoft said it detected and helped the US government to block Russian hacking attempts against at least three congressional candidates this year, a Microsoft executive revealed speaking at the...

Industry Reactions to U.S. Indicting 12 Russians for DNC Hack
2018-07-19 14:35

The U.S. last week indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers over their alleged role in a hacking operation targeting the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton’s 2016...

Bogus Mobile Device Management system used to hack iPhones in India
2018-07-13 13:44

Baker's dozen pwned by tricksy attack Enterprise iPhone users in India have been targeted through a sophisticated and highly targeted attack run through bogus Mobile Device Management (MDM) servers.…

Gas Pump Hack
2018-07-13 11:18

This is weird: Police in Detroit are looking for two suspects who allegedly managed to hack a gas pump and steal over 600 gallons of gasoline, valued at about $1,800. The theft took place in the...

Dark Web Chatter Helpful in Predicting Real World Hacks, Firm Says
2018-07-12 17:50

Some hacks are serendipitous events for skiddies who happen across a website with an easily exploitable common vulnerability. Others, especially the major breaches of major enterprises, are...

Typing 'A' key 29 times lets you hack HPE iLO 4 servers
2018-07-06 17:36

Utilizing a cURL request and the string of letters, researcher obtained a cleartext password.

Password-Guessing Was Used to Hack Gentoo Linux Github Account
2018-07-05 10:33

Maintainers of the Gentoo Linux distribution have now revealed the impact and "root cause" of the attack that saw unknown hackers taking control of its GitHub account last week and modifying the...

Gentoo GitHub repo hack made possible by these 3 rookie mistakes
2018-07-05 07:02

Weak password, no 2FA, loose policies ... and only luck limited the damage The developers of Gentoo Linux have revealed how it was possible for its GitHub organization account to be hacked:...

Gentoo hack caused by three rookie mistakes
2018-07-05 07:02

Weak password, no 2FA, loose policies ... and only luck limited the damage The developers of Gentoo Linux have revealed how it was possible for its GitHub repository to be hacked: someone deduced...