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Report: Uber Paid Florida 20-Year-Old $100,000 Over Hack
2017-12-15 17:18

Takeaway: 'Bug Bounty' Plus NDA Still Looks Like Hush MoneyThe hacker to whom Uber paid $100,000 to destroy data and keep quiet about its big, bad breach is a 20-year-old man living in Florida,...

US man is behind the 2015 Hacking Team hack?
2017-12-12 21:26

Who’s behind the 2015 Hacking Team hack? According to a notice received by Guido Landi, one of the former Hacking Team employees that was under investigation for the hack, a 30-year old Nashville,...

Remote Hack of a Boeing 757
2017-12-12 12:08

Last month, the DHS announced that it was able to remotely hack a Boeing 757: "We got the airplane on Sept. 19, 2016. Two days later, I was successful in accomplishing a remote, non-cooperative,...

Week in review: Ransomware’s next stop, NiceHash hack, and why phishers love HTTPS
2017-12-10 23:27

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Bitcoin traders beware: Fake trading bot offer delivers RAT The malicious offer comes via email: a free trial of...

New TeamViewer Hack Could Allow Clients to Hijack Viewers' Computer
2017-12-06 09:18

Do you have remote support software TeamViewer installed on your desktop? If yes, then you should pay attention to a critical vulnerability discovered in the software that could allow users...

22-Year-Old Hacker Pleads Guilty to 2014 Yahoo Hack, Admits Helping Russian Intelligence
2017-11-29 00:56

Karim Baratov, a 22-year-old Kazakhstan-born Canadian citizen, has pleaded guilty to hacking charges over his involvement in massive 2014 Yahoo data breach that affected all three billion yahoo...

Uber Data Hack
2017-11-27 15:13

Uber was hacked, losing data on 57 million driver and rider accounts. The company kept it quiet for over a year. The details are particularly damning: The two hackers stole data about the...

Uber in Legal Crosshairs Over Hack Cover-up
2017-11-22 18:52

Two US states on Wednesday confirmed they are investigating Uber's cover-up of a hack at the ride-sharing giant that compromised the personal information of 57 million users and drivers. read more