Security News

Week in review: DoS attacks against hard disk, ethical hacking, and the rise of ransom hacks
2018-01-22 03:31

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Norwegian health authority hacked, patient data of nearly 3 million citizens possibly compromised Hackers have...

15-Year-Old Schoolboy Posed as CIA Chief to Hack Highly Sensitive Information
2018-01-20 11:03

Remember "Crackas With Attitude"? A notorious pro-Palestinian hacking group behind a series of embarrassing hacks against United States intelligence officials and leaked the personal details of...

Satori variant hacks into mining rigs, steals ETH by replacing wallet address
2018-01-17 22:12

Qihoo 360 Netlab researchers warn about a new variant of the Satori malware that apparently goes after ether (ETH) mining rigs. The malware The malware, dubbed Satori.Coin.Robber, started to...

The rise of ransom hacks, and the potential impact on your business
2018-01-16 17:00

The percentage of companies reporting financially motivated cyber attacks has doubled over the past two years, with 50% of companies experiencing a cyber attack motivated by ransom in the past...

Top 5 Ways to Hack a Business
2018-01-02 19:33

Testing Networks With WannaCry, Petya and EternalRocks Finds Widespread FailuresSimulated attacks by an information security testing firm have found that fresh WannaCry, NotPetya and EternalRocks...

Report: Investigators Eye North Koreans For Exchange Hack
2017-12-21 13:03

North Korean Hackers Also Blamed for Phishing, SWIFT Fraud, POS and ATM MalwareSouth Korean police are investigating the hack of a cryptocurrency exchange are eyeing North Korean hackers. The...

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,...