Security News

S2 Ep15: City under attack! VPN hacked, floppies nixed
2019-11-01 15:49

A latest episode of the Naked Security podcast is out now!

Bed Bath & Beyond Blames Password Reuse for Hacked Accounts
2019-10-31 19:02

Retail giant Bed Bath & Beyond revealed in a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that some online customer accounts were accessed by a third party. read more

Bedside Hotel Robot Hacked to Stream In-Room Video
2019-10-23 19:18

An unsecured NFC tag opens a door to trivial exploitation of robots inside Japanese hotels.

Row erupts over who to blame after NordVPN says: One of our servers was hacked via remote management tool
2019-10-21 21:44

Netizens' traffic flowing out of box could have been sniffed by miscreants Analysis NordVPN spent today attempting to downplay a security breach in which someone sneaked into one of its servers...

Phorpiex Botnet Sending Out Millions of Sextortion Emails Using Hacked Computers
2019-10-16 13:19

A decade-old botnet malware that currently controls over 450,000 computers worldwide has recently shifted its operations from infecting machines with ransomware or crypto miners to abusing them...

Hacked Off: Lawsuit Alleges CafePress Used Poor Security
2019-10-11 13:33

23 Million Victims Across US, UK, EU and Australia Receive Breach NotificationsPersonalized product retailer CafePress has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that it failed to notify 23 million...

That was some of the best flying I've seen to date, right up to the part where you got hacked
2019-10-07 17:15

Raytheon has a punt at aviation security with bus software suite US defence firm Raytheon is punting a security suite that apparently promises to harden military aircraft against "cyber anomalies".…

Just Sending a GIF via WhatsApp Could Have Hacked Your Android Phone
2019-10-03 08:48

A picture is worth a thousand words, but a GIF is worth a thousand pictures. Today, the short looping clips, GIFs are everywhere—on your social media, on your message boards, on your chats,...

Comodo Forums Hacked via Recently Disclosed vBulletin Vulnerability
2019-10-01 12:36

A recently disclosed vBulletin vulnerability, which had a zero-day status for roughly two days last week, was exploited in a hacker attack targeting the forums of cybersecurity solutions provider...

60% of Major US Firms Have Been Hacked in Cloud: Study
2019-09-25 13:49

Hackers have penetrated cloud computing networks of some 60 percent of top US companies, with virtually all industry sectors hit, security researchers said Tuesday. read more