Security News

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

Smominru Botnet Indiscriminately Hacked Over 90,000 Computers Just Last Month
2019-09-18 13:04

Insecure Internet-connected devices have aided different types of cybercrime for years, most common being DDoS and spam campaigns. But cybercriminals have now shifted toward a profitable scheme...

Australia Knows China Hacked Its Parliament: Report
2019-09-17 10:53

Australia is confident that China was behind cyberattacks on its parliament and political parties, but decided not to make public accusations to avoid disrupting trade relations, according to...

Twitter temporarily disables 'Tweeting via SMS' after CEO gets hacked
2019-09-05 09:18

Twitter today finally decided to temporarily disable a feature, called 'Tweeting via SMS,' after it was abused by a hacking group to compromise Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last week and sent a series...