Security News

Russian Cyberspies Hacked Routers in Energy Sector Attacks
2018-03-19 13:51

A cyberespionage group believed to be operating out of Russia hijacked a Cisco router and abused it to obtain credentials that were later leveraged in attacks targeting energy companies in the...

Edge, VirtualBox, Safari Hacked at Pwn2Own 2018
2018-03-15 06:01

White hats managed to hack Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari and Oracle VirtualBox on the first day of the Pwn2Own 2018 competition taking place these days alongside the CanSecWest conference in...

Hacked Japan Crypto Exchange Refunds Customers
2018-03-13 02:52

Japan-based virtual currency exchange Coincheck said Tuesday it had refunded more than $440 million to customers following the hack of its systems, which was one of the largest thefts of its kind....

Russians Hacked the Olympics
2018-03-01 12:47

Two weeks ago, I blogged about the myriad of hacking threats against the Olympics. Last week, the Washington Post reported that Russia hacked the Olympics network and tried to cast the blame on...

Hacker Who Never Hacked Anyone Gets 33-Month Prison Sentence
2018-02-27 12:48

A hacker who was arrested and pleaded guilty last year—not because he hacked someone, but for creating and selling a remote access trojan that helped cyber criminals—has finally been sentenced to...

Russia Hacked Olympics Computers, Turned Blame on North Korea: Report
2018-02-25 18:45

Russian military spies hacked hundreds of computers used by Winter Olympics organizers and tried to make it look like the work of North Korea, the Washington Post reported Sunday, quoting US...

Thousands of Government Websites Hacked to Mine Cryptocurrencies
2018-02-12 19:03

There was a time when hackers simply defaced websites to get attention, then they started hijacking them to spread banking trojan and ransomware, and now the trend has shifted towards injecting...

Japan Raids Hacked Crypto Exchange, Bitcoin Plunges Further
2018-02-02 17:51

Japanese authorities on Friday raided virtual currency exchange Coincheck, a week after the Tokyo-based firm lost $530 million in cryptocurrency to hackers. read more

Dutch Spies Watched as Russians Hacked US Democrats: Report
2018-01-26 10:41

Dutch intelligence services hacked Russian cyber attackers and alerted US counterparts after watching them transfer "thousands" of Democratic Party emails ahead of the 2016 US election, Dutch...