Security News

Samsung, Apple, Huawei Phones Hacked at Mobile Pwn2Own
2017-11-01 11:44

Researchers have managed to hack the Samsung Galaxy S8, the iPhone 7 and the Huawei Mate 9 Pro on the first day of the Mobile Pwn2Own 2017 competition taking place alongside the PacSec conference...

D-Link MEA Site Caught Running Cryptocurrency Mining Script—Or Was It Hacked?
2017-11-01 06:31

Last month the popular torrent website The Pirate Bay caused some uproar by adding a Javascript-based cryptocurrency miner to its site with no opt-out option, utilizing visitors' CPU power to mine...

Trump Campaign Aide Knew Early About Hacked Democratic Emails
2017-10-31 23:18

Court Document: George Papadopoulos' Emails Reveal Attempts for Trump-Putin CooperationFormer Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos learned that Russia had thousands of pilfered emails...

IoT Security Fail: Hacked Vacuum Cleaner Becomes Spy Cam
2017-10-30 11:18

Hom-Bot Vendor LG Patches Security Flaw Discovered by Check PointSecurity probes into IoT vulnerabilities too often swerve into creepy territory. Take security researchers at Check Point...

Most SMBs are not worried about their business being hacked
2017-10-27 11:45

America’s small business owners may want to consider placing a greater emphasis on cyber awareness and best practices year-round. According to a new survey by Paychex, 68 percent of small business...

jQuery Official Blog Hacked — Stay Calm, Library is Safe!
2017-10-26 10:05

The official blog of jQuery—most popular JavaScript library used by millions of websites—has been hacked by some unknown hackers, using the pseudonym "str0ng" and "n3tr1x." jQuery's blog website...

Offshore Legal Firm Hacked, Braces for Media Leaks
2017-10-25 01:38

Financial details of some of the world's richest people are set to be published after a Bermuda-based offshore firm suffered a data breach, a British newspaper reported Wednesday. read more

Enable Google's New "Advanced Protection" If You Don't Want to Get Hacked
2017-10-18 02:19

It is good to be paranoid when it comes to cybersecurity. Google already provides various advanced features such as login alerts and two-factor authentication to keep your Google account secure....

Microsoft Kept Secret That Its Bug-Tracking Database Was Hacked In 2013
2017-10-17 04:33

It was not just Yahoo among "Fortune 500" companies who tried to keep a major data breach incident secret. Reportedly, Microsoft had also suffered a data breach four and a half years ago (in...

Equifax’s site hacked to redirect info-seeking visitors to adware
2017-10-12 19:05

Here’s the last incredible-but-not-really Equifax security blunder: it appears that their Web site has been hacked, and made to redirect to site serving adware masquerading as an Adobe Flash...