Security News

SEC Says It Was Hacked in 2016
2017-09-21 09:45

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said late Wednesday that it was the victim of a cyber-attack in 2016 that may have allowed hackers to profit through trading on...

Medical Supply Firm Hacked; Log Review Key to Detection
2017-09-19 20:18

Second Largest Business Associate Breach Reported So Far This YearA hacking incident at a Nebraska-based medical supply company ranks as the second largest business associate health data breach...

Warning: CCleaner Hacked to Distribute Malware; Over 2.3 Million Users Infected
2017-09-18 06:26

Security researchers from Cisco Talos discovered that the download servers used by Avast to let users download the application were compromised by some unknown hackers, who replaced the original...

Vevo Music Video Service Hacked — 3.12TB of Internal Data Leaked
2017-09-16 02:13

OurMine is in headlines once again—this time for breaching the popular video streaming service Vevo. After hunting down social media accounts of HBO and defacing WikiLeaks website, the infamous...

Hacker Who Hacked US Spy Chief, FBI & CIA Director Gets 5-Year in Prison
2017-09-09 03:35

Remember "Crackas With Attitude"? The hacking group behind a series of embarrassing hacks that targeted personal email accounts of senior officials at the FBI, the CIA, and the White House, among...

Get Security and Business Teams Aligned by Assuming You've Been Hacked (Security Week)
2017-09-06 12:21

Security Organizations and Businesses Must Plan and Prepare for Information Security Incidents and Breaches Together as One Team read more

Someone Hacked Selena Gomez Instagram, Shared Nude Justin Bieber Photos (The Hackers News)
2017-08-30 03:06

The highest followers account on Instagram owned by Selena Gomez has recently been hacked with unknown hackers posting a bunch of nude photographs of her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber on her account....

WireX DDoS Botnet: An Army of Thousands of Hacked Android SmartPhones (The Hackers News)
2017-08-28 10:32

Do you believe that just because you have downloaded an app from the official app store, you're safe from malware? Think twice before believing it. A team of security researchers from several...

Hacked robots can be a deadly insider threat (Help Net Security)
2017-08-22 18:59

IOActive researchers have probed the security of a number of humanoid home and business robots as well industrial collaborative robots, and have found it seriously wanting. A slew of...

Fappening 2017: More Celebrity Nude Photos Hacked and Leaked Online (The Hackers News)
2017-08-22 09:16

It seems like celebrities have not taken their security seriously, which once again resulted in the leaking of nude and personal photographs of more a-listed celebrities. Dozens of personal and...