Security News

Tesla Model X Hacked by Chinese Experts (Security Week)
2017-07-28 18:45

Security researchers from China-based tech company Tencent have once again demonstrated that they can remotely hack a Tesla. The vulnerabilities they leveraged were quickly patched by the...

Hacked Smart Fish Tank Exfiltrated Data to 'Rare External Destination' (Security Week)
2017-07-26 14:59

Insiders attached two Raspberry Pi devices to a corporate healthcare network to help divert staff to a phishing website to phish staff credentials. An internet-connected smart fish tank...

CoinDash Hacked During its ICO (Threatpost)
2017-07-18 19:02

Hackers hijacked CoinDash’s initial coin offering Monday, stealing $7.7 million in cryptocurrency from the nascent trading platform.

How CIA Agents Covertly Steal Data From Hacked Smartphones (Without Internet)
2017-07-13 08:40

WikiLeaks has today published the 16th batch of its ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time instead of revealing new malware or hacking tool, the whistleblower organisation has unveiled how CIA operatives...

Breach Transparency Kudos to Hacked Kiosk Maker (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-11 15:03

Unlike Some Recent Cover-Ups, Avanti Markets Comes Clean, and QuicklyKudos to the breached business - in this case, kiosk manufacturer Avanti Markets - that quickly alerts victims and gives them...

Self-Service Kiosk Maker Avanti Markets Hacked (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-10 18:03

Payment Cards, Names and Biometric Data Compromised by Old-School POS MalwareAvanti Markets is warning 1.6 million users of its self-service kiosk vending machines that malware-wielding hackers...

Reliance Jio Customers' Data Allegedly Hacked – Company Denies Breach (The Hackers News)
2017-07-10 01:56

Personal details of some 120 Million customers have been allegedly exposed on the Internet in probably the biggest breach of personal data ever in India. Last night, an independent website named...

Millions of Android Devices Using Broadcom Wi-Fi Chip Can Be Hacked Remotely (The Hackers News)
2017-07-07 00:29

Google has released its latest monthly security update for Android devices, including a serious bug in some Broadcom Wi-Fi chipsets that affects millions of Android devices, as well as some iPhone...

South Korean bitcoin exchange hacked, user accounts plundered (Help Net Security)
2017-07-05 16:38

Bithumb, a South Korean bitcoin and ether exchange, has suffered a data breach that resulted in customer losses potentially reaching billions of South Korean won (currently, a billion won is...

Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange Hacked! Over $1 Billion Worth Bitcoin and Ether Stolen (The Hackers News)
2017-07-05 03:01

One of the world's largest Bitcoin and Ether cryptocurrencies exchanges Bithumb has recently been hacked, resulting in loss of more than $1 Billion in cryptocurrencies after a number of its user...