Security News

Wipro wasn't a one-off: Same hacking crew targeted scores of firms, big and small – researchers
2019-06-26 12:30

Thanks in large part to a counter-phishing product. Doh! The criminals behind the Wipro phishing attack from earlier this year also targeted Western Union, Expedia, Rackspace and a whole host of...

Hacking Hardware Security Modules
2019-06-20 11:56

Security researchers Gabriel Campana and Jean-Baptiste Bédrune are giving a hardware security module (HSM) talk at BlackHat in August: This highly technical presentation targets an HSM...

Florida Effort to Block Election Hacking Gets Extra $2M
2019-06-18 05:15

Florida’s county elections departments will retain $2.3 million in unspent grant money aimed at stopping cyber-attacks on the state’s voting system, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday. read more

Hacking these medical pumps is as easy as copying a booby-trapped file over the network
2019-06-13 19:22

Uncle Sam sounds alarm after Windows CE SMB left wide open on hospital equipment Two security vulnerabilities in medical workstations can exploited by scumbags to hijack the devices and connected...

New Version of ShellTea Backdoor Used by FIN8 Hacking Group
2019-06-11 17:00

Researchers have detected a new campaign against the hotel-entertainment industry employing the first documented use of the ShellTea/PunchBuggy backdoor since 2017. It is also thought to be the...

Criminals are selling hacking services targeting world’s biggest companies
2019-06-07 08:32

A new study – undertaken by Dr. Mike McGuire, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Surrey, and underwritten by Bromium – provides details of first-hand intelligence gathered from...

Source Code of New Iran-Linked Hacking Tool Posted Online
2019-06-04 18:58

The alleged source code of another tool used by Iran-linked cyber-espionage group OilRig was recently posted online. read more

Guilty of hacking in the UK? Worry not: Stats show prison is unlikely
2019-05-29 08:10

Just a 16% chance of being banged up for computer misuse Analysis Nearly 90 per cent of hacking prosecutions in the UK last year resulted in convictions, though the odds of dodging prison remain...