Security News

Chinese Men Charged With Hacking Health Insurer Anthem
2019-05-10 13:18

Data of 78.8 Million Individuals Was Encrypted, Sent to China, US AllegesTwo Chinese men have been indicted on charges related to the breach of health insurer Anthem, which saw the personal...

US indicts a Chinese hacking crew that romped through Anthem's servers for almost a year
2019-05-09 23:30

Fujie accused of killing them softly with his scripts The US Department of Justice has announced indictments against two members of a China-based hacking crew it says was behind one of the biggest...

IT Specialist Convicted on Cyber Hacking Charges Sentenced
2019-05-09 10:25

A three-year prison sentence has been handed a man found guilty of hacking the servers of a northern Illinois company after he was fired. read more

Leaked NSA Hacking Tools
2019-05-08 16:30

In 2016, a hacker group calling itself the Shadow Brokers released a trove of 2013 NSA hacking tools and related documents. Most people believe it is a front for the Russian government. Since,...

Remember those stolen CIA hacking tools leaked online by the Shadow Brokers? The Chinese had them a year before
2019-05-07 19:39

Or so claims Symantec Months before CIA-built hacking tools were leaked to the public by a group calling itself the Shadow Brokers, the exploit code was apparently being used by Chinese state...

Microsoft Launches New Solutions to Protect Elections From Hacking
2019-05-07 17:09

In an effort to make voting more secure and protect political parties and campaigns from cyberattacks, Microsoft this week added new solutions to its previously announced Defending Democracy...

Chinese Hackers Used NSA Hacking Tools Before Shadow Brokers Leaked Them
2019-05-07 08:48

In a shocking revelation, it turns out that a hacking group believed to be sponsored by Chinese intelligence had been using some of the zero-day exploits linked to the NSA's Equation Group almost...

Aussie Security Researcher Avoids Prison Over Hacking
2019-05-02 12:48

Nik Cubrilovic Must Pay GoGet, Do Community ServiceAn Australian security researcher who pleaded guilty to several charges related to probing the network of popular car-sharing service GoGet has...

Pre-Installed Software Flaw Exposes Most Dell Computers to Remote Hacking
2019-05-02 08:19

If you use a Dell computer, then beware — hackers could compromise your system remotely. Bill Demirkapi, a 17-year-old independent security researcher, has discovered a critical remote code...

Kaspersky Analyzes Hacking Group's Homegrown Attack Tools
2019-05-01 14:38

Kaspersky Details MuddyWater’s Post-Infection Tools The MuddyWater cyberespionage group is making use of a broad range of post-infection tools in their attacks, mostly developed in-house,...