Security News

US Indicts Two Chinese Government Hackers Over Global Hacking Campaign
2018-12-21 07:48

The US Department of Justice on Thursday charged two Chinese hackers associated with the Chinese government for hacking numerous companies and government agencies in a dozen countries. The Chinese...

Uncle Sam accuses two Chinese men of hacking tech, aerospace, defense on behalf of Beijing
2018-12-20 20:42

Brits pile on, demanding 'these activities must stop' The US Justice Department on Thursday announced the criminal indictment of two men associated with the Chinese government on charges that the...

U.S. Sanctions Russians for Hacking, Election Interference
2018-12-20 07:35

The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced sanctions against nearly two dozen Russia-related individuals and entities over their roles in election interference, hacking the World...

Hacking democracy efforts continue with upticks in malware deployments
2018-12-13 06:15

Comodo Cybersecurity released its Global Threat Report 2018 Q3, offering insights from Comodo Threat Research Lab experts into key cyberthreat trends and the impact of malware on elections and...

Weak Encryption Leaves Mobile Health App at Risk for Hacking
2018-12-11 22:03

DHS, Philips Issue Advisories for HealthSuite Android Health AppThe lack of strong encryption in Philips' HealthSuite Health Android app leaves the mobile health software vulnerable to hacking,...

Cryptography failure leads to easy hacking for PlayStation Classic
2018-12-10 17:03

Plug-and-play hardware lacks even basic functional security for crucial bootrom.

GOP Hacking Incident: What Happened?
2018-12-07 13:03

An update on the hacking of email accounts of four senior aides within the National Republican Congressional Committee leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also featured: An...

UK spies: You know how we said bulk device hacking would be used sparingly? Well, things have 'evolved'...
2018-12-06 14:49

Admit they are upping their use of mass snooping UK spies are planning to increase their use of bulk equipment interference, as the range of encrypted hardware and software applications they can't...

Kubernetes Alert: Security Flaw Could Enable Remote Hacking
2018-12-04 09:18

Patch Container-Orchestration System Now or Risk Serious ConsequencesA severe vulnerability in Kubernetes, the popular, open-source software for managing Linux applications deployed within...

Sharp rise in email and social media hacking in the UK
2018-12-03 11:17

Police forces across the UK are coming under increasing pressure to launch criminal investigations into incidents of social media and computer hacking, according to a new report from the...