Security News

US Says China Hacking Increasing Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting
2018-11-21 15:25

BEIJING (AP) — A U.S. government report ahead of a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping accuses China of stepping up hacking aimed at stealing American technology as a tariff...

Infamous Russian Hacking Group Used New Trojan in Recent Attacks
2018-11-20 18:34

A well known Russian state-sponsored cyber-espionage group has used a new Trojan as a secondary payload in recent attacks targeting government entities around the globe, Palo Alto Networks...

Hacking MiSafes’ smartwatches for kids is child’s play
2018-11-16 12:23

Researchers describe breaking into the watches as "probably the simplest hack we have ever seen."

Super Micro chief bean counter: Bloomberg's 'unwarranted hardware hacking article' has slowed our server sales
2018-11-16 00:15

CEO insists Chinese spy chip bombshell 'impossible' Super Micro Computer on Thursday reported net sales in the range of $952m to $962m for the first quarter of its fiscal 2019, which ended...

Seven Hacking Groups Operate Under “Magecart” Umbrella, Analysis Shows
2018-11-13 19:12

At least seven different cybercrime groups referred to as "Magecart hackers" are placing digital credit card skimmers on compromised e-commerce sites, Flashpoint and RiskIQ reveal in a joint...

HITB Security Conference to feature CTF, free to the public hacking games and challenges
2018-11-13 07:42

In two weeks, one of the most gruelling security challenges returns to the Middle East! As part of Hack in the Box’s (HITB) return to Dubai after an 8-year gap, the HITB Security Conference will...

VMware Patches VM Escape Flaw Disclosed at Chinese Hacking Contest
2018-11-09 15:21

VMware informed customers on Friday that patches are available for a critical virtual machine (VM) escape vulnerability disclosed recently by a researcher at the GeekPwn2018 hacking competition. read more

Guess who's back, back again? China's back, hacking your friends: Beijing targets American biz amid tech tariff tiff
2018-11-09 03:20

Everything little thing Xi does is magic, everything Xi do just turns me intrusion alarms on Three years after the governments of America and China agreed not to hack corporations in each other's...

Election Hacking Probe Gets New Boss After Sessions Quits
2018-11-08 11:18

Probe's Future Uncertain After Trump Forces Attorney General To ResignU.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned on Thursday at the request of President Donald Trump. While long expected, the...