Security News

China's Hacking of the Border Gateway Protocol
2018-10-24 11:00

This is a long -- and somewhat technical -- paper by Chris C. Demchak and Yuval Shavitt about China's repeated hacking of the Internet Border Gateway Protocol (BGP): "China's Maxim ­ Leave No...

Former high school teacher pleads guilty to hacking celebrities
2018-10-24 10:29

A fifth man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of phishing celebrities' and non-celebrities logins and raiding their iCloud accounts for nude photos.

Spotted: Miscreants use pilfered NSA hacking tools to pwn boxes in nuke, aerospace worlds
2018-10-19 20:39

High-value servers targeted by cyber-weapons dumped online by Shadow Brokers Miscreants are using a trio of NSA hacking tools, leaked last year by the Shadow Brokers, to infect and spy on computer...

Cryptojackers Keep Hacking Unpatched MikroTik Routers
2018-10-19 13:18

Vigilante Hacker Is Killing Unpatched Routers' Remote Administration AbilityCryptojackers and eavesdroppers are continuing to exploit a one-time zero-day flaw in unpatched MikroTik routers,...

Ex-Virginia Teacher Charged in 2014 'Celebgate' Hacking
2018-10-18 10:37

A former Virginia high school teacher is the fifth person charged in an investigation into the 2014 "celebgate" scandal in which hackers obtained nude photographs and other private information...

LuminosityLink Hacking Tool Author Gets 30-Months Prison Sentence
2018-10-17 14:18

A 21-year-old Kentucky man who previously pleaded guilty to developing, marketing, and selling an infamous remote access trojan (RAT) called LuminosityLink has now been sentenced to 30 months in...

2018 US voter records offered for sale on hacking forum
2018-10-16 12:42

Somebody is selling US voter registration databases on an English-language speaking dark web hacker forum and the offer comes with the promise they will be updated every week, Anomali and Intel...

Up to 35 Million 2018 Voter Records For Sale on Hacking Forum
2018-10-15 19:57

Just weeks before the midterms, voter information from 19 states has turned up on the Dark Web.

'Five Eyes' Agencies Release Joint Report on Hacking Tools
2018-10-12 05:22

Cybersecurity agencies in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have released a joint report describing five of the most commonly used hacking tools. read more

UK.gov teams up with Five Eyes chums to release spotters' guide for hacking tools
2018-10-11 16:58

Crouching tiger, hidden APT The UK's National Cyber Security Centre and its western intel pals have put out a report spotlighting the most commonly abused hacking utilities.…