Security News

Who's hacking into UK unis? Spies, research-nickers... or rival gamers living in res hall?
2018-09-17 10:20

Report fingers students and staff for academic cyber-attacks Who's hacking into university systems? Here's a clue from the UK higher education tech crew at Jisc: the attacks drop dramatically...

Security Risks of Government Hacking
2018-09-13 14:08

Some of us -- myself included -- have proposed lawful government hacking as an alternative to backdoors. A new report from the Center of Internet and Society looks at the security risks of...

To prevent hacking, Georgia must end all-electronic voting, activists say
2018-09-12 08:30

In Curling v. Kemp, both sides are set to duke it out in court on Wednesday.

U.S. Ties Lazarus to North Korea and Major Hacking Conspiracy
2018-09-06 23:00

The DoJ said a DPRK spy, Park Jin-hyok, was involved in “a conspiracy to conduct multiple destructive cyberattacks around the world."

IoT Category Added to Pwn2Own Hacking Contest
2018-09-05 06:00

This year’s mobile-focused Pwn2Own hacking competition organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) will include a new category for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. read more

Voting machine maker claims hacking competitions a 'green light' for foreign hackers
2018-08-28 22:56

NSA code cracker says no, hackers performing a service Voting machine vendor ES&S says it did not cooperate with the Voting Village hacking competition at DEF CON because it worried the event...

Man Accused of Hacking Into Bank Account, Stealing $300,000
2018-08-28 15:50

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Police have arrested a Connecticut man they allege hacked into someone's retirement account and stole more than $300,000. Hartford police say 36-year-old Kwadjo Osei-Wusu,...

Sacrilegious Spies: Russians Tried Hacking Orthodox Clergy
2018-08-27 16:20

Russian Hackers Who Bedeviled 2016 U.S. Election Also Spied on Senior Orthodox Christian Figures read more

Leaker of Secret Report on Russian Hacking Gets 5 Years
2018-08-24 04:46

A former government contractor who pleaded guilty to mailing a classified U.S. report to a news organization was sentenced to more than five years in prison Thursday as part of a deal with...

Hacking smart plugs to enter business networks
2018-08-23 19:20

McAfee researchers have discovered a buffer overflow flaw in Belkin’s Wemo Insight Smart Plug that can be exploited by attackers to access and interfere with other networked devices and the...