Security News

Nintendo Switch hackers show hacking for mischief is alive and well
2018-06-25 12:23

Think today's hackers are only motivated by money? Think again. In the gaming world, there's plenty of hacks-for-lulz on display.

Hacking Incident at Billing Vendor Affects 270,000 Patients
2018-06-20 19:17

Attack on Firm Impacts Those Treated at Dozens of Physician PracticesA hacking incident at a claims processing company in New York has impacted 270,000 patients of 42 physician practices, which...

Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to ATM Hacking
2018-06-20 14:36

A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty to his role in an ATM “jackpotting” operation, the United States Department of Justice announced this week. read more

Massive CIA Hacking Tool Leak: Ex-Agency Employee Charged
2018-06-19 13:18

Lead Suspect Joshua A. Schulte Already Detained on Child Pornography ChargesThe U.S. Department of Justice has charged a former CIA officer, 29-year-old Joshua A. Schulte, with providing 8,000...

Ex-CIA Employee Charged With Leaking Agency's Hacking Tools
2018-06-19 09:34

A former employee of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been charged with stealing classified national defense information from the agency and sharing it with WikiLeaks. read more

Ex-CIA employee charged with leaking 'Vault 7' hacking tools to Wikileaks
2018-06-19 08:18

A 29-year-old former CIA computer programmer who was charged with possession of child pornography last year has now been charged with masterminding the largest leak of classified information in...

How to combat global election hacking
2018-06-18 13:30

Neil Walsh, UN Chief of Cybercrime, explains how the United Nations combats cognitive hacking and cyberweapons targeting elections around the world.

U.S. Blacklists Russian Firms Tied to FSB Hacking Ops
2018-06-11 18:49

The United States placed five Russian companies and three individuals on its sanctions blacklist Monday for allegedly supporting the FSB intelligence agency's hacking operations, including a firm...

Vulnerable ship systems: Many left exposed to hacking
2018-06-07 17:32

Pen Test Partners’ Ken Munro and his colleagues – some of which are former ship crew members who really understand bridge and propulsion systems – have been probing the security of ships’ IT...

Teen Arrested for Hacking Minnesota Government Systems
2018-06-07 13:26

The United States Department of Justice this week announced the arrest of an individual charged with the hacking of servers owned by the State of Minnesota. read more