Security News

Hacking for fun and profit: How one researcher is making IoT device makers take security seriously
2018-05-10 13:30

We should all be so lucky to enjoy our work as much as Ken Munro does. Generally attracted by research that “looks fun” and particularly interested in probing the security of technologies that...

Grade hacking may cost high school its valedictorian
2018-05-10 10:04

The grade tampering came to light while drawing up a list of top students. Now it's unclear which students legitimately belong on that list.

The US Is Unprepared for Election-Related Hacking in 2018
2018-05-08 14:07

This survey and report is not surprising: The survey of nearly forty Republican and Democratic campaign operatives, administered through November and December 2017, revealed that American...

A Simple Tool Released to Protect Dasan GPON Routers from Remote Hacking
2018-05-08 13:33

Since hackers have started exploiting two recently disclosed unpatched critical vulnerabilities found in GPON home routers, security researchers have now released an unofficial patch to help...

Hacking charges dropped against Nova Scotia teen who accessed public information smartly
2018-05-07 22:50

Police opt to end charade over document download row Police in Halifax, Nova Scotia say they will not pursue charges against a 19-year old man who had downloaded a cache of public documents.…

Tech companies resist government hacking back and backdoors
2018-05-04 12:09

The US government is coming after cybersecurity with a multi-pronged pitchfork.

Over a Million Dasan Routers Vulnerable to Remote Hacking
2018-05-02 09:20

Researchers have disclosed the details of two unpatched vulnerabilities that expose more than one million home routers made by South Korea-based Dasan Networks to remote hacker attacks. read more

Volkswagen Cars Open To Remote Hacking, Researchers Warn
2018-05-01 20:19

Vulnerable in-vehicle infotainment systems have left some Volkswagen cars open to remote hacking, researchers warn.

Unpatchable flaw found in Nvidia Tegra chipsets. Perfect for hacking Nintendo Switches, BTW
2018-04-23 21:17

Researcher reveals demo USB attack code, full release in June Security researcher Kate Temkin has released proof-of-concept code to launch an exploit chain called Fusée Gelée, which relies on an...

Is scraping files from a Freedom of Information website ‘hacking’?
2018-04-23 10:41

A teen is being charged for downloading 7k records, 250 of which weren't properly redacted. Who's to blame?