Security News

Hacking Boom Years: Endpoint Security Market to Skyrocket (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-25 12:18

Expect More Vendors, More Growth, Forrester PredictsThe never-ending stream of bad information security news is fueling a virtual gold rush for companies offering protection. A new report from...

US Navy Collisions: Don't Bet on Hacking (InfoRiskToday)
2017-08-24 15:33

Human Error Remains Most Likely Explanation, Experts SayCrew error - not hacking - remains the most likely explanation for this week's deadly collision between a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer...

Researchers Demo Remote Hacking of Industrial Cobots (Security Week)
2017-08-22 20:03

Researchers at security firm IOActive have shown how a remote attacker can hack an industrial collaborative robot, or cobot, and modify its safety settings, which could result in physical harm to...

Hacking smartphones with malicious replacement parts (Help Net Security)
2017-08-21 20:05

Smartphone users can now add a new entry to the list of things they need to worry about: their phones being compromised via replacement parts. A group of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of...

Hacking a Gene Sequencer by Encoding Malware in a DNA Strand (Schneier on Security)
2017-08-15 11:00

One of the common ways to hack a computer is to mess with its input data. That is, if you can feed the computer data that it interprets -- or misinterprets -- in a particular way, you can trick...

Lawyer: British Hacking Suspect Will be Vindicated (Security Week)
2017-08-14 17:55

A lawyer for a 23-year-old British computer security researcher accused of creating malware to attack the banking system on Monday called him a "hero" and predicted he would be "fully vindicated."...

Cyberspies Are Using Leaked NSA Hacking Tools to Spy On Hotels Guests (The Hackers News)
2017-08-11 08:54

An infamous Russian-linked cyber-espionage group has been found re-using the same leaked NSA hacking tool that was deployed in the WannaCry and NotPetya outbreaks—this time to target Wi-Fi...

U.S. Charges Two Iranians With Hacking, Credit Card Fraud (Security Week)
2017-08-09 07:38

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that two Iranian nationals have been charged with credit card fraud and computer hacking. They were indicted in Columbia, South Carolina, where...

Uber Drivers Hacking the System to Cause Surge Pricing (Schneier on Security)
2017-08-08 14:35

Interesting story about Uber drivers who have figured out how to game the company's algorithms to cause surge pricing: According to the study. drivers manipulate Uber's algorithm by logging out of...

Hacking Slot Machines by Reverse-Engineering the Random Number Generators (Schneier on Security)
2017-08-07 11:00

Interesting story: The venture is built on Alex's talent for reverse engineering the algorithms -- known as pseudorandom number generators, or PRNGs -- that govern how slot machine games behave....