Security News

Week in review: MalwareTech arrested, hacking Amazon Echo (Help Net Security)
2017-08-07 01:45

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and podcasts: US senators introduce bill to improve IoT security, protect researchers probing it The Internet of Things...

TCU Flaws Expose Cars to Remote Hacking (Security Week)
2017-08-01 09:04

Vulnerabilities discovered by researchers in telematics control units (TCUs) from Continental, which are used by several major car manufacturers, can expose vehicles to local and remote hacker...

Hacking A $1500 'Smart Gun' With $15 Magnets (Demo)
2017-07-29 00:29

I think we should stop going crazy over the smart things unless it's secure enough to be called SMART—from a toaster, security cameras, and routers to the computers and cars—everything is...

WikiLeaks Details Mac OS X Hacking Tools Used by CIA (Security Week)
2017-07-28 12:13

The latest round of documents published by WikiLeaks as part of a leak dubbed by the organization “Vault 7” describes several tools allegedly used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to...

3 New CIA-developed Hacking Tools For MacOS & Linux Exposed (The Hackers News)
2017-07-27 09:19

WikiLeaks has just published a new set of classified documents linked to another CIA project, dubbed 'Imperial,' which reveals details of at least three CIA-developed hacking tools and implants...

Hacking a Segway (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-21 11:23

The Segway has a mobile app. It is hackable: While analyzing the communication between the app and the Segway scooter itself, Kilbride noticed that a user PIN number meant to protect the Bluetooth...

How Microsoft Cleverly Cracks Down On "Fancy Bear" Hacking Group (The Hackers News)
2017-07-21 01:53

What could be the best way to take over and disrupt cyber espionage campaigns? Hacking them back? Probably not. At least not when it's Microsoft, who is continuously trying to protect its users...

Tor Launches Bug Bounty Program — Get Paid for Hacking! (The Hackers News)
2017-07-20 11:15

With the growing number of cyber attacks and breaches, a significant number of companies and organisations have started Bug Bounty programs for encouraging hackers, bug hunters and researchers to...

Critical Code Injection Flaw In Gnome File Manager Leaves Linux Users Open to Hacking (The Hackers News)
2017-07-20 03:54

A security researcher has discovered a code injection vulnerability in the thumbnail handler component of GNOME Files file manager that could allow hackers to execute malicious code on targeted...

Two Iranians charged with hacking, stealing US missile design software (Help Net Security)
2017-07-19 15:55

Two Iranians are accused of hacking of a US software company and the theft of missile design software restricted from export from the US without a license. Mohammed Reza Rezakhah, 39 and Mohammed...