Security News

Hacking Fingerprint Readers with Master Prints (Schneier on Security)
2017-05-24 11:44

There's interesting research on using a set of "master" digital fingerprints to fool biometric readers. The work is theoretical at the moment, but they might be able to open about two-thirds of...

Hacking Group Arrested For Infecting Over 1 Million Phones With Banking Trojan (The Hackers News)
2017-05-23 15:33

The Russian Interior Ministry announced on Monday the arrest of 20 individuals from a major cybercriminal gang that had stolen nearly $900,000 from bank accounts after infecting over one million...

Newly Found Malware Uses 7 NSA Hacking Tools, Where WannaCry Uses 2 (The Hackers News)
2017-05-22 16:03

A security researcher has identified a new strain of malware that also spreads itself by exploiting flaws in Windows SMB file sharing protocol, but unlike the WannaCry Ransomware that uses only...

More Hacking Groups Found Exploiting SMB Flaw Weeks Before WannaCry (The Hackers News)
2017-05-19 05:59

Since the Shadow Brokers released the zero-day software vulnerabilities and hacking tools – allegedly belonged to the NSA's elite hacking team Equation Group – several hacking groups and...