Security News

Enjoy the holiday weekend America? Well-rested? Good. Supermicro server boards can be remotely hijacked
2019-09-03 10:00

Virtual USB hub allows attackers to get into BMCs Tens of thousands of servers around the world are believed to be hosting a vulnerability that would allow an attacker to remotely commandeer them.…

Feds Allege Adconion Employees Hijacked IP Addresses for Spamming
2019-09-02 20:52

Federal prosecutors in California have filed criminal charges against four employees of Adconion Direct, an email advertising firm, alleging they unlawfully hijacked vast swaths of Internet...

Canonical GitHub Account Hijacked
2019-07-08 05:42

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu operating system, confirmed over the weekend that one of its GitHub accounts was hacked. read more

Widely used medical infusion pump can be remotely hijacked
2019-06-17 10:05

These vulnerable infusion pumps can be remotely hacked to alter the delivery of IV fluids and medications such as painkillers or insulin.

ASUS Patches Hijacked System Update Utility
2019-03-27 13:32

ASUS says it has released a fix for the Live Update utility that threat actors abused in Operation ShadowHammer supply chain attack to deliver malware to hundreds of users.  read more

Missile warning sent from hijacked Tampa mayor’s Twitter account
2019-02-25 12:58

Tampa's mayor was trying to regain control of his Twitter account this week after it was used to post bomb threats and child sex abuse images.

Hijacked Nest cam broadcasts bogus warning about incoming missiles
2019-01-23 10:45

A hacked Nest camera broadcast the fake warning about incoming North Korean missiles, sending a family into “five minutes of sheer terror.”

Thousands of Google Chromecast Devices Hijacked to Promote PewDiePie
2019-01-03 15:18

A group of hackers has hijacked tens of thousands of Google's Chromecast streaming dongles, Google Home smart speakers and smart TVs with built-in Chromecast technology in recent weeks by...

Who Hijacked Google's Web Traffic?
2018-11-13 09:03

Data Routes Through Russia, Nigeria and China, Raising Security ConcernsGoogle is investigating the unorthodox routing of traffic bound for its cloud services that instead traveled via internet...

StatCounter Analytics Code Hijacked to Steal Bitcoins from Cryptocurrency Users
2018-11-08 11:18

Late last week an unknown hacker or a group of hackers successfully targeted a cryptocurrency exchange with an aim to steal Bitcoins by compromising the web analytics service it was using. ESET...