Security News

185,000+ vulnerable Wi-Fi cameras just waiting to be hijacked (Help Net Security)
2017-03-09 18:45

A generic wireless camera manufactured by a Chinese company and sold around the world under different names and brands can be easily hijacked and/or roped into a botnet. The flaw that allows this...

Can your Netgear router be hijacked? Check now! (Help Net Security)
2017-01-31 16:42

Yesterday, researcher Simon Kenin of Trustwave SpiderLabs released information about an authentication bypass flaw affecting a wide variety of Netgear routers, as well as PoC attack code for...

Samsung SmartCam can be easily hijacked (Help Net Security)
2017-01-18 19:05

At least one type of Samsung SmartCam cameras can be taken over by remote attackers who just need to know the vulnerable camera’s IP address. The remote code execution vulnerability that can be...

Over one billion installs of apps using OAuth 2.0 can be remotely hijacked, say researchers (TechRepublic)
2016-11-04 19:28

Yesterdays massive Internet outage was caused by hijacked DVRs, webcams and more (Yahoo Security)
2016-10-22 19:36

Clinton campaign chief’s Twitter, iCloud accounts hijacked (Help Net Security)
2016-10-14 15:34

Some 12 hours after WikiLeaks published emails stolen from the email account of Hillary Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta, someone has hijacked the man’s Twitter account and tweeted out “I’ve...

Transmission hijacked to broadcast Mac malware (The Register)
2016-09-01 16:40

Wave of business websites hijacked to deliver crypto-ransomware (ArsTechnica)
2016-07-19 22:30

414,949 D-Link cameras, IoT devices can be hijacked over the net (The Register)
2016-07-08 02:29

FTC tech chief's phone hijacked, identity stolen, but who is to blame? (ZDNet)
2016-06-08 08:56