Security News

Tainted Leaks (Schneier on Security)
2017-05-29 15:22

Last year, I wrote about the potential for doxers to alter documents before they leaked them. It was a theoretical threat when I wrote it, but now Citizen Lab has documented this technique in the...

Russian Hackers Made 'Tainted Leaks' a Thing — Phishing to Propaganda (The Hackers News)
2017-05-29 00:46

We came across so many revelations of sensitive government and corporate data on the Internet these days, but what's the accuracy of that information leaked by unknown actors? How much real are...

Yahoo Retires ImageMagick After Bugs Leak Server Memory (Threatpost)
2017-05-23 18:00

Researcher Chris Evans reported a new bug and showed how also used a previously known flaw in ImageMagick to leak Yahoo server data and steal images and authentication secrets.

Cisco Finally Patches 0-Day Exploit Disclosed In Wikileaks-CIA Leak (The Hackers News)
2017-05-10 05:27

Cisco Systems has finally released an update for its IOS and IOS XE software to address a critical vulnerability, disclosed nearly two months back in the CIA Vault 7 leak, that affects more than...

Hacker leaks 'Orange is the New Black' Season 5 after Netflix refused to Pay Ransom (The Hackers News)
2017-05-01 02:57

After releasing 10 back-to-back episodes of the Season 5 premiere of Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black," a hacking group calling itself The Dark Overlord is threatening to leak a trove of other...