Security News

NASA's crap infosec could be 'significant threat' to space ops
2019-03-11 16:23

Inspectors not happy with stagnant security practices NASA's Office of the Inspector General has once again concluded the American space agency's tech security practices are "not consistently...

Facebooker swatted, Kaspersky snares an NSA thief, NASA server exposed, and more
2019-01-12 10:30

Plus, Vita boot ROM caper, TCL caught slinging Android malware, etc Roundup This week we saw a Huawei official cuffed (again), telcos caught selling tracking data (again) and Microsoft patching...

Hackers Succeed in NASA Mission, Lifting Thousands of Employee Records
2018-12-19 16:47

Twelve years' worth of data has blasted off into the Dark Web.

Mayday! NASA Warns Employees of Personal Information Breach
2018-12-19 08:48

Another day, another data breach. This time it's the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) NASA today confirmed a data breach that may have compromised personal...

NASA Notifies Employees of Data Breach
2018-12-19 07:03

Social security numbers and other personal information belonging to employees of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) may have been stolen after at least one of the...

Houston, we've had a problem: NASA fears internal server hacked, staff personal info swiped by miscreants
2018-12-18 23:32

Another leak, this time it's personal Developing A server containing personal information, including social security numbers, of current and former NASA workers may have been hacked, and its data...

Ex-NASA Contractor Pleads Guilty in Cyberstalking Scheme
2018-10-12 17:21

A former NASA contractor who allegedly threatened to publish nude photos of seven women unless they sent him other explicit pictures has pleaded guilty to federal charges. read more

Suspected NASA Hacker Busted After Boasting About Exploits
2018-10-10 18:03

Suspect Allegedly Led Team of Self-Styled 'Master Italian Hackers'Memo to hackers: Boasting about your exploits on social media channels is a good way to get caught. Indeed, Italian police say...

Former NASA contractor arrested on charges of sextorting seven women
2018-09-07 13:16

Richard Gregory Bauer allegedly weaseled private information out of the women on Facebook by pretending to be working on a class project.

NASA 'sextortionist' allegedly tricked women into revealing their password reset answers, stole their nude selfies
2018-09-06 07:06

Then exploited pix to demand more X-rated snaps, Feds claim A former NASA contractor was arrested and charged on Wednesday for allegedly sextorting women.…