Security News

Researchers pull off DNA-based malicious code injection attack (Help Net Security)
2017-08-11 13:30

Researchers have demonstrated that it’s possible to create synthetic DNA strands containing malicious computer code that, if sequenced and analyzed, could compromise a computer. The main goal of...

Engineering Firm Exposed Electrical Infrastructure Details: Researchers (Security Week)
2017-08-10 11:24

Misconfiguration Issues with systems operated by Texas-based electrical engineering operator Power Quality Engineering (PQE) resulted in the information of various clients being exposed to the...

Dash invites researchers to hack their blockchain (Help Net Security)
2017-08-07 12:00

Thousands of security researchers will be incentivized to identify critical software vulnerabilities within Dash’s code and present them to the Dash Core Team for remediation. Commencing in...

UK Security Researcher 'Hero' Accused of Creating Bank Malware (Security Week)
2017-08-03 20:21

A British computer security researcher hailed as a hero for thwarting the "WannaCry" ransomware onslaught was in US custody on Thursday after being indicted on charges of creating malware to...

WannaCry Bitcoin Withdrawn; ‘Killswitch’ Researcher Detained in Nevada (Threatpost)
2017-08-03 18:04

The WannaCry story has new life with the attacks having withdrawn the Bitcoin collected as ransom during the attacks, and with the detainment of killswitch researcher Marcus Hutchins in Nevada.

FBI Arrests Researcher Who Found 'Kill-Switch' to Stop Wannacry Ransomware (The Hackers News)
2017-08-03 10:42

The 22-year-old British security researcher who gained fame for discovering the "kill switch" that stopped the outbreak of the WannaCry ransomware—has been reportedly arrested in the United States...

US senators introduce bill to improve IoT security, protect researchers probing it (Help Net Security)
2017-08-02 19:51

US Senators Mark Warner (D-VA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Ron Wyden (D-WA) and Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve the cybersecurity of Internet-connected devices. The...

Researchers remotely hack Tesla Model X (Help Net Security)
2017-07-31 16:39

Security researchers from Tencent’s Keen Security Lab have done it again: they’ve found vulnerabilities in one of Tesla’s cars and demonstrated that they can be exploited remotely to do things...

Researchers Demo Physical Attack via Car Wash Hack (Security Week)
2017-07-28 11:02

LAS VEGAS - BLACK HAT USA - Researchers have created proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits to demonstrate how hackers can cause physical damage to vehicles and injure their occupants by remotely...