Security News

Thousands of misconfigured 3D printers on interwebz run risk of sabotage
2018-09-04 10:30

Security controls aren't there to just look pretty, you know Internet-connected 3D printers are at risk of being tampered with or even sabotaged because users fail to apply security controls, a...

Tesla names former Gigafactory hand as 'sabotage' mastermind
2018-06-20 20:27

Musk blames bad Tripp Tesla has filed suit against the man it claims was behind an effort to sabotage the electric car maker.…

Tesla employee sabotage illustrates critical importance of user permissions
2018-06-19 13:31

Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims the firm suffered 'extensive and damaging sabotage,' including code tweaks and leaked secrets.

Russia-Linked Hackers Could Sabotage US Energy Systems (InfoRiskToday)
2017-09-07 13:18

Symantec Says the Dragonfly Group Is Upping Its OperationsHackers that U.S. officials believe are linked to Russia have upped their activity against energy providers in the U.S., Turkey and...

“Crash Override” malware may sabotage electric grids, but it’s no Stuxnet (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-12 21:05

Attack tools can be used against a broad range of electric grids around the world.

Researchers design a chip that checks for sabotage (Help Net Security)
2016-08-24 13:10

With the outsourcing of microchip design and fabrication a worldwide, $350 billion business, bad actors along the supply chain have many opportunities to install malicious circuitry in chips....

Petya Sabotages Rival Ransomware Chimera, Leaks Decryption Keys (Threatpost)
2016-07-28 16:16

Petya ransomware developers leak competitor Chimera's decryption keys in an attempt to drive new business to a new Petya and Mischa offering.

1944 CIA Sabotage Manual (Schneier on Security)
2016-06-10 14:54

It makes for interesting reading. Someone noticed that parts of it read like standard modern office procedures....