Security News

Security researchers caution mixing vulnerability disclosure with stock market bets set a troubling precedent.

When hackers infiltrated Dropbox in 2012 they made off with credentials for roughly 68 million users.

Linux admins are reporting attacks against webservers resulting in the deletion of web folders, reportedly by attackers using a ransomware variant called Fairware.

Over 1 million consumer web-connected video cameras and DVRs have have become the slaves to botnet herders that use the devices for DDoS and phishing attacks.

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of Negev have found a way to take a run of the mill USB device and use it to leak data from an air gapped computers via RF signals.

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab today confirmed that the cybercriminals behind the Lurk Trojan were also responsible for the development and distribution of the Angler Exploit Kit

A complaint filed with the FTC alleges unfair and deceptive practices on the part of WhatsApp, which has decided to share phone numbers and data with Facebook.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Division warned election officials nationwide this month to fortify their systems in the wake of two breaches it was able to detect earlier this summer.

Browser maker Opera warns 1.7 million Opera sync accounts possibly compromised and urges users to change passwords.

RIPPER malware forces ATMs to churn out cash for crooks via a malicious EMV bankcard attack.