Security News

WikiLeaks Releases CIA Hacking Tools (Schneier on Security)
2017-03-07 15:08

WikiLeaks just released a cache of 8,761 classified CIA documents from 2012 to 2016, including details of its offensive Internet operations. I have not read through any of them yet. If you see...

Google reCaptcha Bypass Technique Uses Google’s Own Tools (Threatpost)
2017-03-02 12:00

A proof of concept bypass of Google's CAPTCHA verification system uses Google's own web-based tools to pull off the skirting of the system.

New macOS ransomware masquerades as software cracking tools (Help Net Security)
2017-02-23 13:00

New crypto ransomware dubbed Filecoder is stalking macOS users, ESET researchers warn. Masquerading as an application for cracking/patching legal copies of Adobe Premiere Pro and Microsoft Office...

Hacker Leaks Cellebrite's Phone-Hacking Tools (Schneier on Security)
2017-02-06 12:30

In January we learned that a hacker broke into Cellebrite's network and stole 900GB of data. Now the hacker has dumped some of Cellebrite's phone-hacking tools on the Internet. In their README,...