Security News

US charges 80 in world-spanning romance scam and email fraud ring
2019-08-28 11:04

The $6m scam targeted women worldwide and victimized more than a dozen companies.

US Wants Woman Accused in Capital One Hack to Stay Locked Up
2019-08-23 17:36

A woman accused of hacking Capital One and at least 30 other organizations is a flight risk, a threat and should be kept locked up until her trial, U.S. prosecutors said in court documents filed...

Chinese Cyber-Spies Target US-Based Research University
2019-08-20 18:45

A recently analyzed Chinese cyber-espionage and financially-focused threat actor was observed targeting a web server at a U.S.-based research university, FireEye’s security researchers report. read more

Huawei goes all Art of War on us: Switches on 'battle mode' and vows to 'dominate the world'
2019-08-20 15:30

You listening, Trump? An internal memo to Huawei staff sent by boss Ren Zhengfei is long on military metaphors and warns that the company needs to go into "battle mode" to counter trade barriers...

US insurers face SEC probe over web-access bungle that exposed 'up to 885 million' files
2019-08-13 11:57

But it claims just 32 people had 'non-public' info disclosed. Eh? The American Securities and Exchange Commission is said to be investigating a US insurance company that allegedly left 885 million...

Printer pwnage, phone poppage, and apparently US Homeland Security needs security help
2019-08-12 18:57

Plus: The spambot that actually DOES record screens of pr0n users Roundup Here is your friendly summary of recent happenings at the front line of information security beyond everything else we've...

US still 'not prepared' in event of a serious cyber attack and Congress can't help if it happens
2019-08-12 18:02

Politicians appeal to hackers to take up the fight DEF CON Despite some progress, the US is still massively underprepared for a serious cyber attack and the current administration isn't helping...

US military swoops into DEF CON seeking a few good hackers for debut aviation pwning village
2019-08-12 16:01

Faulty F-15s, at-risk airbases and much more DEF CON For the first time, Vegas's annual DEF CON hacking conference has an "aviation hacking village", and the US military is scouting around there...

I could throttle you right about now: US Navy to ditch touchscreens after kit blamed for collision
2019-08-12 08:59

Thousands of tons of metal and iPads don't mix, it would seem The US Navy is ditching touchscreens and going back to physical throttles after an investigation into the USS John S McCain collision...

Who will save us from deepfakes? Other AIs? Humans? What about vastly hyperintelligent pandimensional beings?
2019-08-09 11:04

Maybe Douglas Adams was right about mice Black Hat Deepfakes, the AI-generated talking heads that can say whatever their creator wants them to, are getting harder to detect. But boffins have...