Security News

US gov declares emergency after wave of domain hijacking attacks
2019-01-25 10:54

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an emergency directive tightening DNS security after a recent wave of domain hijacking attacks targeting government websites.

Build the wall... around your DNS settings, US govt IT staff urged by Homeland Security amid domain hijackings
2019-01-23 04:05

Anyone still at their posts, please stop these address takeovers... please, helloo? Anyone there? America's Homeland Security has urged US government departments and federal agencies to shore up...

The most annoying British export since Piers Morgan: 'Drones' halt US airport flights
2019-01-23 01:04

Talk about Jersey Whirl... Flying gizmos disrupt ops this evening It seems the UK's latest pain-in-the-ass craze has made its way stateside again, as alleged sightings of rogue drones brought...

DNC: Russian Hackers Attacked Us Again After Midterm Elections
2019-01-21 09:50

Hackers believed to be associated with the Russian government targeted the US Democratic National Committee (DNC) shortly after the 2018 midterm elections, court documents show. read more

Serious Security: What 2000 years of cryptography can teach us
2019-01-20 00:08

Here's a fascinating history of cryptography that has plenty to teach you - and you don't need a degree in mathematics to follow along!

Bulgaria Extradites Russian Hacker to US: Embassy
2019-01-19 13:57

Bulgaria has extradited a Russian indicted by a US court for mounting a complex hacking scheme to the United States, the Russian embassy in Washington said Saturday. read more

US midterms barely over when Russians came knocking on our servers (again), Democrats claim
2019-01-18 20:05

Лучшая защита – нападение? Russian hackers attempted to infiltrate the Democratic National Committee (DNC) just after the US midterm elections last year, according to a new court filing.…

Did you know you can see the ad boxes Facebook sorts us into?
2019-01-18 11:49

...or that they can edit the (often inaccurate) pigeon-holes Facebook likes to put us in, a study found.

Hackers who DDoSed African telecom and US hospital get long prison sentences
2019-01-14 12:45

Two men who launched DDoS attacks against a variety of targets have received substantial prison sentences on Friday. Attacks against Liberian telecom 30-year-old Daniel Kaye (aka “BestBuy”), from...

AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile US pledge, again, to not sell your location to shady geezers. Sorry, we don't believe them
2019-01-11 22:58

Fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can't get fooled again, OK US cellphone networks have promised – again – that they will stop selling records of their subscribers' whereabouts to...