Security News

Breach exposed details of 2 million T-Mobile US customers – report
2018-08-24 10:50

'International group' of hackers fingered, financial data safe T-Mobile US has fallen victim to a data breach, the company confirmed in a brief note on its website.…

Secure 2018 US Elections: It's Too Late
2018-08-23 16:48

Facebook's Ex-CSO Says That Ship Has Sailed; Look to 2020With less than three months to go until the U.S. midterm elections, Alex Stamos, until recently Facebooks's CSO, says there isn't time to...

US Democrats call in Feds: There's something phishy going on with our voter database
2018-08-23 12:47

Fake website designed to harvest staffer credentials The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has called in the FBI after uncovering an apparent attack against its internal voter database system.…

Iran-Linked Influence Campaign Targets US, Others
2018-08-22 14:59

Threat actors apparently working out of Iran have been conducting an operation whose goal is to influence the opinions of people in the United States and other countries around the world, FireEye...

Russian Hackers Went After Conservative US Groups: Microsoft
2018-08-21 13:32

The Russian hacking unit that tried to interfere in the US presidential election has been targeting conservative US think tanks, Microsoft said. read more

China Believes Its Cyber Capabilities Lag Behind US: Pentagon
2018-08-20 08:39

China believes its cyberwarfare capabilities lag behind the United States, but it’s working on closing the gap, according to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). read more

US rolls back cyberwarfare rules
2018-08-17 11:45

The Trump administration has rolled back Obama-era rules that outlined how to launch cyberattacks on other nations.

US voting systems: Full of holes, loaded with pop music, and hacked in 10 min by an 11-year-old
2018-08-13 14:30

Good luck voting in November, folks in US, you're going to need it DEF CON Hackers of all ages have been investigating America’s voting machine tech and the results aren’t good - one enterprising...

UK cyber cops: Infosec pros could help us divert teens from 'dark side'
2018-08-13 08:11

Police seek mentor-like techies to help talented kids UK police are looking to cybersecurity firms to help implement a strategy of steering youngsters away from a life in online crime.…

US Braces for Possible Cyberattacks After Iran Sanctions
2018-08-10 20:38

The U.S. is bracing for cyberattacks Iran could launch in retaliation for the re-imposition of sanctions this week by President Donald Trump, cybersecurity and intelligence experts say. read more