Security News

US voting systems (in Oregon) potentially could be hacked (11 years ago) by anybody (in tech support)
2018-07-17 19:59

ES&S admits a handful of systems were shipped with PCAnywhere tool A US voting machine manufacturer has admitted some of its systems sold in the early 2000s had a remote access tool installed.…

Irish Silk Road Suspect Extradited to US: Prosecutors
2018-07-17 14:47

A 30-year-old Irish man accused of working for now defunct "dark web" marketplace Silk Road has been extradited to the United States to face charges in New York, four years after his arrest,...

Twitter shutters accounts linked to US election hacking
2018-07-17 10:46

The move comes after special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of 12 Russians believed to have used the accounts as fronts in US election hacking.

Irish fella accused of being Silk Road admin 'Libertas' hauled to US
2018-07-16 21:20

Bloke extradited to New York to face charges of serving as drug cyber-mart's tech support US prosecutors have extradited an Irish man to America, where he will face charges of allegedly helping...

GitHub to Pythonistas: Let us save you from vulnerable code
2018-07-16 07:30

Third language added to security scanner GitHub's added Python to the list of programming languages it can auto-scan for known vulnerabilities.…

US Lifts Export Ban on Suppliers to China's ZTE
2018-07-16 03:33

The United States on Friday formally lifted a crippling ban on exports to China's ZTE, rescuing the smartphone maker from the brink of collapse after it was denied key components. The US Commerce...

US drug cops peddled pre-cracked Blackberry mobes to crooks – and that's just the start
2018-07-13 22:49

Same technique being used against ordinary US citizens? Back in 2013, Canadian John Darrel Krokos got 11.5 years in a US jail for leading a massive cocaine smuggling ring. Two years later, his...

'Time for US Cyber Command to Take the Gloves Off'
2018-07-13 20:18

In the wake of news that 12 additional Russians have been indicted for conspiring to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, a key question emerges: What will President Trump say when he...

US military manuals hawked on dark web after files left rattling in insecure FTP server
2018-07-11 14:58

Wow, so servicemen forget to change their default logins too Sensitive US Air Force documents have leaked onto the dark web as part of an attempted sale of drone manuals.…

The US Department of Defense wants AI to stop future Snowdens
2018-07-11 00:48

Needs the ability to cope with Microsoft docs without breaking The US Department of Defense is exploring how AI might be able to help it automatically label secretive information and control who...