Security News

No big deal... Kremlin hackers 'jumped air-gapped networks' to pwn US power utilities
2018-07-24 05:28

'Hundreds' of intrusions, switch could be pulled anytime, where have we heard this before? The US Department of Homeland Security is once again accusing Russian government hackers of penetrating...

Spectre Will Haunt Us For a Long Time
2018-07-23 18:22

These vulnerabilities have existed for over 20 years, and we are not even close to closing the door on these significant risks.

Here's what US adults actually know about cybersecurity
2018-07-23 14:41

While cybersecurity attacks are becoming regular occurrences, many Americans have little knowledge of the industry.

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...