UK Police and FBI have arrested a teenager suspected to be Cracka, the hacker who hacked the CIA Director John Brennan. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and British lawRead More →
The New York Police Department has admitted to using controversial cell phone spying systems known as Stingrays—which can be used to track the location and intercept personal communications of nearbyRead More →
This smart building was hacked by IBM researchers to show hacking risks associated with Internet of Things. IBM security researchers are warning that building automation systems used to power so-calledRead More →
Messages coming to or from non-encrypted sources will be flagged by Google. Google has confirmed a number of changes to Gmail with the arrival of two new features that willRead More →
Breach comes a year after a previous hack compromised 300,000 people. The US Internal Revenue Service was the target of a malware attack that netted electronic tax-return credentials for 101,000 socialRead More →
Attackers have disguised information-stealing and Bitcoin malware as third-party add-ons and cheats for Blizzard’s online card game. Hearthstone, a free-to-play card game based on World of Warcraft, has been indirectlyRead More →
TENERIFE, SPAIN—THERE ARE many ways we know of to cause a blackout. You could hack industrial equipment to spin a generator out of control. You couldhijack operator machines and remotelyRead More →
Home routers with little to no security are far too common. They’re dangerous from a number of perspectives: as peeping holes for spying on people’s daily web use, for filtering stolen files and forRead More →
Short Bytes: Your desire to master the art of Facebook hacking can harm you in a big way. Recently, a variant of Remtasu malware has been spotted in the wild thatRead More →
Oxford, Miss. (TLV)—Sunday, Feb 7, The Oxford School District was attacked by an “unknown hacker” using “crypto-ransomware.” OSD has shut down all servers and is currently working to resume regularRead More →
Steam’s built-in browser runs in a no-sandbox mode. The latest version of the Steam gaming client is employing an outdated Web browser that puts users at risk due to unpatched vulnerabilitiesRead More →
A hacker accessed an employee’s email account at the Department of Justice and stole 200GB of files including records of 9,000 DHS staffers and 20,000 FBI employees. Yesterday, the dataRead More →
During a recent penetration test, I was performing some packet captures and noticed some unencrypted Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) traffic. The syntax was unmistakable. At first I thought this might beRead More →
Russian authorities raided offices of a Russian film distribution and production company as part of an operation against the Dyre gang. Russian law enforcement and intelligence agencies in November raidedRead More →
Spam campaign targets Portuguese-speaking firms in Brazil and other regions to deliver malware and steal sensitive data. Symantec has observed an ongoing spam campaign targeting Brazil-based companies and other firmsRead More →
THREE AND A half years after he sought temporary asylum in the Ecuadorean embassy in London only to find himself a captive instead, a UN group has ruled that UKRead More →
According to the NSW Government Department of Resources and Energy Chinese hackers have launched a malware-based attack on its network in December. The Australian NSW Government Department of Resources andRead More →
Dell and Cylance join the fight against bootkits. Dell has announced a partnership with Cylance, which will add a new security layer for its line of motherboards, a BIOS integrity verificationRead More →
In this tutorial, we will explore where and what the forensic investigator can find information about the activities of the suspect in their web browser. It’s important to note thatRead More →
FOR THE LAST three years, the evolution of firearms has been playing out all over again in plastic form: Deadly, working guns that anyone can generate with a download andRead More →
