WHEN YOU THINK of a standard hacker toolkit, software vulnerabilities and malware come to mind. But a pair of researchers are testing a different type of instrument: a physical toolRead More →
On Monday, Honda was forced to temporarily shut down its car plant in Sayama, Japan, after some of its computer systems were infected with the infamous WannaCry ransomware, reported ReutersRead More →
The crusty SMBv1 file-sharing protocol, abused by a NSA exploit last month that spread WannaCry, will be removed from Windows 10 starting with the upcoming Redstone 3 update. “We canRead More →
Almost 100 such apps, with >1 million downloads, found so far (but not by Google). For the second time this month, Google has removed Android apps from its Google PlayRead More →
Pinkslipbot banking Trojan is a banking Trojan that uses a complicated multistage proxy for HTTPS-based control server communication. Security researchers at McAfee Labs have spotted a new strain of the PinkslipbotRead More →
A Dutch web developer has created a rootkit that hides inside a PHP module and can be used to take over web servers via a rarely used attack vector: ApacheRead More →
EXCLUSIVE — Mazda cars with next-gen Mazda MZD Connect infotainment systems can be hacked just by plugging in a USB flash drive into their dashboard, thanks to a series ofRead More →
Latest Vault7 release exposes network-spying operation CIA kept secret since 2007. Home routers from 10 manufacturers, including Linksys, DLink, and Belkin, can be turned into covert listening posts that allowRead More →
Southern Oregon University has announced that it is the latest organization to fall victim to a business email compromise (BEC) attack after fraudsters tricked the educational establishment into transferring moneyRead More →
Earlier this afternoon, the Intercept reported that according to a “top secret NSA document”, Russian Military Intelligence “executed a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and sentRead More →
