Raging Sysadmin Shuts Down Company Servers, Deletes System Files
2017-03-31
A former sysadmin is facing up to ten years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 after he used a backdoor account and sabotaged his former employer onRead More →
Flatbed Scanners Used as Relay Point for Controlling Malware in Air-Gapped Systems
2017-03-31
Scientists from two Israeli universities have come up with a way to use flatbed scanners as relay points when sending commands to malware installed on an air-gapped computer. Further researchRead More →
Kremlin-backed APT28 doesn’t even bother hiding its attacks, says Finnish secret police
2017-03-30
Supo: Espionage rising, attacks on infrastructure falling. The Finnish Security Intelligence Service Supo is complaining that nation-state-level attackers aren’t even bothering to hide themselves from prying eyes. That news comesRead More →
About 90% of Smart TVs Vulnerable to Remote Hacking via Rogue TV Signals
2017-03-30
A new attack on smart TVs allows a malicious actor to take over devices using rogue DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting — Terrestrial) signals, get root access on the smart TV,Read More →
Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty for Role in Infamous Linux Ebury Malware
2017-03-29
The US Department of Justice announced yesterday that Maxim Senakh, 41, of Velikii Novgorod, Russia, pleaded guilty for his role in the creation of the Ebury malware and for maintainingRead More →
Microsoft: We Won’t Help the Government Hack Our Users
2017-03-28
Redmond pledges to defend users against government hacks. Microsoft is one of the companies that brought the US government to court for data request orders which it claimed violated theRead More →
APT29 USED DOMAIN FRONTING, TOR TO EXECUTE BACKDOOR
2017-03-28
APT29, a/k/a Cozy Bear, has been utilizing a technique called domain fronting in order to secure backdoor access to targets for nearly two years running, experts said Monday. The nation stateRead More →
British Authorities Slam WhatsApp for Encryption Used by London Terrorist
2017-03-27
The Brits join US intelligence agencies who’d want a backdoor into the encryption feature on all services. End-to-end encryption services like WhatsApp are once more being slammed for offering protectionRead More →
Zero Terminal: A Tiny Linux PC That You Can Build Using Raspberry Pi And Smartphone Keyboard
2017-03-27
Short Bytes: The DIY tech inventor NODE has created a handheld all-in-one computer that runs Linux. It’s made using the new Raspberry Pi Zero W, some 3D printed parts, and anRead More →
EXPERTS DOUBT HACKERS’ CLAIM OF MILLIONS OF BREACHED APPLE CREDENTIALS
2017-03-27
Security experts say they are skeptical that a group of hackers called Turkish Crime Family actually possess a cache of hundreds of millions of Apple iCloud account credentials. A moreRead More →
