Hack Like a Pro: How to Hack Like the NSA
2016-01-18
Over the years, I have written many articles here on Null Byte chronicling the many the hacks of the NSA, including the recent hack of the Juniper Networks VPN. (ByRead More →
LastPass phishing attack could allow attackers to steal your passwords
2016-01-18
At the recent ShmooCon conference a researcher presented a LastPass phishing attack that could allow hackers to steal your password. We discussed several times the importance of password managers suchRead More →
Feds Prod Automakers to Play Nice With Hackers
2016-01-16
THE DEPARTMENT OF Transportation and its automotive safety branch, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, are waking up to the threat of hackable vulnerabilities in Internet-connected cars and trucks.Read More →
New York tries to force phone makers to put in crypto backdoors
2016-01-16
The sport of holding Apple, Google and other tech companies over a barrel to demand backdoors now has a new player: New York. The state assembly has come up withRead More →
Real-world hackers can 3D-print your keys
2016-01-16
One thing you might not know about hackers is that besides cracking some virtual systems many of them are fond of hacking real world stuff as well. One thing ofRead More →
Security firm sued for filing “woefully inadequate” forensics report
2016-01-16
Hacked casino operator alleges breach continued while Trustwave was investigating. A Las Vegas-based casino operator has sued security firm Trustwave for conducting an allegedly “woefully inadequate” forensics investigation that missedRead More →
Cryptsy Bitcoin Trader Robbed, Blames Backdoor in the Code of a Wallet
2016-01-16
The stolen Bitcoin & Litecoin were worth over $5.7 million. Cryptsy, a website for trading Bitcoin, Litecoin, and other smaller crypto-currencies, announced a security incident, accusing the developer of Lucky7Coin ofRead More →
Apple’s ‘Targeted’ Gatekeeper Bypass Patch Leaves OS X Users Exposed
2016-01-15
Apple has had two cracks at patching a vulnerability that allows malicious apps to bypass its OS X Gatekeeper security feature, and twice has taken a shortcut approach to theRead More →
Suspected MegalodonHTTP DDoS botnet author arrested
2016-01-15
Security firm Damballa says that when computer crime cops in Norway arrested five men last month in a joint operation with Europol, one of them was the creator of theRead More →
Faithless Website Breached via SQL Injection, Fans Data Stolen
2016-01-15
Data for 18,000 users stolen in the incident. The website of the Faithless British EDM band has been breached and the personal information of over 18,000 fans stolen by a yetRead More →
OpenSSH Patches Critical Flaw That Could Leak Private Crypto Keys
2016-01-15
OpenSSH today released a patch for a critical vulnerability that could be exploited by an attacker to force a client to leak private cryptographic keys. The attacker would have to controlRead More →
Nuclear Power Plants From All Over the World Are Vulnerable to Cyberattacks
2016-01-15
A large number of countries aren’t prepared to deal with cyberattacks on their nuclear energy system. By coincidence, two studies were released yesterday that put more light on the sorryRead More →
The Silk Road’s Dark-Web Dream Is Dead
2016-01-14
NOT SO LONG ago, the Silk Road was not only a bustling black market for drugs but a living representation of every cryptoanarchist’s dream: a trusted trading ground on theRead More →
When URL Shorteners and Ransomware Collide
2016-01-14
We are all very familiar with URL shortening services, which are regularly used in Tweets and other social media. It is no secret that cyber criminals also use URL shortenersRead More →
STEAL YOUR WI-FI KEY FROM YOUR DOORBELL? IOT WTF!
2016-01-14
The Ring is a Wi-Fi doorbell that connects to your home Wi-Fi. It’s a really cool device that allows you to answer callers from your mobile phone, even when you’reRead More →
Anonymous Takes Down Nissan’s Website Against Illegal Whale Hunting In Japan
2016-01-14
Short Bytes: With changing times, the international community has banned the whale hunting practice. However, it’s a common knowledge that Japanese people call whale meat their “nostalgia food” as itRead More →
Shoddy Ransomware Destroys User’s Files
2016-01-14
A ransomware strain based on the open source Hidden Tear ransomware is infecting users, encrypting their files and losing the encryption key along the way, rendering all files unrecoverable. LastRead More →
In Silk Road Appeal, Ross Ulbricht’s Defense Focuses on Corrupt Feds
2016-01-13
IT’S BEEN NEARLY a year since a jury determined that Ross Ulbricht had created and run the anonymous black market for drugs known as the Silk Road, a conviction thatRead More →
Teen Who Hacked CIA Email Is Back to Prank US Spy Chief
2016-01-13
One of the “teenage hackers” who broke into the CIA director’s AOL email account last year hasn’t given up targeting government intelligence officials. His latest victim is the Director ofRead More →
Google hacker criticized TrendMicro for critical flaws
2016-01-13
A hacker with Google Project Zero research team, publicly disclosed critical vulnerabilities in the TrendMicro Antivirus. Tavis Ormandy, a researcher with Google’s Project Zero vulnerability research team, publicly disclosedcritical vulnerabilitiesRead More →
