The director of one of Europe’s top aviation agencies warned on Thursday that hackers could infiltrate critical systems in an airplane on the ground. Patrick Ky director of the EuropeanRead More →
Today the Nobel Peace Prize 2015 will be announced. Will it be a controversial choice? The Nobel Committee will announce the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize today at 11am CET inRead More →
Hackers are hiding hundreds or thousands of username/password combinations in one single XML-RPC request. WordPress sites are being abused once again and there is no surprise since the platform is theRead More →
A vulnerability in Netgear routers, already disclosed by two sets of researchers at different security companies, has been publicly exploited. Netgear, meanwhile, has yet to release patched firmware, despite apparentlyRead More →
A Leeds-based hacker used a notorious piece of malware called BlackShades to spy on people via their webcams. Investigators from the National Crime Agency found images on the computer ofRead More →
Dozens of successful attacks detected that install malicious code on company portals. Attackers are infecting a widely used virtual private network product sold by Cisco Systems to install backdoors thatRead More →
Months before its technology became the centerpiece of Samsung’s new mobile payment system, LoopPay, a small Massachusetts subsidiary of the South Korean electronics giant, was the target of a sophisticatedRead More →
Researchers warn widely used algorithm should be retired sooner. SHA1, one of the Internet’s most crucial cryptographic algorithms, is so weak to a newly refined attack that it may beRead More →
Transactions were being duplicated in a malleability attack.A Russian man that calls himself “Alister Maclin” has been disrupting the Bitcoin network for over a week, creating duplicate transactions, and annoyingRead More →
The only thing that I really worry about when I drop my phone into a tub of water is if I’ve backed everything up. More specifically, did I back myRead More →
Google has been busy removing a number of apps from Google Play that are disguised as popular selections that are actually pushing what starts out as adware but eventually turnsRead More →
Researchers warned Tuesday the latest APT to make the rounds features a remote access Trojan that can effectively mitigate security measures on machines and grant the attacker full access to the system. ExpertsRead More →
Avast was vulnerable to malicious HTTPS connections. One of Google’s security experts found a zero-day exploit inside the Avast antivirus, which the company has recently patched. The researcher is Tavis Ormandy,Read More →
Linux.Wifatch’s creators call themselves The White Team.The Linux.Wifatch malware, also dubbed as the “vigilante malware” has been going around the Internet, infecting IoT devices, cleaning out malware infections, and boostingRead More →
HDRoot is the work of the Winnti APT group. Hackers activating mainly in South-East Asia have developed a new bootkit trojan, which disguises as Microsoft’s built-in Net command to avoid detection.Read More →
APPLE’S IOS HAS had a good run in terms of security. For more than eight years it’s been wildly popular and yet virtually malware-free, long enough to easily earn theRead More →
Ruskies sling malicious packet to trigger denial of service. Positive Technologies researchers Timur Yunusov and Kirill Nesterov have found since-patched remote execution and denial of service vulnerabilities in a popularRead More →
Group used Angler Exploit kit to push ransomware on unsuspecting Internet users. Security researchers have disrupted an online criminal operation they estimated drew $30 million per year pushing ransomware onRead More →
In August I visited the Chaos Communication Camp near Berlin. Once every four years this great and world’s greatest hacker festival is organized. I spoke with a couple of coolRead More →
Malware that was active for over a year could have ‘accessed payment card information as it was being inputted,’ Trump Hotel Collection executives say. Presidential candidate and real-estate baron DonaldRead More →
