A simple mistake by networking gear manufacturer D-Link could have opened the door for costly damage. Private keys used to sign software published by D-Link were found in the company’sRead More →
Russian national pleads guilty in global hacking scheme. Russian Hacker Vladimir Drinkman faces 30 years sentence after pleading guilty to hacking NASDAQ, stealing 160 million credit cards. Vladimir Drinkman, aRead More →
When you open File Explorer in Windows 10, the system’s default file browsing and management tool, you will notice immediately that it displays two panes in the main interface. TheRead More →
Last year, the Washington Post published a story on airport luggage handling that contained unobscured images of the “backdoor” keys of the Transportation Safety Administration, along with many other security agenciesRead More →
Ransomware has emerged as major threat to consumers and businesses in recent years, and law enforcement agencies and security researchers have taken note. Authorities last year disrupted the Cryptolocker ransomwareRead More →
15-day-old campaign has spiked in past 48 hours, with >5,000 new infections daily. Attackers have hijacked thousands of websites running the WordPress content management system and are using them toRead More →
A malicious spam campaign that’s been doling out zipped Javascript (.js) files remains an issue, the SANS Internet Storm Center warns. The campaign was spotted earlier this year, but BradRead More →
JP Morgan Chase, Credit Suisse, RBS, and Barclays among banks backing effort. The banks of the world are taking a page from cryptocurrency. Nine of the world’s biggest financial institutions haveRead More →
F-Secure report details “The Dukes” malware family and its Russian connections. For the past seven years, a cyberespionage group operating out of Russia—and apparently at the behest of the RussianRead More →
SharePoint, one of the tools included with Microsoft Office’s server suite, has been patched to protect users from a persistent XSS (cross-site scripting) flaw which could expose their private information.Read More →
Proof-of-concept exploit installs malicious app on nearby iPhones. Apple has mitigated a critical iOS vulnerability that allows attackers within Bluetooth range of an iPhone to install malicious apps using theRead More →
Android devices may be protected by a lock screen which requires some form of authentication before access to most phone features, its settings and the data stored on it isRead More →
In a Q&A session, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will offer more choices than merely “like.” He also discusses virtual reality, artificial intelligence and his feelings about becoming a dad.Read More →
WordPress core engine security vulnerabilities aren’t rare, but they are uncommon. Most issues affecting the integrity of sites running on the content management system are introduced by third-party plugins andRead More →
More than a dozen routers in four countries infected with fully featured implants. Researchers have uncovered active and highly clandestine attacks that have infected more than a dozen Cisco routersRead More →
As researchers expected it would, CoreBot, the credential-stealing malware that surfaced last month, has added a bevy of new capabilities and reinvented itself as a robust banking Trojan. Researchers saidRead More →
Mobile VPN and Tor router can tether to public Wi-Fi—and charge your phone. Over the past year, there has been a burst of crowd-funded efforts to provide simple, inexpensive privacyRead More →
This Sunday, Intel announced the creation of the Automotive Security Review Board (ASRB) to help automakers secure cars and drivers in the face of the rising threat of car hacking.Read More →
Halfway down the southbound four-lane highway from Cancun to the ancient ruins in Tulum, traffic inexplicably slowed to a halt. There was some sort of checkpoint ahead by the Mexican FederalRead More →
This vulnerability was discovered by Rafal Wojtczuk and Corey Kallenberg, check original white paper. Around one month ago, at 31-st Chaos Communication Congress, Rafal Wojtczuk and Corey Kallenberg presented anRead More →
