Website of Nepal’s President Hacked and Defaced
Hackers have breached and defaced the official website of Nepals Office of the President (presidentofnepal.gov.np). First, an Iranian hacker who uses the online moniker Dr.3v1l uploaded a defacement...
View ArticleHackers can use Snapchat to disable iPhones, researcher says
A cyber security researcher has discovered a vulnerability within the Snapchat mobile app that makes it possible for hackers to launch a denial-of-service attack that temporarily freezes a user’s iPhone.
View ArticleExpert Hacks Private Repositories on GitHub by Combining 5 Low-Severity Bugs
Now that GitHub has launched a bug bounty program, many security researchers are taking a crack at the code repository. One of them is Egor Homakov, who has managed to gain access to private GitHub...
View ArticleTesla Motors Wants to Make Sure Its Cars Are Secure, Hires Hacker
Kristin Paget (formerly known as Chris Paget), the world-class security expert hired by Apple in December 2012, has announced that she has joined Tesla Motors. Paget hasnt revealed too much about her...
View ArticleExpert Who Assisted NBC with Sochi Olympics Hacking Story Provides Technical...
Kyle Wilhoit, the Trend Micro senior threat researcher who assisted NBC News with its controversial Sochi Olympics hacking experiment, has published a white paper with complete technical details. After...
View ArticleHackers may have used Pa. company to hit Target
The hackers who stole millions of customers’ credit and debit card numbers from Target may have used a Pittsburgh-area heating and refrigeration business as the back door to get in.
View ArticleNSA Collects Under 30 Percent of All Phone Data: Reports
WASHINGTON – The National Security Agency collects less than 30 percent of all US phone calls, much less than previously thought, according to media reports. Lawmakers have suggested the NSA’s...
View ArticleThree Home Depot HR Employees Arrested for Stealing Co-Workers’ Information
Earlier this week, three individuals working in the human resources department of Home Depots corporate headquarters in Atlanta were arrested and charged with stealing their co-workers personal...
View ArticleUS Military Funds ‘Mission: Impossible’ Vanishing Devices
WASHINGTON – The US military is spending millions to build “vanishing” technology that self-destructs on the battlefield, like the tape recorder that goes up in smoke in the “Mission: Impossible”...
View ArticleEditorial: Telecom users bearing brunt of email failures
How much inconvenience and disruption will it take for Telecom to realise it is letting down its internet customers through its association with Yahoo and its internet security weaknesses? For the...
View ArticleBritish spy agency hit targets with ‘false flag’ attacks…
National Security Agency documents taken by Edward Snowden and obtained by NBC News reveal that the British spy unit known as the Joint Threat Research and Intelligence Group developed and deployed...
View ArticleAnonymous targets Singapore govt with second tweetstorm
In a bid to raise awareness over criminal proceedings against alleged hackers in Singapore linked to Anonymous, the hacktivist group called for its second tweetstorm in a month.
View Article122,000 customers in Pa., Md. still without power
About 170,000 customers remain without power in Pennsylvania and Maryland days after a winter storm coated trees and electrical lines with ice.
View ArticleSecurity Brief: Telecoms Company Hacks, Sochi Olympics, Bug Bounties
This is your chance to catch up on some reading in case you havent been online too much over the past week. Telecoms company hacks First of all, a lot of telecoms companies have been (allegedly)...
View ArticleRep. Mike Rogers: Federal bill will fight cyber crime
As the chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on Intelligence, a question I’m often asked by citizens and CEOs alike is: How can we better protect ourselves from malicious hackers? Let’s be clear,...
View ArticleAfter years, U.S. chains finally turn to security industry to combat hackers
VeriFone Systems, RSA and Ingenico are poised for a gain in sales as U.S. retailers turn to makers of payment terminals and security software for help shoring up their anti-hacking defenses.
View ArticleSheheen stumps at party gathering
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Vincent Sheheen showed up at his party’s issues conference in Greenville on Saturday and immediately went after Gov. Nikki Haley on what figures to be one of his top...
View ArticleWickr Is The Messaging App You’ll Turn To If Snapchat Screws Up Again
Nico Sell is an entrepreneur and privacy advocate who co-founded Wickr, an app for sending and receiving self-destructing messages.
View ArticlePakistan: Gunmen kill 8 at religious gathering
A Pittsburgh-area heating and refrigeration contractor says it was the victims of a “sophisticated cyber attack operation” that is being investigated by the Secret Service and possibly linked to the...
View Article10 Bitcoin Security Tips
Bitcoins have the potential to revolutionize business payment transactions. But they also have some security shortcomings. Here are 10 tips for keeping Bitcoins secure.
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