Battling the Botnets
Over the last few weeks our media have been enjoying a classic technology scare story, involving shadowy white-hatted hackers, more shadowy black-hatted hackers and the possibility that the pricey...
View ArticleBrazil Beat: Hacker posts fake bomb threat message
The astronauts in space will soon be sipping some good coffee. The International Space Station is getting a real Italian espresso machine.
View ArticleDark Net reveals how hackers exploit vulnerabilities
That hackers regularly and easily steal private data from consumers and companies is sufficiently unsettling.
View ArticleBrazil Beat: Hacker Posts Fake Bomb Threat Message
Brazil’s government says a hacker breached the Twitter account of the nation’s federal police and posted false word that there was a bomb threat in the World Cup stadium where Brazil took on Chile.
View ArticleHacking the Fridge: Internet of Things Has Security Vulnerabilities
Back in the old days, people worried about their computers getting hacked. Today, they worry about their refrigerators being hacked.
View ArticleHacker posts fake murder confession on 13-year-old’s Facebook
Strange posts from the Facebook account of 13-year-old girl, claiming to be responsible for death of Maribel Gonzales, have now been attributed to hacking.
View ArticleWells Fargo Wants Indybay.org Disabled As Soon As Possible
“A peaceful place or so it looks from space A closer look reveals the human race.”
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch slams Saudi for phone-hacking
Human Rights Watch has strongly slammed Saudi Arabian authorizes for hacking into the mobile phones of dissidents to obtain data on anti-regime protests.
View ArticleUS Congress Passes Intelligence Whistleblower Protections
WASHINGTON – The US Congress has passed a law offering whistleblower protections for government intelligence employees, a move cheered Wednesday by supporters of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
View ArticleNSA Releases First Statistics on Surveillance Sweep
WASHINGTON – The US National Security Agency released its first “transparency report” Friday, as part of an effort to quell the firestorm over reports of its massive data collection efforts. The NSA...
View ArticleFree public Wi-Fi can be disguised hacking tools
Using free Wi-Fi at places like airports and coffee shops can put sensitive information and passwords at risk.
View ArticlePangu iOS 7.1.1 jailbreak tool comes to the Mac in English
If you’ve been looking to jailbreak iOS 7.1.1 and you have a Mac, then check out the new version of Pangu released today.
View ArticleDo the Privacy Commissioner’s teeth have any bite?
Australia’s Privacy Commissioner has shown he’ll call out businesses that fail to protect personal data, and now he has the legislative teeth to punish them. But will it happen?
View ArticlePayment Services, Financial Industry Top List of Phishing Targets
What do financial institutions, ePayment services, social networking sites and email services have in common? The answer is they make up the majority of the types of brands targeted by phishing kits.
View ArticleCyber-Attacks On the Rise in Iraq
Malicious cyber-incidents started to record an upward trend, with activity concentrating in Baghdad, Erbil, Basra, and Mosul. Los Angeles-based cyber-threat intelligence firm IntelCrawler reports that...
View ArticleMicrosoft Ramps Up Protection for Outlook Email
SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft on Tuesday said it is scrambling Outlook email messages in transit to thwart spying by governments or others. Toughened encryption at Outlook and Microsoft OneDrive online...
View ArticleSooner or Later You’ll Get Hacked and Hire a CISO
I always thought the marketing campaign for AAA was genius; sooner or later you’ll breakdown and join AAA. A few wise individuals will hand over the cash when they proactively decide to curb their...
View ArticleSecret Documents Say NSA Had Broad Scope, Scant Oversight: Report
WASHINGTON – The US National Security Agency has been authorized to intercept information “concerning” all but four countries worldwide, top-secret documents say, according to The Washington Post. “The...
View ArticleBuzzing Off Hackers With A New Bee-Inspired…
Image Caption: UQ researchers have developed a new autonomous landing system, which uses visual cues from cameras to control landings.
View ArticleHacker Movies We Love & Hate
Check out Dark Reading community members’ favorite hacker movie hits and misses.
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