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2016-12-01 18:55:21 |
Legal raids in five countries seize botnet servers, sinkhole 800,000+ domains (lien direct) |
At one point, Avalanche network was responsible for two-thirds of all phishing attacks. |
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2016-12-01 16:33:35 |
Shamoon wiper malware returns with a vengeance (lien direct) |
Displays body of drowned Syrian boy after wiping drive; Saudi government targeted. |
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2016-12-01 12:00:05 |
A beginner\'s guide to beefing up your privacy and security online (lien direct) |
Want to protect your security and privacy? Here are some places to start. |
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2016-11-30 21:20:45 |
Mozilla and Tor release urgent update for Firefox 0-day under active attack (lien direct) |
Critical code-execution flaw resides in Windows, Mac, and Linux. Patch now. |
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2016-11-30 14:01:03 |
1 million Google accounts compromised by Android malware called Gooligan (lien direct) |
86 apps available in third-party marketplaces can root 74 percent of Android phones. |
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2016-11-30 13:39:52 |
Reported cases of webcam blackmail double, are linked to four suicides (lien direct) |
864 cases this year in the UK; true figure is likely much higher. |
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2016-11-30 01:50:26 |
Firefox 0day in the wild is being used to attack Tor users (lien direct) |
Publicly released exploit works reliably against a wide range of Firefox versions. |
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2016-11-29 16:26:37 |
Muni system hacker hit others by scanning for year-old Java vulnerability (lien direct) |
Backups meant SFMTA didn't have to pay 100-Bitcoin ransom demanded by the attacker. |
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2016-11-28 21:21:31 |
Newly discovered router flaw being hammered by in-the-wild attacks (lien direct) |
Researchers detect barrage of exploits targeting potentially millions of devices. |
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2016-11-28 16:51:54 |
Ransomware locks up San Francisco public transportation ticket machines (lien direct) |
Some systems now restored; attacker demanded $73,000. |
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2016-11-25 16:02:00 |
Locky ransomware uses decoy image files to ambush Facebook, LinkedIn accounts (lien direct) |
Low-tech malware snares users via flaws in social networks' code to spread automatically. |
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2016-11-25 14:55:15 |
Cyber college for wannabe codebreakers planned at UK\'s iconic Bletchley Park (lien direct) |
Plan is to enroll 500 students each year and put them on a heavy diet of infosec. |
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2016-11-24 16:30:33 |
US Navy warns 134,000 sailors of data breach after HPE laptop is compromised (lien direct) |
Names and social security numbers accessed by "unknown individuals"-probe underway. |
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2016-11-24 01:15:48 |
Google warns journalists and professors: Your account is under attack (lien direct) |
A flurry of social media reports suggests a major hacking campaign has been uncovered. |
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2016-11-22 21:48:48 |
Elegant 0-day unicorn underscores “serious concerns†about Linux security (lien direct) |
Scriptless exploit bypasses state-of-the-art protections baked into the OS. |
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2016-11-22 15:36:22 |
Tor phone is antidote to Google “hostility†over Android, says developer (lien direct) |
An Android phone hardened for privacy and security that plays Google at its own game. |
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2016-11-21 21:50:05 |
Office Depot caught claiming out-of-box PCs showed “symptoms of malware†(lien direct) |
News investigations show office supply chain sold unneeded fixes for $180. |
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2016-11-21 14:12:32 |
Symantec buys anti-ID fraud firm LifeLock for $2.3 billion (lien direct) |
Company behind Norton bets big on identity-theft protection services. |
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2016-11-18 18:12:13 |
Powerful backdoor/rootkit found preinstalled on 3 million Android phones (lien direct) |
Firmware that actively tries to hide itself allows attackers to install apps as root. |
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2016-11-16 12:00:25 |
Meet PoisonTap, the $5 tool that ransacks password-protected computers (lien direct) |
The perils of leaving computers unattended is about to get worse. |
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2016-11-15 17:29:07 |
Chinese company installed secret backdoor on hundreds of thousands of phones (lien direct) |
In “mistake,†AdUps collected data from BLU Android phones in US. |
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2016-11-15 13:42:50 |
Lauri Love faces hacking trial in US after UK signs extradition order (lien direct) |
Family of autistic man says it will appeal against home secretary's decision. |
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2016-11-14 14:13:50 |
AdultFriendFinder hacked: 400 million accounts exposed (lien direct) |
Huge breach reveals 15 million "deleted" accounts among compromised data... |
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2016-11-12 21:20:58 |
New attack reportedly lets 1 modest laptop knock big servers offline (lien direct) |
“BlackNurse†could turn lone attackers with modest resources into Internet bullies. |
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2016-11-10 20:40:26 |
Russian hackers throw Trump victory party with new spear phishing campaign (lien direct) |
Russian threat group tied to DNC uses election chaos to hook NGOs, think tanks. |
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2016-11-10 14:20:53 |
Yahoo admits some staff knew of mega breach in 2014 (lien direct) |
Independent committee probes who knew what when as more hacker claims surface. |
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2016-11-09 17:30:21 |
Fancy Bear goes all out to beat Adobe, MSFT zero-day patches (lien direct) |
The group behind DNC hack seeks maximum pwnage before patches become widespread.
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2016-11-09 07:48:05 |
What the Trump win means for tech, science and beyond (lien direct) |
Net neutrality, science-based policy are threatened. A maximalist IP approach looms. |
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2016-11-08 22:10:11 |
Google stops AdSense attack that forced banking trojan on Android phones (lien direct) |
Malicious ads exploited zero-day flaw in Android that auto downloaded files. |
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2016-11-08 18:17:16 |
Indiana county government shut down by ransomware to pay up (lien direct) |
Commissioner of Madison County says insurance company advised paying ransom. |
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2016-11-08 05:10:22 |
Fix for critical Android rooting bug is a no-show in November patch release (lien direct) |
Linux users already got a fix for "Dirty Cow." Android users aren't so fortunate. |
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2016-11-07 20:05:29 |
US e-voting machines are (still) woefully antiquated and subject to fraud (lien direct) |
Swaying an election would be hard for hackers, but eroding confidence is doable. |
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2016-11-07 14:11:12 |
Bank halts online transactions after money stolen from 20,000 accounts (lien direct) |
Tesco Banks promises to issue refunds, track down culprits. |
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2016-11-03 18:39:02 |
How to block the ultrasonic signals you didn\'t know were tracking you (lien direct) |
Your phone can talk to advertisers beyond your back, beyond your audible spectrum. |
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2016-11-03 15:41:20 |
This evil office printer hijacks your cellphone connection (lien direct) |
It could eavesdrop on both voice calls and SMS messages. |
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2016-11-02 00:50:58 |
Windows zero-day exploited by same group behind DNC hack (lien direct) |
Microsoft threat teams tied use of bug to APT28, aka "Fancy Bear" |
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2016-11-01 21:15:11 |
New, more-powerful IoT botnet infects 3,500 devices in 5 days (lien direct) |
Discovery of Linux/IRCTelnet suggests troubling new DDoS menace could get worse. |
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2016-11-01 13:23:11 |
UK government vows to sink $2.3 billion into new cybersecurity plan (lien direct) |
Big wad of taxpayer cash to be spent on "cyber defences," says chancellor Hammond. |
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2016-10-31 21:00:57 |
Trick or Treat! Google issues warning of critical Windows vulnerability in wild (lien direct) |
Privilege escalation bug in Windows kernel is “being actively exploited." |
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2016-10-31 18:36:57 |
New leak may show if you were hacked by the NSA (lien direct) |
Shadow Brokers identifies hundreds of organizations it claims were hacked by NSA. |
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2016-10-28 20:06:59 |
Teen arrested for iPhone hack that threatened emergency 911 system (lien direct) |
18-year-old suspect characterizes it as a prank, but police aren't laughing. |
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2016-10-28 14:02:15 |
Google teaches “AIs†to invent their own crypto and avoid eavesdropping (lien direct) |
Neural networks seem good at devising crypto methods; less good at codebreaking. |
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2016-10-28 13:10:10 |
How security flaws work: SQL injection (lien direct) |
This easily avoidable mistake continues to put our finances at risk. |
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2016-10-28 02:45:16 |
36-year-old Pennsylvania man gets 18 months for phishing nude celebrity pics (lien direct) |
Ryan Collins sent fake e-mails that appeared to be from Apple and Google.
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2016-10-27 23:25:58 |
Some hacked e-mails, documents from Putin advisor confirmed as genuine (lien direct) |
Ukrainian hacking group's haul shows Russian plans to destabilize Kiev...maybe. |
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2016-10-27 16:29:32 |
That Botnet-of-Things malware is getting a nasty makeover (lien direct) |
Arbor Networks reports improved attacks being added; about 500k "old" bots still active. |
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2016-10-27 00:47:58 |
There\'s a new way to take down drones, and it doesn\'t involve shotguns (lien direct) |
Not a jammer, device lets hackers fly drones and lock out original pilot. |
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2016-10-25 23:36:31 |
Nuclear plants leak critical alerts in unencrypted pager messages (lien direct) |
A surprising number of critical infrastructure participants do, too, study finds. |
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2016-10-25 20:45:38 |
How one rent-a-botnet army of cameras, DVRs caused Internet chaos (lien direct) |
Attacks that took down Dyn appear to have been "rented" from multiple botnets. |
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2016-10-24 19:26:11 |
Android phones rooted by “most serious†Linux escalation bug ever (lien direct) |
New rooting technique is believed to work against every version. |
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