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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. | Yahoo | ||
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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. | APT 28 | ||
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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" | APT 28 | ||
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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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2016-10-23 23:03:14 | Using Rowhammer bitflips to root Android phones is now a thing (lien direct) | Permission-less apps take only seconds to root phones from LG, Samsung and Motorola. | |||
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2016-10-21 21:17:42 | Double-dip Internet-of-Things botnet attack felt across the Internet (lien direct) | Massive attack combining compromised IoT devices, other bots cripples many sites. | |||
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2016-10-21 13:59:27 | DoS attack on major DNS provider brings Internet to morning crawl (lien direct) | Dyn's US East region hit hardest in attack that affected Twitter, Reddit. | |||
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2016-10-20 22:40:26 | Russia-linked phishing campaign behind the DNC breach also hit Podesta, Powell (lien direct) | Bit.ly-based phishing links targeted former Sec. of State, Clinton campaign chair. | |||
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2016-10-20 22:20:26 | Is Russia using journalists as weapons? Does it matter? (lien direct) | What obligations does a journalist have when he knows he's being used by a "state actor"? |
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