Phishing Is The Top Email Hijacking Tool, Google Finds
Phishing beats keylogging as a means of hijacking email credentials, Google has found in a study. Source: Phishing Is The […]
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The rise of cryptojacking: How hackers hog computer CPUs to make money
Anyone casually surfing the internet at home can be deployed as an unwittingly productive member of a hacker’s workforce, a […]
On the dangers of API attacks and how you can mitigate
Stephen Gates is chief research intelligence Analyst at Zenedge which specialized in cloud-based denial-of-service-attack mitigation, API protection and bot management, […]
Hacker pleads guilty to huge Yahoo hack, admits helping Russia’s FSB
Three fellow co-defendants remain at large in Russia, unlikely to be extradited. Source: Hacker pleads guilty to huge Yahoo hack, […]
Uber paid $100,000 to keep data breach secret
A 20-year-old Florida man was responsible for the large data breach at Uber Technologies Inc last year and was paid […]
Data breach preparedness and response in a world of white hat hackers
World Wrestling Entertainment, Dow Jones, and a data analytics firm working for the Republican National Committee are three entities with […]
Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the N.S.A. to Its Core
A serial leak of the agency’s cyberweapons has damaged morale, slowed intelligence operations and resulted in hacking attacks on businesses […]
Discovery of New Internet of Things (IoT) Based Malware Could Put a New Spin on DDoS Attacks
Slightly over one year ago, several major distributed denial-of-service (“DDoS”) attacks took place, including a major event affecting the domain […]
Should companies be able to ‘hack back’?
Hacking is pervasive and a source of anxiety for nearly every company. Hacked companies facing financial and reputational harm, and […]
Wifi security is vulnerable to hacking, US government warns
WPA2 protocol used by vast majority of wifi connections has been broken by Belgian researchers, highlighting potential for internet traffic […]
Equifax Credit Assistance Site Served Spyware
Big-three consumer credit bureau Equifax says it has removed third-party code from its credit report assistance Web site that prompted […]
Russia’s use of Kaspersky antivirus to spy on the US shows need for encryption
Any technology that allows U.S. agencies to lawfully access data will present an irresistible target for hackers and foreign intelligence […]