Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 21:38:35 +0000

Before the flagship phone ever landed in users’ hands, the security team thoroughly hacked it by finding bugs and developing exploits.

The Hacking of Starlink Terminals Has Begun

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000

It cost a researcher only $25 worth of parts to create a tool that allows custom code to run on the satellite dishes.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2022 22:46:51 +0000

New research found troubling vulnerabilities in the 5G platforms carriers offer to wrangle embedded device data.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 23:19:54 +0000

The popular Microsoft-owned code repository plans to roll out code signing, which will help beef up the security of open source projects.

Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: A crypto-heist extravaganza, a peek at an NSO spyware dashboard, and more.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 22:09:22 +0000

The exposure of cryptographically scrambled passwords isn’t a worst-case scenario—but it isn’t great, either.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 21:30:27 +0000

A Tehran-linked hack of a NATO member marks a significant escalation against the backdrop of US-Iran nuclear talks.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:43:50 +0000

What’s it like to be responsible for a billion people’s digital security? Just ask the company’s Morse researchers.