Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

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.

One of 5G’s Biggest Features Is a Security Minefield

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.

Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000

SIKE was a contender for post-quantum-computing encryption. It took researchers an hour and a single PC to break it.