Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 19:33:21 +0000

A revelation from Microsoft offers a chilling reminder that Russia is not the only country interested in swaying the 2020 election.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:12:30 +0000

Nearly two decades ago, a company called Interpeak created a network protocol that became an industry standard. It also had severe bugs that are only now coming to light.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 19:18:15 +0000

Any iPhone device from 2011 to 2017 could soon be jailbroken, thanks to an underlying flaw that there’s no way to patch.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:00:00 +0000

A sort of constellation chart for Kremlin malware, made by two cybersecurity firms, demonstrates the scale of Russia’s distinct hacking operations.

Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000

The new wave of attacks comes after a previous Click2Gov hack compromised 300,000 payment cards.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:00:00 +0000

By exploiting the WS-Discovery protocol, a new breed of DDoS attack can get a huge rate of return.

Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 21:57:51 +0000

Google Project Zero found and reported a flaw in the widely used password manager.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:55:48 +0000

A fresh look at the 2016 blackout in Ukraine suggests that the cyberattack behind it was intended to cause far more damage.