Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 11:00:00 +0000

At this rate, it will take years to fix a critical vulnerability that remains in over 900,000 Windows machines. A worm will arrive much sooner.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 22:49:31 +0000

Real estate giant First American left Social Security numbers, tax documents, and more publicly available.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 16:28:18 +0000

A very bad vulnerability in Windows XP could have serious ramifications, even with a patch.

Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 22:41:55 +0000

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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 17:00:00 +0000

Two different groups of researchers found another speculative execution attack that can steal all the data a CPU touches.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 16:05:52 +0000

All it took to compromise a smartphone was a single phone call over WhatsApp. The user didn’t even have to pick up the phone.

Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 00:02:14 +0000

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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 18:24:04 +0000

Researchers have discovered a way to break one of Cisco’s most critical security features, which puts countless networks at potential risk.