Archive - August 2018

‘Those who commit illegal acts will be heavily punished’ 31 August 2018 at 13:58 UTC Crypto-mining attacks are on the rise, says Trend Micro 31 August 2018 at 12:00 UTC Cobalt cybergang starts new campaign 31 August 2018 at 11:46 UTC Quantum leak: Brazilian trading platform hacked 30 August 2018 at 13:45 UTC Canada’s flagship airline reports security incident affecting 20,000 users 30 August 2018 at 10:12 UTC Instagram launches app-based 2FA and other security tools 29 August 2018 at 13:33 UTC Zero-day vulnerability found in Windows task scheduler 28 August 2018 at 15:15 UTC Bounty hunters: How can we ensure responsible disclosure? 28 August 2018 at 13:23 UTC Remote code execution flaw found in Apache Struts 24 August 2018 at 15:47 UTC ‘How can people use Google and not expect to be hacked?’ 24 August 2018 at 14:36 UTC I, Chatbot: A prime target for cybercriminals 23 August 2018 at 12:59 UTC Vulnerable smart medical devices are ‘risking patients’ lives’ 23 August 2018 at 09:24 UTC British beauty chain held to ransom over customer information 22 August 2018 at 17:18 UTC How Africa is tackling its cybersecurity skills gap 22 August 2018 at 10:40 UTC Open source tool simplifies DNS rebinding 21 August 2018 at 10:09 UTC ‘I too store my crimes in a folder titled hacky hack hack’ 17 August 2018 at 14:26 UTC Smartphone voting brings new security concerns 16 August 2018 at 11:55 UTC Until next year: A look back at hacker summer camp 16 August 2018 at 09:51 UTC Multi-layered systems cracked open by inconsistent parsing 14 August 2018 at 16:05 UTC Open source Disclose.io framework bridges legal gap in bug reporting 14 August 2018 at 14:14 UTC New facial recognition tool lifts the lid on your social media presence 14 August 2018 at 09:39 UTC Malware trojans top current threat landscape 13 August 2018 at 13:40 UTC Data breaches continue to plague US healthcare sector in 2018 13 August 2018 at 09:18 UTC Challenges and celebrations: Black Hat highlights the growing complexity of security in 2018 10 August 2018 at 23:38 UTC ‘Stay humble, keep learning, and have fun’ 10 August 2018 at 14:27 UTC Web caching may be the backdoor in your site 10 August 2018 at 00:04 UTC Cryptocurrency investors are losing millions to SIM hijacking 09 August 2018 at 14:00 UTC WPA2 flaw cracks WiFi passwords quicker and easier 09 August 2018 at 11:37 UTC Under the hood: New tool simplifies the vulnerability replication process 09 August 2018 at 10:30 UTC Black Hat 2018: ‘We are now being tested. Are we as good as we say we are?’ 09 August 2018 at 05:32 UTC Homebrew bug allowed researcher full access to GitHub repos 08 August 2018 at 15:30 UTC Privacy guidelines launched to protect DNA data 08 August 2018 at 13:47 UTC Google employee pwned by XSS bug in Chrome extension 08 August 2018 at 09:16 UTC Android 9 Pie update includes security boost for users 07 August 2018 at 10:40 UTC Kids’ website i-Dressup shut down after ‘improper’ data collection 06 August 2018 at 12:57 UTC ‘I promise you, it cannot be hacked, ever, by anyone or anything. Try it’ 03 August 2018 at 13:54 UTC Browser feature creates bespoke problem for decentralized web platforms 03 August 2018 at 11:39 UTC Black Hat 2018: A survival guide 02 August 2018 at 15:35 UTC Haven security app receives 500,000 downloads in first six months 02 August 2018 at 12:50 UTC Reddit ‘security incident’ highlights pitfalls of SMS authentication 02 August 2018 at 11:26 UTC ‘Block’ function exploited to deanonymize social media accounts 01 August 2018 at 15:45 UTC Are hacking tutorials illegal? YouTube seems to think so 01 August 2018 at 14:25 UTC Remote control? New Spectre-based attack carried out via network 01 August 2018 at 09:32 UTC