Last week, Gal Beniamini, @laginimaineb published a series of blog posts discussing a chain of exploits that would allow an attacker to take total control of an Android phone byRead More →
Active attack targets Internet-connected radios from Ubiquiti Networks. ISPs around the world are being attacked by self-replicating malware that can take complete control of widely used wireless networking equipment, according toRead More →
A study conducted by the NSA confirms that telephone metadata from phone logs reveals individuals’ Personal Information to government surveillance agencies. It has been argued in the past that theRead More →
University of Texas researchers find a way to merge two low-quality sources of random numbers into high-quality output. Two researchers from the University of Texas have published a paper thatRead More →
Phineas Fisher donates 25 Bitcoin to Syria’s Rojava region.Phineas Fisher, also known as Hack Back, the hacker who breached Hacking Team last summer, revealed on Reddit yesterday that he hackedRead More →
Modularized apps offer Android-specific features without installation. websites are often more convenient than their desktop counterparts when you’re on your phone, but they’re also usually missing some important functionality that’s availableRead More →
In surprising end to TeslaCrypt, the developers shut down their ransomware and released the master decryption key. Over the past few weeks, an analyst for ESET had noticed that the developers of TeslaCrypt haveRead More →
While facial recognition technology has a number of positive uses, such as finding missing people, an alternative form of ID, and even tagging friends on Facebook, it does have worryingRead More →
A LinkedIn hack from back in 2012 is still causing problems for its users. The companyannounced this morning that another data set from the hack, which contains over 100 millionRead More →
More suspects are expected to admit their crimes as well. Vadym Iermolovych, 28, of Kiev, Ukraine, pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in the hacking of business newswire services Marketwired, PRRead More →
