The IT systems of three US hospitals have been infected with ransomware, which encrypts vital files and demands money to unlock them. The systems, at Kentucky Methodist Hospital, Chino ValleyRead More →
A chatbot developed by Microsoft has gone rogue on Twitter, swearing and making racist remarks and inflammatory political statements. The experimental AI, which learns from conversations, was designed to interactRead More →
A unique data-stealing trojan has been spotted on USB devices in the wild – and it is different from typical data-stealing malware. Each instance of this trojan relies on the particularRead More →
Apple is a company that has maintained and reinforced the statement over and over again that it takes consumer privacy very seriously — This approach is indeed inspiring and admirable. ButRead More →
How-to guide also included, showing sysadmins how to protect their enterprises from malicious macro malware. Microsoft is finally addressing the elephant in the room in terms of security for Office usersRead More →
Company’s just-unveiled bug bounty program aims to outdo industry norms. Over the past decade, there’s been an explosion of bug bounty programs that pay hackers big cash rewards for finding vulnerabilitiesRead More →
Softpedia talked with Sean Willians, author of Cryptostalker. A while back, we stumbled upon an interesting GitHub repo dubbed randumb, which included an example called Cryptostalker, advertised as a tool toRead More →
FOR YEARS, CAR owners with keyless entry systems have reported thieves approaching their vehicles with mysterious devices and effortlessly opening them in seconds. After having his Prius burgled repeatedly outsideRead More →
Comcast and LinkedIn are also backing the proposal. A group of independent security researchers and major Silicon Valley tech giants have submitted last Friday, March 18, 2016, a proposal for aRead More →
Last week at the CeBIT the Lookout’s Co-Founder and CTO Kevin Mahaffey talked about hacking Tesla Model S providing indications on possible countermeasures. Last week at the CeBIT conference heldRead More →
