We first disclosed that the WordPress pingback method was being misused to perform massive layer 7 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks back in March 2014. The problem being that any WordPress website withRead More →
If you have ever walked up to an ATM to withdraw cash only to decide against it after noticing a telephone or ethernet cord snaking from behind the machine toRead More →
“Active attacker community” often emptied accounts minutes after they went live. Hackers have siphoned about $103,000 out of Bitcoin accounts that were protected with an alternative security measure, according to researchRead More →
Hospital staff severely impeded in their day-to-day work. The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, a 430+ beds hospital in the middle of Los Angeles, has been hit by a cyber-attack and itsRead More →
Breach comes a year after a previous hack compromised 300,000 people. The US Internal Revenue Service was the target of a malware attack that netted electronic tax-return credentials for 101,000 socialRead More →
A password reset flaw allowed hacker to hijack numerous Twitter accounts from their original owners. Twitter followers of @god, @emoji, and @vagina were in for surprise today when their favourite TwitterRead More →
Home routers with little to no security are far too common. They’re dangerous from a number of perspectives: as peeping holes for spying on people’s daily web use, for filtering stolen files and forRead More →
Oxford, Miss. (TLV)—Sunday, Feb 7, The Oxford School District was attacked by an “unknown hacker” using “crypto-ransomware.” OSD has shut down all servers and is currently working to resume regularRead More →
Short Bytes: An attack by a hacker has just revealed the sensitive information of about 20,000 FBI employees. Besides this personal contact information of the FBI employees, the hacker alsoRead More →
Banking malware is using techniques once reserved for state-sponsored hacking gangs. To appreciate how malware targeting banks and other financial institutions is adopting sophisticated techniques once reserved for state-sponsored spiesRead More →
