Tag: Hack

December 10, 2018

Jens ‘Atom’ Steube, the lead developer of the popular password-cracking tool Hashcat, has developed a new WiFi hacking technique that allows cracking WiFi passwords of most modern routers. Jens ‘Atom’ Steube, the lead developer of the popular password-cracking tool Hashcat, […]

November 12, 2018

Bankers Life is notifying more than 566,000 individuals, including Medicare supplemental insurance policyholders, that their personal information was exposed in a hacking incident. Employee credentials were compromised, enabling unauthorized third parties to gain access to certain company websites containing personal […]

October 29, 2018

Russian hackers have recently been linked to cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure in other countries, raising concerns about the nation’s ability to target U.S. utilities. Security firm FireEye this week said a Russian-linked research institute likely helped develop malicious software that […]

October 19, 2018

Facebook believes that the hack it discovered last month that affected nearly 30 million users was not conducted by a foreign state but rather spammers hoping to profit off deceptive advertising, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Journal, citing […]

October 2, 2018

Facebook has revealed additional details about the cyber attack that exposed personal information of 50 million accounts. Last week, Facebook announced that attackers exploited a vulnerability in the “View As” feature that allowed them to steal Facebook access tokens of […]

October 1, 2018

Last week, as many as 90 million Facebook users were forced to re-login to their accounts after the social media network admitted it was hacked. Facebook said nearly 50 million of its users were directly affected by hackers stealing access […]

September 25, 2018

As more and more data and applications are moving to the cloud, organizations now face a host of new security threats and challenges. Today, cloud infrastructures appear to be the growing target among threat actors. In the last six months, […]

August 22, 2018

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Tuesday is expected to propose that Congress should consider allowing companies to “hack back” at digital attackers following a cyberattack, a divisive concept in the cybersecurity community. Whitehouse, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary […]

August 14, 2018

Respondents in a survey from Venafi said they believe voting machines, encrypted communications from polling stations and databases that store voter registration data are all vulnerable. As the U.S. midterm election season gets underway in earnest, concerns about the ability […]

August 2, 2018

Reddit, one of the largest websites on the internet, announced on Wednesday that someone was able to compromise staff accounts at their cloud and source code hosting providers, leaving backups, source code, and various logs exposed. As a result, they […]

July 19, 2018

The U.S. last week indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers over their alleged role in a hacking operation targeting the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. The charges, part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s […]

March 2, 2018

US credit bureau Equifax said Thursday it identified an additional 2.4 million American consumers affected by last year’s massive data breach that sparked a public outcry and a congressional probe. The company’s forensic investigation revealed the new identities on top […]

February 26, 2018

Russian military hackers hacked hundreds of computers at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, but tried to make it look like the hacks were conducted by North Korea, according to a report by The Washington Post. U.S. officials clinging to anonymity […]

February 21, 2018

An unidentified outside hacker infiltrated Tesla’s Amazon cloud account and used its systems to quietly mine for cryptocurrencies, a cybersecurity firm announced Tuesday. The hack also potentially exposed the electric car company’s data. Researchers for RedLock found that Tesla’s credentials […]

November 23, 2017

The theft of the personal data of 57 million Uber riders and drivers highlights how vulnerable we make ourselves when we install apps on our mobile phones and tablet computers. What happened? Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi said Tuesday that […]

November 20, 2017

Researchers at Rhino Security Labs identified a flaw in Amazon’s Key delivery service and Cloud Cam security camera that allows a rogue courier to tamper with the camera and knock it offline, making it appear no one is entering home, […]

November 13, 2017

During a keynote address on Nov. 8 at the 2017 CyberSat Summit, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official admitted that he and his team of experts remotely hacked into a Boeing 757. This hack was not conducted in a […]

November 9, 2017

Several recent cyber attacks have successfully targeted organizations that should be poster children for security hygiene. Why are even the most security-conscious organizations being compromised, and what does it mean for everyone else? Examining recent high-profile cyber attacks The most […]

October 25, 2017

Security firm Kaspersky Lab has shared preliminary results from its investigation following media reports that Russian hackers used its software to steal sensitive NSA data from a contractor’s computer back in 2015. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month […]

October 9, 2017

Forrester, one of the world’s most influential market research and advisory firms, informed customers late on Friday that its main website had been breached. According to Forrester Chief Business Technology Officer Steven Peltzman, a hacker accessed information provided to customers […]