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Topic: Security · 21 stories (clear)

• A Sophisticated Grey Hat Vigilante Protects Insecure IoT Devices (arstechnica.com)
  It · Security · 2017-04-30 16:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the internet-of-poorly-secured-things dept. · 143 comments
• A Database of Thousands of Credit Cards Was Left Exposed on the Open Internet (zdnet.com)
  It · Security · 2017-04-28 09:20 · posted by msmash · from the security-woes dept. · 37 comments
• Facebook and Google Were Victims of $100M Payment Scam
  It · Security · 2017-04-27 06:40 · posted by msmash · from the elaborate-scheme dept. · 50 comments
• Hackers Exploited Word Flaw For Months While Microsoft Investigated (reuters.com)
  It · Security · 2017-04-27 04:00 · posted by msmash · from the inside-story dept. · 46 comments
• Hacking Group Is Charging German Companies $275 For 'DDoS Tests' (bleepingcomputer.com)
  News · Security · 2017-04-26 12:45 · posted by BeauHD · from the double-whammy dept. · 29 comments
• British Cops Will Scan Every Fan's Face At the Champions League Final (vice.com)
  News · Security · 2017-04-26 10:40 · posted by BeauHD · from the scan-copy-print-repeat dept. · 89 comments
• Antivirus Webroot Deletes Windows Files, Causes Serious Problems For Users (pcworld.com)
  Tech · Security · 2017-04-25 04:00 · posted by msmash · from the false-positive dept. · 67 comments
• Wall Street IT Engineer Hacks Employer To See If He'll Be Fired (bleepingcomputer.com)
  Yro · Security · 2017-04-23 16:52 · posted by EditorDavid · from the that's-what-they-all-say dept. · 198 comments
• Companies Are Paying Millions For White Hat Hacking (nypost.com)
  It · Security · 2017-04-23 08:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the bounties-for-bugs dept. · 58 comments
• Teenage Hackers Motivated By Morality Not Money, Study Finds (theguardian.com)
  It · Security · 2017-04-21 08:50 · posted by msmash · from the why-we-do-what-we-do dept. · 74 comments
• Ambient Light Sensors Can Be Used To Steal Browser Data (bleepingcomputer.com)
  Tech · Security · 2017-04-20 17:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the come-to-light dept. · 37 comments
• Mastercard is Building Fingerprint Scanners Directly Into Its Cards (fastcompany.com)
  Tech · Security · 2017-04-20 06:40 · posted by msmash · from the shape-of-things-to-come dept. · 85 comments
• User-Made Patch Lets Owners of Next-Gen CPUs Install Updates On Windows 7 & 8.1 (bleepingcomputer.com)
  It · Security · 2017-04-18 09:20 · posted by BeauHD · from the work-around dept. · 218 comments
• Unpatched Magento Zero Day Leaves 200,000 Merchants Vulnerable (threatpost.com)
  It · Security · 2017-04-15 08:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the vulnerabilities-from-Vimeo dept. · 29 comments
• Remote-Access Router Exploit Finally Revealed (helpnetsecurity.com)
  It · Security · 2017-04-15 02:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the rooting-routers dept. · 38 comments
• NSA-Leaking Shadow Brokers Just Dumped Its Most Damaging Release Yet (arstechnica.com)
  It · Security · 2017-04-14 09:20 · posted by BeauHD · from the shrouded-in-secrecy dept. · 111 comments
• McAfee: Big Spike In Mac OS Malware In 2016, Mostly From Adware Bundling (fortune.com)
  It · Security · 2017-04-09 03:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the think-adware dept. · 64 comments
• Gigabyte Firmware Bugs Allow the Installation of BIOS/UEFI Ransomware (bleepingcomputer.com)
  It · Security · 2017-04-04 11:20 · posted by BeauHD · from the malicious-intentions dept. · 49 comments
• AIG Is Now Selling Cyber Insurance, But Only To High Net Worth Individuals (securityledger.com)
  It · Security · 2017-04-03 10:40 · posted by BeauHD · from the more-money-more-problems dept. · 42 comments
• GitHub Repository Owners Targeted By Data-Stealing Malware (threatpost.com)
  It · Security · 2017-04-02 22:30 · posted by EditorDavid · from the committing-changes dept. · 63 comments
• Flatbed Scanners Used As Relay Point For Controlling Malware (bleepingcomputer.com)
  It · Security · 2017-04-01 08:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the security-scan dept. · 14 comments