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Hack Of Italian Cyber Mercenaries Exposes Shadowy World Of Commercial Cyber Spying
Without the proper security in place, even the hackers can get hacked and that is exactly what happened to the Hacking Team, an Italian group of cyber mercenaries who sold advanced hacking tools to the […]
Concerns Over Security Bring Cybersecurity Investment Boom
Major cyber attacks against the U.S. government and large businesses this year mean that another big player has emerged on the cybersecurity market. HACK, an exchange-traded fund that tracks the performance of companies involved in […]
SEC Chasing Sophisticated Insider Trading Hacking Group
A collection of hackers, known only as “FIN4,” are being investigated by the U.S. Secret Service under suspicion of hacking into corporate email accounts for confidential merger information, to be used for insider trading. The […]
What Is Our Government Telling Us? Federal Employee Data Breach Now Said To Compromise 18 Million Records
Word has leaked early Tuesday that the personal data of an estimated 18 million current, former and prospective federal employees was stolen by attackers in a cyber breach at the Office of Personnel Management, far […]
Huge Flaw Leaves Virtually All Samsung Galaxy Phones Exposed To Hacking, Eavesdropping
If you’re the owner of virtually any Samsung Galaxy device, chances are it has a security flaw that lets hackers install malware on it or eavesdrop on your calls. The worst part is that there […]
New Security Research Shows Hackers Are Actively Infiltrating Hospital Medical Devices
A shocking new report was published on Monday showing just how compromised America’s healthcare technology has become. After recent incidents involving Chinese hackers stealing patient information, security firm TrapX decided to look a little closer, […]
Russia Caught Hacking Deep Into German Government Computer Systems
A recent hack attack on the German government, also know as the Bundestag, has been directly traced back to Russian secret police, according to leaks revealed to a German newspaper. While officials within the German […]
Software Crash Shown To Lead To Real Life Plane Crash
Modern airplanes are increasingly driven by computers, software and automated systems, which is leading to very serious safety issues. And it isn’t just hackers – pilots are increasingly unable to manually do key functions on […]
IRS Hack Attack Traced Directly To Russia
Reports surfaced late Wednesday that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service believes the theft of over 100,000 taxpayers’ personal data from its computer system originated in Russia. The IRS’ criminal unit is leading an investigation into […]
Chinese Hackers Can Track Subway Riders Through Their Phones
Just because there’s no signal in underground subway tunnels doesn’t mean hackers can’t track you as you ride the rails. New research shows that clever hackers can track the movements of millions of subway riders […]
FBI Charge Researcher With Hacking United Airlines Flight, Taking Control Of Plane Mid-Flight
The FBI has charged a security researcher with hacking into the entertainment system of a United Airlines plane mid-flight and causing the aircraft to fly “sideways”. The revelations are both a damning indictment of airline […]
Meet The 27,000 People Working To Spy On You
A trio of transparency scholars have collected personal details of 27,000 intelligence officers they say are working on surveillance programs. The data dump not only names the officers, but in some cases tells you where […]
Virus That Destroys Your Computer Highlights Trend Of Destruction
A new computer virus that tries to avoid detection by making the machine it infects unusable has been discovered this week. Dubbed ‘Rombertik’, it senses if you’re trying to detect it, triggering evasion techniques theat […]