Basecamp Held Hostage by Hackers
It looks like hackers have hit Basecamp with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack and are demanding that the company pay a ransom. (more…)
Malware communicates at a distance of 65 feet using built-in mics and speakers.
Computer scientists have developed a malware prototype that uses inaudible audio signals to communicate, a capability that allows the malware to covertly transmit keystrokes...
How To Avoid CryptoLocker Ransomware
Over the past several weeks, a handful of frantic Microsoft Windows users have written in to ask what they might do to recover from PC...
Flash Player now sandboxed under Safari on Mac OS X
Adobe has worked with Apple to sandbox Flash Player under Safari in Mac OS X, restricting the ability of attackers to exploit any vulnerabilities they...
Snowden leaks: US and UK ‘crack online encryption’
US and UK intelligence have reportedly cracked the encryption codes protecting the emails, banking and medical records of hundreds of millions of people. (more…)
‘Syrian Electronic Army’ site down after attack on New York Times
The website for a hacker group calling itself the “Syrian Electronic Army” was taken offline by an Internet body following claims that the hackers had...
Feds are Suspects in New Malware That Attacks Tor Anonymity
Security researchers tonight are poring over a piece of malware that takes advantage of a Firefox security vulnerability to identify some users of the privacy-protecting Tor...
Claim: Attackers can compromise iPhone via chargers and apps
Researchers from the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) have discovered two security weaknesses that permit installation of malware onto Apple mobile devices (iPhone, iPad,...
SIM Cards Have Finally Been Hacked, And The Flaw Could Affect Millions Of Phones
Smartphones are susceptible to malware and carriers have enabled NSA snooping, but the prevailing wisdom has it there’s still one part of your mobile phone...
Microsoft will pay up to $100K for new Windows exploit techniques
Microsoft has announced that it will give security researchers cash rewards for devising novel software exploitation techniques, creating new exploit mitigation systems, and finding bugs...