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Samy Kamkar’s latest hacking device, PoisonTap, can steal HTTP cookies from millions of websites and install persistent web-based backdoors.
The Carbanak cybercrime gang has shifted strategy and targets the hospitality and restaurant industries with new techniques and malware.
A vulnerability in cryptsetup, a utility used to set up encrypted filesystems on Linux distributions, could allow an attacker to retrieve a root rescue shell on some systems.
A lobbying organization sent a letter to President-Elect Donald Trump, asking him to support the expansion of strong encryption and reform government surveillance activities.
VMware patched a vulnerability in Workstation and Fusion that could allow an attacker to run code on a host machine.
Microsoft beefs up ransomware defenses in Windows 10 Anniversary Update starting with Edge browser and the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) tool.
The master decryption keys unlocking files encrypted by the CrySis ransomware have been released. Kaspersky Lab has already updated its Rakhni decryptor to help victims restore their data.
The FriendFinder Network has reportedly been hacked exposing 400 million user accounts of Adult FriendFinder, Penthouse.com and Stripshow.com.
The government announced its second bug bounty program called Hack the Army, which will concentrate on finding bugs in recruiting websites and databases.
Researchers say BlackNurse attacks are low bandwidth (18Mbps) and can still knock offline many of today’s firewalls.
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