An uncharacteristic spate of strikes against IoT devices in Finland during the summit was likely an indicator of a coordinated cyberespionage effort, researchers said.

Hackers are embedding malicious code within compromised, uploaded images on trusted Google sites – weaponizing the website and staying under the radar.

The stolen data included “secret plans to develop a supersonic anti-ship missile for use on U.S. submarines by 2020,” American officials said.

The two have been arraigned in a Georgia district court on charges relating to an elaborate voice- and SMS-phishing (i.e., vishing/smishing) scheme.

Experts at InfoArmor said the stolen database of 1 billion Yahoo accounts has been sold multiple times for at least $300,000 each time.

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week including Yahoo’s latest breach announcement, a DDoS-for-hire crackdown, hackers seeking help with Mirai, and some new Adobe patches.

Apple Safari and Adobe Flash have proved to be Pwn2Own 2016’s biggest punching bags so far—hackers took down both, earning $282,500 in prizes at the first day of the annual hacking challenge in Vancouver on Wednesday. There were four successful attempts, one partial, and one failed attempt at the competition, which is held in tandem with the...

Threatpost editor Mike Mimoso talks with Christopher Ahlberg, CEO, Recorded Future about tracking cybercriminals through patterns on hacker forums. [embedded content]