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For the last four months, Chinese hackers have persistently attacked The New York Times, infiltrating its computer systems and getting passwords for its reporters and other employees.
During an IP scan of all possible IPv4 addresses, Rapid7, the security firm that is known for the Metasploit attack framework, has discovered 40 to 50 million network devices that can potentially be compromised remotely with a single data packet.
Digital video recorders have revolutionized home and business security, making it possible to easily store and play back hundreds of hours of surveillance camera footage. But a few design flaws in their software, it seems, can quickly turn the watchers into the watched.
The University of NSW has been the target of a
Serial Java fault-finder Adam Gowdiak has embarrassed Oracle yet again. Gowdiak hit the headlines last year when he reported a vulnerability, waited for Oracle's response, and then upped the ante with a comeback vuln.
We all know we should be careful transacting online, but are you thinking about cyber-security when you
If you work in an office that uses the popular CiscoUnified IP Phone 7900 Series, prepare to feel violated. A couple of security researchers have published details on a security vulnerability that allows a nefarious hacker to turn the phones into eavesdropping devices. The hack allows people to listen in on private phone calls as well as to nearby conversations.
An ongoing multibillion-dollar overhaul of the nation's air traffic control (ATC) system is designed to make commercial aviation more efficient, more environmentally friendly and safer by 2025.
Evidence collected from a website that was recently used to flood U.S. banks with junk traffic suggests that the people behind the ongoing DDoS attack campaign against U.S. financial institutions -- thought by some to be the work of Iran -- are using botnets for hire.
The developers of Ruby on Rails are calling on users to update their Rails installations as soon as possible, following the public disclosure of flaws in the parsing of XML-formatted parameters in the Rails framework. The update also fixes an unrelated issue with JSON parameter parsing.
Nintendo better hire a decent sea monster to help them fight off a potential onslaught of 3DS pirates. 3DS hacker Neimod has revealed that he has gained full control of a 3DS kernel that enables the device to run custom code, according to GBAtemp.net. Such code will open the handheld to independently created home-brew software and pirated games.
Facebook Inc. (FB) has patched a security vulnerability that would have allowed hackers to turn on users
Hacking an iOS device may be getting tougher to do. Per iPodNN, in a recent tweet, hacker i0n1c has revealed that the forthcoming iOS 6.1 update adds
Industrial control system comes with a backdoor: Although the system was password protected in general, the backdoor through the IP address apparently required no password and allowed direct access to the control system. "[Th]e published backdoor URL provided the same level of access to the company's control system as the password-protected administrator login," said the memo.
A malicious Apache module found operating in the wild turns sites running the Internet's most popular Web server into platforms that surreptitiously install malware on visitors' computers.
A penetration tester has reportedly hacked Yahoo!, claiming to have gained access to website backup and database files for a dozen databases.
f you're watching TV and the channel suddenly changes, you may not have sat on the remote control by accident.
A hacker has accessed personal details on thousands of Australia's future military leaders, a situation one expert has described as a national security failure.
Marking the city government's third breach, over 400 government sites in China's Xuchang City have been hacked and defaced by a hacker from the Pakistan Cyber Army, who posted the details on PasteBin.
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