The T-Mobile Data Breach Is One You Can’t Ignore
Not all data breaches are created equal. None of them are good, but they do come in varying degrees of bad. And […]
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
Messaging Apps Have an Eavesdropping Problem
In early 2019, a bug in group FaceTime calls would have let attackers activate the microphone, and even the camera, of the […]
Watch a Hacker Hijack a Hotel Room’s Lights, Fans, and Beds
Kyasupā wondered if he could hack his hotel’s iPod Touch controls after they handed it to him at check in, but he […]
Hospitals Still Use Pneumatic Tubes—and They Can Be Hacked
It’s all too common to find hackable flaws in medical devices, from mammography machines and CT scanners to pacemakers and insulin pumps. […]
The Kaseya Ransomware Nightmare Is Almost Over
Nearly three weeks ago, a ransomware attack against a little-known IT software company called Kaseya spiraled into a full-on epidemic, with hackers […]
An Explosive Spyware Report Shows the Limits of iOS Security
In fact, the Amnesty International researchers say they actually had an easier time finding and investigating indicators of compromise on Apple devices […]
The SolarWinds Hackers Used an iOS Flaw to Compromise iPhones
The Russian state hackers who orchestrated the SolarWinds supply chain attack last year exploited an iOS zero-day as part of a separate […]
The Everyday IT Tools That Can Offer ‘God Mode’ to Hackers
When WIRED reached out to Jamf for comment, the company’s chief information security officer, Aaron Kiemele, pointed out that the Black Hat […]
Microsoft Keeps Failing to Patch a Critical Windows Bug
An emergency patch that Microsoft issued on Tuesday fails to fully fix a critical security vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows […]
The Unfixed Flaw at the Heart of REvil’s Ransomware Spree
on April 1, researchers from the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure identified the first of what they quickly found to be seven […]