Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

In early August, the enterprise security firm Armis got a confusing call from a hospital that uses the company’s security monitoring platform. […]

For the last several years, so-called jailbreaks of iPhones—cracking iOS to let any software run on the device—have been exceedingly rare. When […]

Over the last half decade or so, Russia’s state-sponsored hackers have distinguished themselves as the most active, aggressive, and disruptive teams of […]

In 2017 and 2018, hackers compromised systems running the Click2Gov self-service bill-payment portal in dozens of cities across the United States, a […]

One of the trickiest things about stopping DDoS attacks is that hackers constantly develop new variations on familiar themes. Take a recent […]

Developers of the LastPass password manager have patched a vulnerability that made it possible for websites to steal credentials for the last […]

In 2017, ESET had noted the disturbing implications of that malware component; it hinted that Industroyer’s creators might be bent on physical […]

A lot can go wrong with corporate network security, but hopefully at a minimum people know not to plug strange USB sticks […]

A hacker has been taking advantage of iPhone security flaws, a man implanted a streaming device in his leg, and Uber and […]

Hacking the iPhone has long been considered a rarified endeavor, undertaken by sophisticated nation states against only their most high-value targets. But […]