A Hacker Stole Data From 100 Million Capital One Customers
On Monday, the FBI and the bank Capital One disclosed a data breach of 106 million credit card applications that compromised information […]
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
Why Microsoft’s BlueKeep Bug Hasn’t Wreaked Havoc—Yet
When news appeared in May of the security vulnerability in Windows that would come to be known as BlueKeep, security researchers almost […]
Hackers Made an App That Kills to Prove a Point
Two years ago, researchers Billy Rios and Jonathan Butts discovered disturbing vulnerabilities in Medtronic’s popular MiniMed and MiniMed Paradigm insulin pump lines. […]
Palantir Manual Shows How Law Enforcement Tracks Families
On Zoom conference calls across the US this week, brows furrowed as the news broke that the video conference company had a […]
An Amazon Phishing Scam Hits Just in Time For Prime Day
Next week, Amazon will celebrate Prime Day, a bacchanal of modestly discounted ephemera. But amid the flurry of cheap TVs and ebooks […]
Magecart Hacker Group Hits 17,000 Domains—and Counting
You may not recognize the name Magecart, but you’ve seen its impact. A set of sophisticated hacking groups, Magecart has been behind […]
Zoom Will Fix the Flaw That Let Hackers Hijack Webcams
After initially saying that it wouldn’t issue a full fix for a vulnerability disclosed on Monday, the video conferencing service Zoom has […]
A Zoom Flaw Gives Hackers Easy Access to Your Webcam
Zoom has gained devotees—and a post-IPO boom—thanks to its dead-simple video conferencing tech. Joining a call is particularly easy; with the click […]
What Is Credential Dumping?
Despite all the cybersecurity industry’s talk of preventing “breaches,” a computer network in some ways is less like a fortress and more […]
The Biggest Cybersecurity Crises of 2019 So Far
Six months of 2019 are on the books already, and certainly there have been six months’ worth of data breaches, supply chain […]