HackerOne has helped the Department of Defense launch the agency’s seventh bug bounty program, which aims to find security vulnerabilities in the public-facing websites and services of... Read more
Symantec has found that a cyber espionage group dubbed “Longhorn” has used tools and protocols specified in the Vault 7 leak of alleged CIA hacking devices. The company said Mond... Read more
A report by BAE Systems has found that the cyber attack launched against the central bank of Bangladesh is associated with the data breach at Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014, Reuters rep... Read more
The Identity Theft Resource Center found during a study that there were 781 publicly reported data breaches across the U.S. public and private sectors during 2015. Forty-percent of those bre... Read more
A new Intel Security report has found a 127 percent growth in ransomware samples between the second quarter of 2014 and 2015 due to the emergence of CryptoWall, CTB-Locker and other forms of... Read more
Two information technology security executives believe that computer networks used to create and run smart cities are vulnerable to hacking, Cisco’s The Network reported Wednesday. Jason Dei... Read more
The virus allegedly created by Israel and the U.S. to infiltrate Iran’s nuclear facility in 2012 could be more dangerous than initially believed, Ralph Langer writes for Foreign Policy... Read more
Microsoft has opened a new center for online forensic experts, security engineers and legal technology professionals to collaborate and develop anti-hacking measures, Reuters reported Thursd... Read more
A new Verizon report says financially motivated cybercrime accounted for 75 percent of all data breaches in the world in 2012, followed by state-affiliated cyber espionage activities at 20 p... Read more
Potential security flaws of Apple’s iCloud service were recently exposed following the hacking of a Wired technology journalist’s account. Mat Hanon recounted details of the hacking th... Read more
McAfee Reports Global Spy Campaign Still Ongoing, Expands Targets
McAfee has released a report showing the global cyber espionage campaign Operation Sharpshooter, discovered in 2018, was larger and took longer than previously reported by authorities. Read more