Long term, who wins: the cryptographers or the code breakers? Nobody breaks codes anymore, strictly speaking. When you hear about broken crypto,…
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Four Questions For: Tod Beardsley
Why do you believe it is important to have open source security software? Wouldn’t that make it easier for hackers to crack…
Read MoreFour Questions For: Ben Rothke
What do you consider to be the biggest challenges facing cybersecurity today? Some of the challenges are: not enough information security staff. This…
Read MoreFour Questions For: Ryan Calo
How do you draw the line between prosecuting a robot that does harm and its creator? Who bears the burden of the…
Read MoreHackers stole up to $1B from banks worldwide, Kaspersky says
A gang of hackers has, over the course of a year or more, stolen up to $1 billion from financial institutions around the…
Read MoreHow tech trials force a choice between bad people and bad law
Of course Ross Ulbricht was guilty. Despite his far-fetched claims of mistaken identity, a New York jury confirmed the obvious: that Ulbricht (aka Dread Pirate Roberts) was the criminal…
Read More“Anonymous” hackers attack European Parliament president’s site
The personal website of European Parliament president Martin Schulz was hacked last week, his office has confirmed. On Friday someone posted information…
Read MoreGerman government website attack may be Ukraine-related
Two German government websites were knocked offline by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack around 10am local time on Wednesday. Chancellor…
Read MoreFingerprints can be reproduced from publicly available photos
At a conference in Hamberg Germany this weekend, biometrics researcher Jan Krisller demonstrated how he spoofed a politician’s fingerprint using photos taken by a…
Read MoreHackers say Xbox/Playstation attacks are over, target Tor
Christmas Day gamers ran into problems connecting their Xbox or Playstation to the internet thanks to a denial of service attack, and the…
Read MoreThe Interview tops YouTube’s list of popular videos
Getting hit by hackers who may or may not be from North Korea isn’t the worst way to drum up interest for…
Read MoreSophisticated cyberattack damaged German steel plant, report says
Skilled hackers caused serious damage at a German steel mill sometime during this year, according an annual security roundup issued Wednesday by…
Read MoreEverything you need to know about the recent Snapchat leaks
It has been a dramatic 24 hours for Snapchat, which had some internal emails leaked last night via the Sony hack. Sony Entertainment’s CEO,…
Read MoreYik Yak shown no slack in intern hack attack
Getting hacked seems to be a rite of passage for social media companies. It’s sign that they’ve grown big enough to attract…
Read MoreSecurity company Avast suffers embarrassing forum hack
The personal details of hundreds of thousands of people were taken in an attack on the antivirus outfit's web forum.…
Read MoreDisconnect unveils private search Android app and web interface
Want to keep your searches private while still using familiar services like Google and Bing? Disconnect has just made that a bit easier for you.…
Read MoreMtGox “fraud evidence” hacked and published, complete with Bitcoin wallet-stealing malware
The data appears to show MtGox CEO Mark Karpeles was lying when he said all the exchange's bitcoins had been stolen, but it also comes with a nasty surprise for those who don't take care where they click.…
Read MoreBritish intelligence used DDoS tactics against Anonymous, Snowden documents show
A GCHQ presentation shows how the agency infiltrated and launched distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on chatrooms used by internet activists and hackers. Until now, no western state has been shown to use DDoS tactics.…
Read MoreMillions of Germans caught up in email-hacking botnet
The German information security ministry has warned the country’s citizens that many of them have been caught up in a massive botnet.…
Read MoreTechnical Machine gets $1M to let web developers play with the internet of things
Technical Machines wants to take a connected microcontroller that runs JavaScript and eliminate the barriers between web development and the internet of things, and just raised $1 million to do so.…
Read MoreAnatomy of a hack: How the SEA took down the NYT and Twitter
When SEA took credit for taking down the New York Times and Twitter's UK site for some people, many may have wondered how they did it. Here's how.…
Read MoreHacked baby monitor? Welcome to the security implications of the internet of things
It's pretty worrying when a hacker can take over a baby monitor and start yelling obscenities at an infant girl. But the incident provides a taste of the future if makers of connected devices don't think security-first.…
Read MoreHacktivist Richard Stallman takes on proprietary software, SaaS and open source
At a HackNY lecture, the McArthur genius explains the dangers of everyday software.…
Read MoreAfter being hacked Apple’s developer site still offline
The security of Apple's Developer Center website was breached on Thursday and three days later, Apple explains why it continues to be offline.…
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