Hacking

Bug Bounty Programs – the Hacker Challenge that Will Increase Cybersecurity

August 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

Cyber attacks are becoming more and more common these days, with hackers exploiting various vulnerabilities that had gone below the radar. Thankfully, however, bug bounty [...]

Zero Day Vulnerability Hoarding, a Liability for the World’s Cybersecurity

July 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

As much as programmers will try, there is no such thing as “absolutely safe” software out there; The reality is that, for the most part, they’re only safe [...]

No one’s hacking you over Facebook!

July 27, 2017 // 3 Comments

Over the past few years, there have been numerous hoaxes making the rounds online, claiming this person or that person would steal your Facebook credentials if you so much as [...]

Shadow Brokers: To Pay or Not to Pay – the Moral Dilemma

July 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Cybersecurity experts, tech companies, and hackers are all going to compete over the next data leak from the infamous hacker group Shadow Brokers, which poses a rather [...]

Hackers use ransomware to target hotel guests’ door locks

January 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

A bunch of hackers spoiled several travelers’ trip to the Alps last week when the group used ransomware to attempt to lock guests of the Romantik Seehotel Jägerwir luxury [...]

Half of Americans think their cybersecurity is worse than 5 years ago

January 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

Just under half of Americans — 49 percent — think their personal information is less secure than it was five years ago, according to a new report from the Pew Research [...]

The government’s public evidence falls short of proving Russian involvement in the DNC hack

January 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

On Friday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released an updated report on whether or not Russia was responsible for both hacking the Democratic National [...]

Dutch journalists hack local politicians’ Twitter accounts to expose weak security

January 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

The past year saw a couple of the largest database leaks in history, leaks that spilled out sensitive info from hundreds of millions of accounts – and since most internet [...]

Iran censored porn so hard it broke the internet in Hong Kong

January 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

If you had trouble visiting explicit websites in the last few days, the fault may have come from an unexpected source: Iran. According to a new report from The Verge, a [...]

CES 2017: New routers defend smart homes against hacks

January 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Security firms have launched routers at CES that can stop smart household gadgets being hijacked by hackers. Symantec, BitDefender and Intel unveiled devices that scrutinise [...]