hacking

Hackers stole over $500,000 from Enigma cryptocurrency investors

August 22, 2017

Unknown hackers have managed to steal over $500,000 from aspiring investors in the Enigma cryptocurrency investment platform. The Enigma cryptocurrency hack The attack …

Hackers can turn Amazon Echo into a covert listening device

August 1, 2017

New research released by MWR InfoSecurity reveals how attackers can compromise the Amazon Echo and turn it into a covert listening device, without affecting its overall …

Russian arrested, indicted for laundering funds from Mt. Gox hack

July 27, 2017

Alexander Vinnik, a Russian man arrested on Tuesday in Greece, is allegedly the operator of digital currency exchange BTC-e, through which funds from the Mt. Gox bitcoin …

Two Iranians charged with hacking, stealing US missile design software

July 19, 2017

Two Iranians are accused of hacking of a US software company and the theft of missile design software restricted from export from the US without a license. Mohammed Reza …

Telegram-based Katyusha SQL injection scanner sold on hacker forums

July 12, 2017

Despite regularly achieving one of the top spots on the OWASP Top 10 list of the most critical web application security risks, injection vulnerabilities continue to plague …

Hackers blackmail patients of cosmetic surgery clinic

May 31, 2017

Hackers have been trying to blackmail patients of a Lithuanian plastic surgery clinic, by threatening to publish their nude “before and after” photos online. The …

Chinese hackers ordered to pay $9 million over insider trading

May 11, 2017

Three Chinese citizens, who have obtained millions from illicit stock trades based on insider information they stole from two US law firms by hacking, have been ordered to …

Hacking tools in Vault 7 data dump linked to prolific cyber espionage group

April 11, 2017

While security researchers and companies go through the collection of hacking tools contained in the data dump that the Shadow Brokers failed to sell, Symantec has tied …

Hack of emergency siren system kept Dallas citizens up for hours

April 10, 2017

When 156 emergency sirens in Dallas started wailing around midnight last Friday, the city’s 911 line was flooded with calls by panicked citizens who wanted to know what …

Poachers are trying to hack animal tracking systems

March 6, 2017

Animal tracking through electronic tagging has helped researchers gain insight into the lives of many wild animal species, but can also be misused by wildlife poachers, …

Hacker Phineas Fisher arrested in Spain?

February 1, 2017

Has Phineas Fisher, the person (or group) behind the Gamma International and Hacking Team breaches and data leaks, been caught? According to Catalan news outfit ARA, three …