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After a flurry of hacked accounts, Reddit has been forced to reset the passwords of 100,000 users in two weeks. The company announced it on Thursday, noting that this “general uptick” in account takeovers comes on the heels of large
AusCERT In March 2011, a suspected-to-be-Beijing-backed hacking unit infiltrated security giant RSA, successfully subverted its SecureID product and hacked top American defence contractor Lockheed Martin. That attack left Bill Duane stressed and exhausted. Duane is a quiet cryptologist who co-developed
Forcing tech companies to build nonexistent hacking technology might end both brand and consumer privacy
There are reasons why the likes of Google, Facebook and Microsoft, as well as other tech brands, have set aside their rivalries with Apple and support the goaded company instead. The most obvious is that every one of them has
Hacking the human: the startups 3D printing living cells, editing genes and growing meat in laboratories
‘Hacking‘ is an important part of technological progress: tinkering, breaking things apart, fiddling around with them and putting them back together in pursuit of a solution to a problem. Traditionally this has usually meant devices or software. But a new
Raffaele Forte, the maintainer of the Ubuntu-based BackBox Linux operating system designed for penetration testing and forensic analysis operations, announced the release of BlackBox Linux 4.6. Powered by a kernel from the Linux 4.2 series, which is currently being used
The official website of South Korean Air Force (airforce.mil.kr) was shut down for two weeks after a massive cyber attack hit its server. On 12th May 2016, the air force website was found infected with a malicious code forcing the authorities to
A relatively unknown division of the Anonymous hacker collective known as Anonymous Analytics has been sabotaging companies on the stock market by revealing flaws in their financial statements, with catastrophic results. The group, which was founded in 2011, is comprised
Most people get a generic email when an online account is exposed to a security threat. If you’re Deadmau5, a group of hackers will send a rubber dick to your address. Cool. You hacked my soundcloud. Neat shit dude. On
Microsoft’s just turned Windows 10 into malware
For months now, Microsoft has done everything in its power to shove Windows 10 down your throat. The free update is mandatory at this point, and we’ve heard from many Windows users who discovered their computers updated to the newest version
A long-time hacker group is using DNS requests as a command-and-control mechanism in a new series of malware attacks, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks. The APT group Wekby, which have attacked numerous U.S. targets, usually pounce as soon
We are dropping cyber bombs. We have never done that before.” During a February 28, 2016 interview with NPR, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter confirms this statement by Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert O. Work, and states the US is
Symantec’s website has reported that more than 2500 Twitter accounts have been compromised to tweet links to websites whose expertise lies in adult dating and sex content. The attackers have also altered users’ profile pictures, biography and full name to
No more remembering complex passwords on your Android smartphone and tablets by this year end if all goes according to Google’s plan. Google is set to begin testing a new login method which replaces passwords with a ‘trust-based’ system which
Sometimes laws of land are so full of shit that they cant be explained. United States is no exception. A common prank has left Geoffrey Eltgroth with uncommon charges which could see him behind bars for 10 long years. Eltgroth a
A judge has thrown out evidence obtained by the FBI via hacking, after the agency refused to provide the full code it used in the hack. The decision is a symptom of the FBI using investigative techniques that are usually
The “Celebgate” hacker Tuesday pleaded guilty for a phishing scam that led him to hack into theApple and Gmail accounts of more than 100 people, including celebrities, to steal nude photos and videos. Ryan Collins, of Lancaster, Pa., admitted to
