Australians got scary texts, emails and phone calls from a trusted emergency warning service late last week after a hacker broke into its systems and used it to send fake messages.
Tag Archives: Hackers
Hackers selling research phished from universities on WhatsApp
Millions of documents have been stolen from top UK universities and are being sold over WhatsApp for as little as £2.
Hackers break into newswire services, trade on what they find
Some financially-motivated hackers go straight for the money, but others take a more circuitous route, going after information that they can use for profit. That’s what criminals convicted this week did until they were caught in 2015, earning millions in ill-gotten gains.
The hacker who broke into jail and had to stay for 7 years
Konrads Voits, who hacked his way into the county jail’s network to try and get his friend early release, is sentenced to 7 years in jail.
NSA reveals how it beats 0-days
Exploits and vulnerabilities are weaponized against us 24 hours after release, says technical director.
TV’s newest hacker drama “Mr. Robot” is technically sound, morally ambiguous
“Mr. Robot,” USA Network’s new hacker drama series, is good entertainment. But is it also a good depiction of hackers, hacking and infosec?
SSCC 177 – Will Sony’s breach be the never ending story? [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our regular security podcast. Enjoy!
New search engine Indexeus unmasks malicious hackers
Indexeus is a database of stolen names and passwords, many doxed from the hackers who’ve themselves doxed others’ data. Is it poetic justice, exploitation of a lucrative market, a prototype of an educational tool, or all of the above?
FBI arrests alleged NullCrew hacker
Federal prosecutors have arrested and charged a Tennessee man for allegedly conspiring to attack a number of businesses and educational organisations since the middle of 2012.
US Navy sailor allegedly led team that hacked government computers
A US Navy systems administrator stationed on the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman acted as ringleader for a gang of anti-government cyber crooks, prosecutors alleged last week. 