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Tag Archives: Security threats
OpenSSH password guessing attacks may be 10,000 times easier than you thought
An interesting problem with OpenSSH has been publicised on the Full Disclosure mailing list.
Hot Lotto security chief found guilty of scamming his own lottery for $14.3m
Eddie Tipton was found guilty on two charges of fraud after rootkitting his way to a massive Hot Lotto win.
Baby, you can hack my car: researchers take over a Jeep from 10 miles away
Two renowned security researchers have discovered a way to remotely hack into and take over a Jeep Cherokee, controlling the brakes and accelerator as well as other components. 
Cheating site Ashley Madison breached by hackers threatening to expose users
Attackers threaten to publish nude pictures, secret sexual fantasies, real names and addresses of Ashley Madison users: all as comeuppance for what they say is an unkept promise of secrecy.
What’s keeping security experts awake at night?
Enterprises will pour more than $71 billion into infosec this year but are still get clobbered by Sony-esque level breaches. Why? They’re not focusing on the real threats. 
Notorious cybercrime forum Darkode taken down, dozens arrested
Darkode, a notorious cybercrime marketplace for malware, zero-day exploits, and botnets, was permanently shut down by a massive law enforcement operation coordinated between agencies in the US, Europe and elsewhere.
ID thief who scooped data on 200 million Americans jailed for 13 years
Hieu Minh Ngo whose websites put personal information on over 200 million US citizens up for sale has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
United Airlines pays hacker one million air miles in bug bounty reward
It didn’t take Jordan Wiens very long to find a vulnerability in United Airlines’ network, but the payoff was huge – one million free air miles for about six hours of work.
WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger could by banned by UK’s newly proposed bill
Newly proposed UK legislation will demand that messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Snapchat remove encryption from their apps altogether or see them banned. 