Hackers news stories - Page 3

​In just the last few weeks we’ve had three major breaches go public, and experts say this one could have been easily prevented.

Datto has revealed the results of its latest study of ransomware around the world that are concerning to say the very least.

A skilled cybercriminal can hack the automated syringe from anywhere in the world to take over and control it to adjust dosages. Is the IoT worth it?

Tokyo’s Kogakuin University is set to host the third annual meeting that puts intense focus on cybersecurity in connected cars this month.

An expert from Digital Shadows dissects the once prominent method of infection known as exploit kits and whether they remain a threat.

From the mouths of the hackers themselves, organisations’ privileged accounts are the most attractive targets for gaining access to critical data.

Hackers have released another batch of information supposedly belonging to cybersecurity firm FireEye, two weeks after the initial data dump.

HBO’s soft underbelly was laid bare to the world after hackers stole 1.5 TB of data from its systems - Centrify says passwords' days are limited.

Hackers at DEFCON were able to exploit vulnerabilities in voting machines in a matter of minutes - ICIT breaks down just how easy it is.

​It would seem winter has come for HBO after hackers have stormed the company’s servers and looted the jewels within to leak data online.

Known as CopyKittens, the group is politically-motivated and has increasingly been active in pursuing foreign espionage on strategic targets.

Honey tokens, which are honeypots that are not computers, are easily studied and avoided by the average attacker.

​In the second heist this week, hackers have stolen around US$32 million - Webroot senior threat analyst shares his commentary and insights.

Exit scams are one of the risks when conducting business in criminal marketplaces.

Most of us get a mental image of an anonymous, hooded figure, bent over a computer in some dark recess of the web when the word hacker is mentioned.

Tenable director says the significance of this malware as a stand-alone event is in fact quite small - but vendors have some catching up to do.

"A lot of folks aren't aware that something like this is even possible."

It wasn’t exactly the kind of hacking you see in the Fast and the Furious franchise.

The hackers have demanded an enormous undisclosed amount of money be paid in Bitcoin. Disney apparently refuses to pay, and is working with the FBI.

An unidentified hacker has released the highly anticipated Season 5 episodes of popular Netflix show Orange is the New Black.

While S&R professionals often think “outside-in” first when assessing threats, awareness of internal threats can also be a key requirement.

Singtel Innov8 and HPE are some of the big investor names behind the first hacker-powered intelligence platform to the world.

If you know what you’re looking for you might be able to spot a potential hacker and an impending cyber attack.

A new survey by Consilio found that legal technology professions remain ignorant of China’s new cybersecurity law.