Some 24 hours ago, a new strain of the Goldeneye/Petya ransomware armed to the teeth with exploits swept the globe in a manner reminiscent of May’s...
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This is how easily a hacker can reset your password and steal your account
Researchers at the IEEE Computer Society have shown how a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack can be used to reset user passwords and subsequently steal...
Children with both smartphone and computer spend up to five hours a day on devices
One in seven minors owns both a smartphone and a computer, while time spent using these devices increases from three hours a day at five years old to...
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As Hot for Security reported yesterday, a number of US government websites were defaced over the weekend by a group known as Team System DZ, who posted...
ISIS hackers are targeting US government websites and leaving disturbing messages for US President Donald Trump, CNN writes. Once hacked, the websites display...
Messaging service Telegram may be blocked by Russian authorities, following accusations of facilitating communication between jihadists and the founder’s...
Hackers launched “a sustained and determined attack” on the UK Parliament’s computer network to breach parliamentary emails protected by weak passwords...
Adrian Abramovich from Miami, best known as the “robocall scammer,” may end up paying a $120 million fine for allegedly making over 96 million fake calls in...
A software glitch in Clydesdale Yorkshire Bank systems enabled a hacker to transfer money to his account over a four-week period, racking up roughly £100,000...
An online gang calling itself CyberTeam has claimed that it orchestrated an attack which saw Skype users in multiple countries around the globe unable to use...
After a recent investigation, Mexican NGOs allege that the Mexican government is deploying sophisticated mobile spying software on local journalists, lawyers...
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have demonstrated that equipment already in space can be adapted for secure data encryption, using the elusive...
In 2017, the cloud-based security services market is forecast to grow by 21 percent, outpacing the overall information security market, $5.9 billion, while the...
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