Cyber attacks have grown to become one of the most-important issues in the United States, with both corporations and government agencies suffering from them in recent years, and President Obama wants Congress to start doing more to combat them. In his fiscal 2017 budget proposal, Obama asked Congress for $19 billion to improve cyber security across the… Continue reading Obama wants $19 billion to improve America’s cyber security
Category: Hacking
A hacker managed to steal information from the DHS and the FBI
Motherboard reported on Sunday that a hacker managed to get their hands on the personal information of about 30,000 employees for the DHS and FBI, with Wired confirming in its own report the following day that the information has been dumped online, alongside some pro-Palestinian slogans. While the hack isn’t as massive as last year’s Office of… Continue reading A hacker managed to steal information from the DHS and the FBI
The Java plug-in is finally going to meet its long-awaited demise
It’s been more than two decades since Oracle decided to start plaguing web browsers with its Java plug-in, but it looks like it’s time for Oracle to finally kill it off. Its death will undoubtedly be met with cheers from the people who understand how much of security nightmare the plug-in is, but it was more or less… Continue reading The Java plug-in is finally going to meet its long-awaited demise
Professional hacking is starting to become a viable career
In a time where malicious hackers are constantly looking for vulnerabilities in popular software and websites that they can exploit, companies are willing to pay ridiculous amounts of money to find those vulnerabilities before hackers have the opportunity to do any damage. That’s why bug bounty rewards and hackathon prize money are increasing so much, because who… Continue reading Professional hacking is starting to become a viable career
Stolen Uber accounts are worth more than stolen credit cards
Stolen credit cards are great and all, but the real money-makers on the dark web these days are stolen accounts for services like PayPal and Uber. According to Trend Micro, stolen PayPal accounts with a guaranteed balance of $500 are selling for an average of $6.43 at the moment, while stolen Uber accounts sell for an average of $3.78, which is… Continue reading Stolen Uber accounts are worth more than stolen credit cards
Automakers are joining forces to prevent connected car hacking
There haven’t been any major cyber attacks on connected cars yet, but numerous security researchers have proven that hacking cars is dangerously easy, and have called upon automakers and governments to ensure that drivers are protected before connected cars become the norm, which will be very soon. That’s exactly what the Department of Transportation is… Continue reading Automakers are joining forces to prevent connected car hacking
The Tor Project is about to launch its own bug bounty program
For the average Internet users, Tor is easily the most-effective tool for maintaining anonymity and bypassing government censorship, and this is due in large part to the fact that the Tor Project works to hard to maintain the service and ensure that bugs and vulnerabilities are always being patched. The problem is, the group of people that… Continue reading The Tor Project is about to launch its own bug bounty program
Microsoft now alerts users to government-sponsored cyber attacks
Ever since Google started notifying its users when they were targeted by government-sponsored cyber attacks back in 2012, many companies in the technology industry have followed suit, especially after the Snowden leaks popped up the following year. Microsoft has become the latest such company to adopt this practice, possibly in response to the recent revelation that the company… Continue reading Microsoft now alerts users to government-sponsored cyber attacks
Anonymous hacked the European Space Agency for no reason
The online hacking group known as Anonymous can be amusing at times, and occasionally even admirable, but most of the time it’s just annoyingly immature, and it’s most-recent hack definitely puts it into the latter category. For no reason other than because it though it would be funny, Anonymous decided to hack into the European Space Agency… Continue reading Anonymous hacked the European Space Agency for no reason
America and China are working towards cybersecurity cooperation
Cybersecurity is easily one of the biggest sources of tension between China and the United States, and it’s one that the two nations have slowly started to address. A few weeks ago, the two nations reached their first-ever high-level cybersecurity agreement, albeit one of little substance, in which they essentially promised to start working towards cooperation… Continue reading America and China are working towards cybersecurity cooperation