Hollywood Hackers? When you think about cyber attacks,do you picture a hacker in a ski mask typing furiously, or do you imagine scenes from films like Mr. Robot? In Hollywood, hacking attacks are perpetrated by deranged masterminds or brilliant hipsters, but...
Users of Acer’s online store between May 12th, 2015, and April 28th, 2016, may be in for a rude awakening. Acer may be attempting to contact you to relay that your credit card’s credentials have been lifted by hackers. The breach in question resulted in 34,500...
More and more devices now connect to the internet than ever before. This is the Internet of Things. They can be convenient, entertaining and useful, but such devices are a well-documented potential security threat. People may drop their guard if they have a seemingly...
When people are in trouble or if there is an emergency they dial 911. If we did not have the 911 hotline, who knows how many lives would be lost on a daily basis. Sometimes, unfortunately, help doesn’t come, even when dispatchers have received the call and responded....
We reported in August that security researcher KarstenNohl of SR Labs revealed a flaw in USB firmware that cripples the technology beyond repair. At the Black Hat security conference, it was revealed that USB devices of all kinds can be targeted by hidden malware....
