Cybercrime, like any other enterprise is a business, albeit an illegal one. Apart from targeting individuals, businesses and governments, cybercriminals also cash in by creating, u... More
Tag Archives: hackers
Hackers Advertising, Selling Phishing Kits Via YouTube with Secret Backdoor (IB Times)
How Hard is it to Hack the Average DVR? Sadly, Not Hard at All (ARS Technica)
A major battle is underway for control over hundreds of millions of network-connected digital video recorders, cameras, and other so-called Internet of Things devices. As Ars has c... More
Cybersecurity Expert Krebs Silenced by a Hacker Attack. That Should Terrify You (L.A. Times)
About a week ago, the website of journalist and cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs was hit with a crippling hacker assault known as a “distributed denial of service,” or DDoS, w... More
Delay in Hack Disclosure Could Hurt Yahoo (Fortune)
Whatever the cause, Yahoo’s foot-dragging may be more than poor judgment. It may also be illegal given laws in 47 states that require companies to alert consumers when they’v... More
Cryptomining Malware on NAS Servers — Is One of Them Yours? (Naked Security)
SophosLabs has just released a report on a new way that crooks are distributing a strain of malware that makes money by “borrowing” your computer to mine a new sort of crypto... More
Four Cyber Security Lessons From ‘Mr. Robot’ (Columbia Business Times)
Rarely does anyone tell you to watch TV to learn anymore, but, this month, I would highly recommend watching USA Network’s “Mr. Robot.” The show follows a young programmer wh... More
What if Cyber Security Followed Physics? (Tech Crunch)
The first cybersecurity unicorn kernel popped in late 2013 with the announcement of CloudFlare’s $50 million Series C investment. Today, 10 privately held companies hold membe... More
How Hacking Gangs are Modeling Themselves on Big Business (ZD Net)
The clichéd image of a cybercriminal is one of a lone hacker, huddled over a computer in their parent's basement. Today, that stereotype couldn't be further from the truth, becaus... More
5 Security Practices Hackers Say Make Their Lives Harder (CIO)
Hackers believe no password is safe from a determined attacker, but they agree that five key security measures can make it a lot harder to penetrate enterprise networks. Whether t... More
Hackers Attack Site of Ghostbusters Star Leslie Jones, Post Racist Abuse (ARS Technica
Leslie Jones, the black comedian who starred in the recent all-female remake of Ghostbusters, has been forced to take her website down after hackers seemingly took control, posted ... More