October 22, 2015 Stuxnet cyberwar malware older than thought Researchers have discovered an earlier variant of the mysterious, military-grade Stuxnet computer worm that crippled Iran's nuclear research efforts almost three years ago.
October 22, 2015 Infected Web ads use Flash flaws to spread ransomware It's a perfect storm of Internet iniquity: A three-month-old malvertising campaign is exploiting two recently discovered Adobe Flash Player flaws to infect people's computers with ransomware.
October 22, 2015 Hacker 'reconstructs' German politician's fingerprint from photos Fingerprint-based biometric technology is used to secure everything from iPhones to safes. Now, a member of the Chaos Computer Club, a European hacker network, claims to have replicated the fingerprint of German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen using photographs of the politician's thumb,
October 22, 2015 5 worst security fails of 2014 Here's hoping that 2014's hard-learned lessons lead to a less eventful 2015. In the meantime, here are our top five security fails of the past year.
October 22, 2015 Sony Pictures hack takes yet another weird twist The Sony Pictures Entertainment hack has taken yet another weird twist with hackers apparently offering to withhold data stolen from the company’s employees.
October 22, 2015 Reveton strikes back: Old malware has new tricks A veteran strain of ransomware called Reveton has mutated once again and is now infecting Windows PCs in the United States and abroad by disguising itself as Windows library, or DLL, files, in order to better escape the notice of victims.
October 22, 2015 Darknets: Murky recesses of the hidden web The Brazilian police investigation that cracked a high-tech child porn ring earlier this month has shone a spotlight on the darker recesses of the web, an area which still poses massive technology challenges to law enforcement.
October 22, 2015 Apple expands two-step verification to iCloud.com Apple has expanded its two-step verification process to iCloud.com, adding another layer of security by asking for a code on top of a password. The move comes after the tech giant was criticized over a recent hack that hit its online storage service.
October 22, 2015 NSA cyberwarfare could pick the wrong targets, Snowden says The National Security Agency is planning to combat cyberattacks from overseas with a sophisticated yet highly risky program code-named ‘MonsterMind,’ warns whistleblower Edward Snowden.
