BrickerBot is a vigilante worm that destroys insecure IoT devices

A hacker called The Janitor has created multiple versions of a program called BrickerBot, a system…

The Internet of Cows herds hackers to support the global cattle industry

 Cows are generally not top of mind among those who call the animal pen, South of Market, San Francisco,…

This phishing technique is more interesting than dangerous

 There’s no shortage of ways adversaries will employ to get you to click through to a…

Pay day loan firm Wonga suffers data breach affecting up to 270,000

 Payday loan firm Wonga has suffered a data breach affecting up to 245,000 customers in the…

Clinton and Rubio allegedly targeted by Russian hackers

 Sen. Marco Rubio announced during a Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing today that members of his…

What to do about those ‘government-backed attack’ warnings from Google

 TOTALLY PANIC. Just kidding; please don’t do that. Google regularly issues warnings to people whose accounts…

Private pictures and video of Emma Watson and other celebrities leak online

 Photos apparently stolen from Emma Watson, Amanda Seyfried and other female celebrities have been posted on…

Yahoo hackers manipulated search results for ‘erectile dysfunction medications’

 One of the hackers alleged to be responsible for a 2014 hack of Yahoo that affected…