Researchers have demonstrated that a botnet powered by only 6,000 smartphones is enough to cause serious disruption to the 911 emergency services of a U.S. state via what is known as a telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attack.
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Android 7.0 Packs Re-Architected Mediaserver, Other Security Enhancements
Google has re-architected the Mediaserver component in Android 7.0 Nougat and included other security enhancements in the new platform release.
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NAS Devices Used to Spread Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Sophos has conducted a detailed analysis of a piece of malware designed to abuse infected computers for cryptocurrency mining and discovered that the threat leverages network-attached storage (NAS) devices to spread.
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FBI Takes Threat of U.S. Election Hack ‘Seriously’
The FBI is taking "very seriously" the possibility a foreign country is trying to meddle with America's electoral process and even influence voting outcomes, the agency's director James Comey said Thursday.
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Privilege Escalation, DoS Vulnerabilities Patched in Xen
The Xen Project reported on Thursday that it has patched a total of four vulnerabilities that can be exploited for privilege escalation or denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.
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Chrome to Mark HTTP Connections as Non-Secure
Starting in January 2017, Chrome will mark HTTP sites as non-secure when they transmit sensitive information such as passwords or credit card information, Google said this week.
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2.5 Million Possibly Impacted by New Malware in Google Play
Malware that slips past the Google Bouncer and becomes available via Google Play isn’t something new, but it still comes as a surprise that some malicious programs manage to infect millions through the official store before being caught.
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Unpatched Flaw in Cisco Products Triggered by Research Project
Cisco has disclosed the existence of a vulnerability that can be exploited by remote attackers to cause some of the company’s Application Control Engine (ACE) products to enter a denial-of-service (DoS) condition.
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Details of 33 Million Users Stolen in Old QIP Breach
A hacker who over the past weeks leaked tens of millions of accounts stolen from various popular services has now revealed that the Russian instant messaging service QIP (Quiet Internet Pager) also suffered a serious data breach several years ago.
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Two Men Arrested in U.S. for Hacking Emails of Top Officials
Two men suspected of belonging to a network that hacked the emails of top American officials including CIA chief John Brennan were arrested Thursday in North Carolina, the authorities announced.
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