Categoria: News

Russian Man Accused of Hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox

The Russian national arrested earlier this month by Czech police has been charged in the United States for hacking into the systems of LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring.
Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Nikulin, 29, of Moscow, Russia, was arrested by Czech authorities on October 5, but news of the arrest only came to light last week.
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Mirai Botnets Used for DDoS Attacks on Dyn

Experts determined that the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks launched last week against Dyn’s DNS infrastructure were powered by Internet of Things (IoT) devices infected with the malware known as Mirai.
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Moscow Confirms Ministry Website Attack After U.S. Hacker Claim

Russia's foreign ministry on Sunday said an old version of its website had been attacked after a US hacker claimed he broke in and posted a mocking message.
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VoIP Service Servers Abused to Host RATs

Free Voice-over-IP (VoIP) service Discord has had its servers abused to host and distribute remote access Trojans (RATs), Symantec warns.
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Linux Backdoor Doesn’t Require Root Privileges

A newly observed Linux backdoor Trojan can perform its nefarious activities without root access, by using the privileges of the current user, Doctor Web security researchers have discovered.
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Slack Flaw Allowed Hackers to Hijack Any Account

A researcher has disclosed a couple of serious Slack vulnerabilities that could have been exploited to obtain sensitive information and take over user accounts. The vendor patched the flaws and awarded the expert a total of $9,000.
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Twitter, Others Disrupted by DDoS Attack on Dyn DNS Service

Twitter, GitHub and several other major websites are inaccessible for many users due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the Managed DNS infrastructure of cloud-based Internet performance management company Dyn.
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R3’s Corda Blockchain Platform Goes Open-Source

Blockchain is variously described as the future of computing or a hype bubble that has already burst, depending on which author you read.
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Pentagon to Launch More Bug Bounty Programs

Following the success of the “Hack the Pentagon” program, the U.S. Department of Defense has decided to continue to test its websites and networks for cybersecurity vulnerabilities using crowdsourced experts.
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