Antivirus maker Avast and the French National Police neutralized the back-end infrastructure of a malware botnet.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | September 10, 2019
A cybersecurity audit found 21% of 430 U.K. schools had their computers, networks, or servers hacked by students.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2019
Researchers said Greece's top-level domain registrar has suffered a hacker breach, and identified the state-sponsored "Sea Turtle" hacker group as the perpetrator...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2019
Researchers have discovered vulnerabilities that can be exploited remotely to retrieve sensitive data stored inside Hardware Security Modules .
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | June 18, 2019
Researchers have modified a neural network to create a natural language processing algorithm that generates, as well as detects, convincing fake articles.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2019
Security researchers have discovered a Linux version of Winnti, a malware used by Chinese government-sponsored hackers.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | May 22, 2019
Dell laptops and personal computers can be remotely commandeered via a vulnerability in the Dell SupportAssist utility.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | May 9, 2019
Researchers have developed a technique of using simple two-dimensional images to render wearers invisible to surveillance cameras.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | April 26, 2019
Researchers have found that developers tend to write code that stores user passwords in an unsafe manner, because that is easier than creating a more secure product...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | March 13, 2019
Cisco has advised enterprise users of its wireless virtual private network and firewall routers to immediately install updates to patch a critical flaw.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | March 7, 2019
Kaspersky Lab researchers revealed at Mobile World Congress 2019 in Spain that bionic hand prostheses from Moscow-based Motorica are vulnerable to hacking.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | February 27, 2019
Security researchers attending the Pwn2Own CanSecWest security conference this March in Vancouver, Canada, will be incentivized to hack a Tesla Model 3 car.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2019
The World Economic Forum has listed large-scale cyberattacks and massive data breaches among the five most probable risks facing the world today.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 18, 2019
Hyundai Motor has developed a system that will allow drivers to unlock and start their vehicles using only their fingerprints.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | December 20, 2018
Researchers have found vulnerabilities in some solid-state drives that allow hackers to circumvent encryption and access local data without knowing the password...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | November 12, 2018
Researchers discovered a new vulnerability in Intel processors that can allow attackers to leak encrypted data from the internal process of a central processing...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2018