Google’s Clever Plan to Stop Aspiring ISIS Recruits
The company’s tech incubator and think tank subsidiary Jigsaw is trying the ISIS-fighting technique Google knows best: targeted advertising. The…
Bill Clinton Staffer’s Email Was Breached on Private Server, FBI Says
Though the FBI found no evidence that Hillary Clinton’s emails was compromised, an unnamed staffer working for her husband was…
Forget Software—Now Hackers Are Exploiting Physics
An emerging form of hacking techniques targets the fundamental physical properties of computation. The post Forget Software—Now Hackers Are Exploiting…
Hack Brief: As FBI Warns Election Sites Got Hacked, All Eyes Are on Russia
Two-hundred thousand voter records were stolen from the Illinois board of elections, and a few murky clues point yet again…
The Shadow Brokers Mess Is What Happens When the NSA Hoards Zero-Days
As zero-days appear to leak from an elite NSA-linked hacker team, the incident puts the focus back on the agency’s…
No One Wants to Buy Those Stolen NSA-Linked ‘Cyberweapons’
Most of the bids for the Shadow Brokers’ supposed cache of stolen NSA code amount to beer-and-pizza money. The post…
Hackers Claim to Auction Data Stolen From NSA-Linked Spies
A group calling itself Shadow Brokers has claimed to hack the NSA-connected hackers known as Equation Group and put their…
Oh Good: A New Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens
A team of researchers has found that Volkswagen stores secret keys in car components that leave almost all its vehicles…
Fake Boarding Pass App Gets Hacker Into Fancy Airline Lounges
Przemek Jaroszewski has spoofed QR codes to sneak into premium airline lounges and buy duty-free goods dozens of times at…
DNC Breach Rallies Hackers To Clinton’s Side in Vegas
Trump’s dangerous remarks on cybersecurity have led to the first-ever political fundraiser at one of America’s biggest hacker conferences. The…