The Cyber-soldiers of the German armed forces only work for the protection of their own networks and simulate a maximum of attacks – so the official line. Now it is clear: by 2015, the unit has cracked the network of a Afghan mobile phone operator, in the case of a kidnapped German, the movements of…
FBI director James Comey recently recommended that we all cover our webcams with tape for security reasons. Comey believes that doing so is a simple step for people to “take responsibility for their own safety and security.” Apparently Comey doesn’t want to be spied on. In questions during a conference at the Center for Strategic…
Hackers swiped personal information associated with at least a half billion Yahoo accounts, the internet giant said Thursday, marking the biggest data breach in history. The hack, which took place in 2014, revealed names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and, in some cases, security questions and answers, Yahoo said in a press release. Encrypted…
A team of researchers claim they’ve developed malware that can extract data from an isolated computer with no internet connection, camera or audio hardware—all by using sounds generated by the machine’s processor and cooling fans. In a new paper, researchers at Israel’s Ben Gurion University describe an attack meant to be used against isolated or…
