FBI Executive Admits The Organization Takes Advantage Of Zero-Day Exploits
Although we've long suspected it to be the case, Amy Hess, the executive assistant director of the FBI's Science and Technology Branch, confirmed this week…
Read More-
-
The 3 Worst Proposals We've Seen So Far For Fighting ISIS
There's nothing like a terrorist attack to make government officials seemingly lose their senses and propose bad ideas. The recent horrific ISIS related terrorist attacks in…
Read More -
Obama Calls For Better Gun Control, And For Tech Companies To Help Fight Terrorism
President Barack Obama all but called out encryption in a 15-minute Address to the Nation speech on Sunday night. The President touched on various subjects…
Read More -
One Country Wants To Spy On All Its Encrypted Internet Traffic
Western countries including the U.S. and U.K. continue to voice their concerns against encrypted devices and Internet services, saying they hinder the efforts of spy…
Read More -
Hackers Vs. Terrorists: How Anonymous Wants To Beat ISIS
The Anonymous hackers collective declared war on ISIS immediately after the Paris attacks earlier this month. In the days that followed, Anonymous took out thousands of Twitter…
Read More -
Security Flaw Can Expose Your Real IP Address When Using A VPN
Virtual private networks (VPNs) are supposed to help users protect their online privacy. VPN services obfuscate the user's real IP address by routing traffic through…
Read More -
Reports Saying ISIS Created Its Own Cyber Manual May Have Been Exaggerated
There's no doubt in anybody's mind that the ISIS attacks on Paris were carefully planned and executed, with some degree of sophistication involved, at least…
Read More -
The Anti-Anonymous: Hacking Group Finds A Smarter Way To Fight ISIS
It's good that Anonymous has decided to declare war on Islamic State but there are questions about whether their actions are actually effective. In particular,…
Read More -
Amazon Suffers Potential Password Leak, Unknown Number Of Accounts Affected
The Black Friday 2015 shopping season is upon us and Amazon's big Black Friday sale is in full swing, but some Amazon customers have received an…
Read More -
Has Anonymous's War Against ISIS Been Doing More Harm Than Good?
Anonymous has been leading the digital fight against Islamic State by getting some of its social media accounts on Twitter banned, but has it been…
Read More -
Apple, Google, Facebook And Microsoft Warn Weaker Encryption Makes The Bad Guys Stronger
In the wake of last week's deadly terror attacks in Paris, prominent politicians and senior law-enforcement officials have said that western governments have to rethink their stance…
Read More -
Loophole Lets The NSA Spy On Your Email Even Though It's Not Allowed To Anymore
The NSA and other Western spy agencies came under intense scrutiny following the massive Snowden leaks that revealed their tremendous powers when it comes to collecting…
Read More -
ISIS Has 24-Hour Help Desk For Terrorists
New reports detailing the activities of ISIS, which is responsible for the recent attacks on Paris, Beirut and for taking down a Russian passenger jet,…
Read More -
ISIS Mastermind Behind Paris Attack Killed During Police Raid, France Confirms
French police and special forces conducted a massive raid in Paris' suburb Saint-Denis in the early hours on Wednesday morning. Heavy gunfire and explosions were heard…
Read More -
Anonymous Wants You To Help Take Down ISIS - Here's How
We already know that Anonymous is hard at work trying to cripple Islamic State's online operations -- and now it wants your help. Per The International Business…
Read More -
Hackers Vs. Terrorists: Over 6,000 ISIS Twitter Accounts Taken Down
A brand new kind of war emerged in the aftermath of the November 13th attacks on Paris, as Anonymous hackers declared ISIS a primary target in…
Read More -
Heavy Shooting, Explosions And Deaths In Paris: SWAT Raid Targets Alleged ISIS Mastermind Behind Attacks
For most people around the world, Wednesday morning started off just like another regular day of the week. But Parisians in a neighborhood situated less…
Read More -
Reasons To Never Rely On Fingerprints Over Passwords
Touch ID and other fingerprint scanning technologies are wonderfully convenient additions to our smartphones that enable easy mobile payments and quick device unlocking. However, Elliot…
Read More -
Anonymous Kicks Off Cyberwar Against ISIS, Gets 900 Twitter Accounts Banned
Even people who aren't normally fans of Anonymous probably won't object to the hacker collective using its powers to take on Islamic State, the hated…
Read More -
Hackers Vs. Terrorists: ISIS Says Anonymous Are 'Idiots' For Declaring War
While it sounds like a mobile game you'd play to kill time, hackers vs. terrorists is sadly a real war. The hacker collective that goes…
Read More -
ISIS Used Encrypted Communications With Paris Attackers, Officials Believe
After a report had indicated the PlayStation 4 console as a potential way to conduct secure in-game communication that can't be tracked, a new report…
Read More -
ISIS May Use PlayStation 4s To Coordinate Paris-Like Attacks
Late on Friday night, Paris was brutally hit in a highly coordinated terrorist attack that ISIS later claimed responsibility for planning. At least 127 people died in…
Read More -
Scary New Android Exploit Can Take Over Any Device In Seconds
A new mobile exploit recently unveiled at the MobilePwn2Own panel at the PacSec conference this week enables an attacker to take control of any Android…
Read More -
I Hope The BlackBerry Priv Is A Big Success - And So Should Google
BlackBerry isn't the only company that should be rooting for the new BlackBerry Priv smartphone to be a success -- Google should be rooting for…
Read More -
Teens Who Hacked The CIA Are Now Going After The FBI
About three weeks ago, a team of teenage hackers managed to hack into the personal AOL email account of CIA Director John Brennan. In the process,…
Read More -
Google's Greed Is To Blame For Android's Major Security Mess
You can't make a good omelet without breaking a few eggs. Similarly, you can't take over the smartphone business without compromises, even if that means…
Read More -
Dangerous Ransomware Threatens To Expose Your Private Files Online If You Don't Pay Up
We've seen ransomware stories popping up left and right this year, detailing how hackers are making money from a scary, yet creative, type of malware. Just as…
Read More
