Federal cybersecurity officials cited research from security firm Rapid7 in warning false data could be injected into planes’ instrument displays.
Officials at the Department of Homeland Security issued an alert Tuesday about a potential vulnerability in small aircraft, where hackers with physical access to the planes could plant hidden devices interfering with instrument readings.
A 33-year-old engineer named Paige A. Thompson is accused of downloading Capital One credit card application data from a cloud server.
Federal prosecutors in Seattle charged 33-year-old software engineer Paige A. Thompson Monday with stealing data from millions of credit card applications from banking giant Capital One.
Despite a wealth of security breaches, and the fact that the numbers were never particularly secret, plenty of institutions still treat them like passwords.
With reports of a massive data breach at Capital One this week came a now-familiar warning: roughly 140,000 Social Security numbers of the bank’s credit card applicants had apparently been stolen, along with another 80,000 bank account numbers.
The iPhone doesn’t directly broadcast its phone number, but it sends enough information for someone to figure it out, warns security firm Hexway.
When you use AirDrop to send files on an iPhone, it’s possible for people nearby to learn your phone number, warns security firm Hexway.
After Cloudflare cut ties to 8chan in the wake of the El Paso shooting, the controversial forum site signed on with BitMitigate.
After network service provider Cloudflare cut ties with controversial forum site 8chan in the wake of the El Paso shooting, 8chan announced it was moving to a lesser-known content distribution network called BitMitigate.
Attackers could ship you packages with hidden remote-controlled hacking devices designed to break into your home or office Wi-Fi network, warns IBM X-Force Red.
Hackers looking to gain access to your Wi-Fi network don’t necessarily have to lurk around your home or office, warns IBM X-Force Red.
The U.S. senator from Massachusetts says she’d give money to nonprofits, governments, and utility cooperatives to help connect rural and Native American areas.
If Elizabeth Warren is elected president, she’d look to set up an $85 billion grant program to support expanding broadband access, especially in rural and Native American areas, she said in a Wednesday post on Medium.
The Equinox gym chain faces fallout for its parent company’s chairman’s decision to host a Trump fundraiser.
As fancy gyms Equinox and SoulCycle continue to face blowback over a Trump fundraiser scheduled by billionaire real estate developer Stephen Ross—chairman of the fitness chains’ parent, The Related Companies—an analysis of public campaign-finance data from The Center for Responsive Politics shows it’s quite rare for heads of major corporations to fund President Trump’s campaigns.
More than half were people of color.
A test of Amazon’s controversial face recognition software found it matched more than one in five California state legislators to images from a set of 25,000 public arrest photos, the American Civil Liberties Union of California said Tuesday. More than half of the false positives were people of color, the ACLU of California said.
It’s a wonky market indicator that has successfully predicted recessions for the past 50 years.
Stock markets fell on Wednesday with the Dow and S&P 500 indexes each down about 2.5% after news of what investors call an “inverted yield curve.”
Overstock released a statement from CEO Patrick Byrne after he gave an interview alluding to a relationship with alleged Russian agent Maria Butina.
Shares of Overstock.com have fallen by more than 33% this week, Bloomberg reports, after the company released a cryptic statement from CEO Patrick Byrne with a headline alluding to the “Deep State.”
The flaw would let hackers inject dummy data when Bluetooth devices are connecting, making them use a simple-to-crack encryption key.
A group of security researchers has discovered a security flaw in Bluetooth that could let hackers spy on your communications.
The officer was fired by Police Commissioner James O’Neill after a recommendation from a departmental judge.
More than five years after Eric Garner died while being arrested for allegedly selling loose cigarettes on Staten Island, the officer captured on video with his arm around Garner has been fired.
The state is working with local governments to get systems back online and investigate the attack.
A ransomware attack has affected at least 23 targets in Texas, striking mostly “smaller local governments,” according to the state’s Department of Information Resources.
Patrick Byrne told multiple publications that he had a romantic relationship with Maria Butina, who pleaded guilty to being an unregistered agent for Russia.
Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne has resigned after comments he made about the “deep state” and Russian meddling, including claims that he had a romantic relationship with Maria Butina, the Russian woman who pleaded guilty to being an unauthorized foreign agent.
They’re accused of conspiring to steal millions of dollars from businesses and individuals.
Federal prosecutors in California charged 80 people in what they say is a massive conspiracy tied to Nigeria to defraud people and businesses out of millions of dollars in an indictment unsealed Thursday.
The misinformation apparently came from a Twitter page belonging to a college professor who later said the account was hacked.
The hashtag #BoycottOliveGarden went viral this week on Twitter, amid claims that the Italian restaurant chain was helping to fund President Trump’s reelection campaign.
The former FBI director was faulted by a Justice Department watchdog for how he handled memos on Trump, but he clearly thought a lot about data security.
In a report released Thursday, former FBI director James Comey was faulted by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General for how he handled memos about President Trump, some of which contained information deemed classified.
New Orleans, recently plagued by flash floods, is pulling huge amounts of trash out of its storm drain system.
New Orleans has been plagued by flash flooding in recent years, and not just from major storms like Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall 14 years ago Thursday. A recent study from Louisiana State University found that, amid climate change, storms are simply dumping more water in the area.
These hackers turned out to be bad negotiators.
The mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts, said in a press conference Wednesday that the city attempted to negotiate with hackers demanding a $5.3 million ransom payment to restore city computers, but the hackers rejected a $400,000 counteroffer.