The move drives home the fact that severe security issues persist in the nation’s voting machines ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
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To see how real a risk Internet-connected gas pumps were, Kyle Wilhoit and Stephen Hilt from TrendMicro set up a GasPot to lure hackers and watch what they would do.
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Imagine flying down the road at 20 mph on your electric skateboard when a hacker suddenly jams the breaks and throws you off.
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Victims of data breaches have a small reason to rejoice this week.
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It was not easy for Hacking Team to buy zero-day exploits to sell to governments.
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Chill. Everyone chill.
The road to the Wassennaar Arrangement is paved with good intentions. Here’s a primer on what the rules are and why they could harm the state of computer security itself.
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When the Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab disclosed recently that it had been hacked, it noted that the attackers, believed to be from Israel, had been in its network since sometime last year. The company also said the attackers seemed intent on studying its antivirus software to find ways to subvert the software on customer […]
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