Hackers stories - Page 6

HBO's soft underbelly was laid bare to the world after hackers stole 1.5 TB of data from its systems - Centrify says passwords' days are limited.

Hackers at DEFCON were able to exploit vulnerabilities in voting machines in a matter of minutes - ICIT breaks down just how easy it is.

​It would seem winter has come for HBO after hackers have stormed the company's servers and looted the jewels within to leak data online.

Honey tokens, which are honeypots that are not computers, are easily studied and avoided by the average attacker.

​In the second heist this week, hackers have stolen around US$32 million - Webroot senior threat analyst shares his commentary and insights.

As AlphaBay vanishes, the dark web braces for upheaval, with markets jostling for supremacy or a radical shift to P2P trading.

Tenable director says the significance of this malware as a stand-alone event is in fact quite small - but vendors have some catching up to do.

Vaping can be risky in unexpected ways as a security researcher demonstrates how a modified vaporizer can pass code to a computer.

Chaos at Samsung: Hackers bypass S8 iris scan with picture and contact lens, exposing security flaws in high-tech system.

The hackers have demanded an enormous undisclosed amount of money be paid in Bitcoin. Disney apparently refuses to pay, and is working with the FBI.

An unidentified hacker has released the highly anticipated Season 5 episodes of popular Netflix show Orange is the New Black.

70% of firms faced pricey security breaches due to compromised accounts, careless misuse, or malicious insiders—only 1% were unscathed.

Singtel Innov8 and HPE are some of the big investor names behind the first hacker-powered intelligence platform to the world.

If you know what you're looking for you might be able to spot a potential hacker and an impending cyber attack.

The study confirms suspicions that attack methods are becoming ever more unique, with 50% of hackers changing their attack methods for every target.

Kiwi companies big and small are in the running for New Zealand's top infosec awards. And the iSanz finalists are...

Unless you've been living under a rock, you'd be aware of the recent hacking of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - here's Webroot's insights.

New research has found that it is taking APAC much longer than the rest of the world to detect cyber threats: a median 520 days.

Security researchers Kaspersky Lab & bug bounty platform Hacker One are co-launching a Bug Bounty Program that offers $50,000 to security researchers.

Norton unveils a new app to secure personal data on risky public Wi-Fi, as their report reveals user confusion aids hackers.