Since last fall, Turkish internet users attempting to download one of a handful of popular apps may have been the unwitting targets of a wide-reaching computer surveillance campaign. And in Egypt, users across the country have, seemingly at random, had their browsing activity mysteriously redirected to online money-making schemes. Internet filtering equipment sold by technology… Read more »

Two Venezuelan men went on a crime spree through Colorado, Idaho and Utah, cracking into seven ATMs and using software to trick the machines into spitting out as much as $98,000 at a time.  The alleged crooks used a technique common in Latin America and Europe but very new in the U.S. called “jackpotting.” Thieves use a key… Read more »

A security bug that has infected thousands of smartphones has been uncovered by campaign group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).  Working with mobile security firm Lookout, researchers discovered that malware in fake messaging designed to look like WhatsApp and Signal had stolen gigabytes of data.  Targets included military personnel, activists, journalists and lawyers.  Researchers say they traced the… Read more »

Chances are you own a smartphone or computer that contains a chip hackers could potentially exploit to get access to sensitive information.  That’s because billions of devices are affected by two major security flaws revealed by cybersecurity researchers recently. The flaws — dubbed Meltdown and Spectre — affect processing chips made by Intel (INTC), AMD(AMD) and ARM Holdings. That means if you… Read more »

The world has entered a new era of conflict – offensive cyber-attacks aimed at infrastructure and society, all done without a shot being fired. The first nation state-level cyber-attack on critical infrastructure, widely attributed to a joint collaboration between American and Israeli intelligence against Iran, was uncovered in 2010. Known as the Stuxnet virus, the attack aimed… Read more »