Wired Security
Popular Remote Administrative Tools Turn Out to Be Easily Hacked
As the debate over "hacking back" heats up, it turns out that a lot of the time actually doing so wouldn't be all that hard.
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Jared Kushner's Senate Testimony May Forget Russia Meetings, But the FBI Would Remember
Anything the Russian ambassador says on the phone almost certainly gets caught on a FISA wiretap.
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A 'Locked' Smart Gun Can Be Fired With Just $15 Worth of Magnets
One smart gun model's protections turn out to be easily overcome–by cheap magnets.
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ShieldFS Is a Clever New Tool That Shuts Down Ransomware Before It's Too Late
By sniffing out ransomware in real-time, ShieldFS might be the cure to the internet's latest security scourge.
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Ethereum Thefts Cost Investors Millions
Ethereum thefts, an Ashley Madison settlement, another leaky Amazon S3 bucket, and more of this week's top security news.
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Antivirus for Android Has Terrible Track Record
A new study shows that 94 percent of Android antivirus failed to stop a comprehensive set of malware attacks.
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Letting Cyberattack Victims Hack Back Is a Very Unwise Idea
Opinion: Retaliating against hacks is the wrong way to prevent them.
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A GAO Sting Scored $1.2 Million in Weapons From an Unsuspecting Department of Defense
A federal sting reveals lax oversight in the Defense Department’s gear giveaway program.
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Watch a Homemade Robot Crack a SentrySafe Combination Safe in 15 Minutes
Not so safe after all.
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As Cyberattacks Destabilize the World, the State Department Turns a Blind Eye
"It's manifestly ridiculous."
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Alphabay and Hansa Takedowns Ensnare Thousands of Dark Web Users
Cops sent unsuspecting users scrambling from one dark web site's takedown to another site---that they controlled.
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Trump's Election Integrity Committee Made All the Wrong Points
If you want to fix voting, don't investigate fraud. Improve the outdated, insecure tech.
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Segway MiniPro Vulnerabilities Would Have Let Hackers Take Over the Hoverboard
The self-balancing scooter isn't quite so steady when hackers take charge.
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'Devil's Ivy' Vulnerability Could Afflict Millions of Internet-Connected Cameras and Card Readers
An obscure bug in 34 companies' physical secure gadgets could leave them open to hackers.
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Myspace Security Flaw Let Anyone Take Over Any Account Just By Knowing Their Birthday
If you know someone's date of birth, you can crack their Myspace account.
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Twitter Will Never Ban Donald Trump
If Twitter were going to ban Trump, they would have done it by now.
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IBM Z's 'Pervasive Encryption' Wants to Stop Data Breaches in Their Tracks
The new IBM Z mainframe uses "pervasive encryption" to stop data breaches in their tracks.
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An Amazon Echo Can't Call the Police—But Maybe It Should
Though coming from a connected home assistant, there may be such a thing as too much help.
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Verizon and WWE Data Exposures Come Down to Human Error
What's behind the recent spat of database vulnerabilities? Good ol' fashioned human error.
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Security News This Week: White House Exposes the Info of Privacy-Concerned Voters
The White House exposes voter info, Trump Jr. met with an alleged Russian hacker, and more security news this week.
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