Hacking

Bluetooth is found in nearly every modern gadget, which is why a newly discovered flaw in the communication protocol should be taken very seriously. As ZDNet first reported, David Starobinski and Johannes Becker of Boston University outlined in a research paper how smartphones, laptops and wearables can be tracked through an exploit …

Sprint customer accounts were breached via a Samsung web page. Ronen Tivony/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Sprint has confirmed a data breach, telling customers that hackers broke into their accounts through a Samsung website. The number of customer accounts breached isn’t yet known, CNET sister site ZDNet reported Tuesday. The …

CLOSE Experts recommend these steps to help prepare or respond to a hacker breach. By Alexander Alusheff. The Lyon County School District has joined the growing list of local agencies hit by hackers after a virus took down its systems earlier this month. Superintendent Wayne Workman confirmed to the Reno …

INSTAGRAM recently patched up a critical security flaw that could have resulted in accounts being hacked even if the users hadn’t interacted with the cyber criminal. A ‘bug bounty hunter’ has detailed how the critical vulnerability can be exploited on his YouTube channel and shown how a remote attacker could …

Share Tweet Share Share Share Print Email A cryptocurrency exchange in Japan has admitted that it was hacked and lost 3.5 billion yen ($32 million) of digital currency, according to reports. The company, based in Tokyo, is called Remixpoint, and it runs an exchange called BITPoint. The company also has …

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. Getty Images Amazon Prime Day is just about here, and the massively popular online-shopping event, which happens Monday but has already sparked teaser deals, probably won’t go unnoticed by hackers. You should be very careful if you get …

Bluetooth, the standard technology for communicating wirelessly between two devices, has been making its way into the beauty and personal-care realm for some time now. I personally own a Bluetooth-enabled mirror, for example, and a number of dentists I’ve spoken to have recommended electric toothbrushes that use a Bluetooth-connected smartphone …

South Korean police take down cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme with the help of AI The perpetrators allegedly scammed $18.7 million from the elderly and retirees. Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint announced it lost 3.5 billion yen (roughly $32 million) worth of cryptocurrency assets after a hack that happened late yesterday, July 11. …

US mayors say they will no longer negotiate with hackers. Angela Lang/CNET Mayors from across the US are trying to take a stand against the ransomware attacks that have crippled city government computer systems in recent years. More than 225 mayors have signed on to a resolution not to pay ransoms to …

Ransomware: The new cost of doing business Ransomware — the most high-profile tool in the cybercriminal arsenal — is on the rise in attacks against businesses. Read more: https://zd.net/2HbzH7C The US Conference of Mayors unanimously adopted yesterday a resolution not to pay any more ransom demands to hackers following ransomware …