In 2012, he hacked a brand-new iPhone and took home $30,000 while on center stage at Pwn2Own, the biggest hacking contest in the world. Driven by curiosity, Keuper and his colleague Thijs Alkemade then hacked a car in 2018.
This week, the two Dutch researchers took home $90,000 and a new Pwn2Own championship trophy by targeting the software that helps run the world's critical infrastructure.
Critical bug could have let hackers commandeer millions of Android devices | Ars Technica
Security researchers said they uncovered a vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to commandeer millions of Android devices equipped with mobile chipsets made by Qualcomm and MediaTek.
The vulnerability resided in ALAC—short for Apple Lossless Audio Codec and also known as Apple Lossless—which is an audio format introduced by Apple in 2004 to deliver lossless audio over the Internet.
Report: Pro-Iran hackers target Israel Airports Authority website
(April 21, 2022 / JNS) A pro-Iran hacking group named Altahrea Team targeted the website of the Israel Airports Authority, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.
The group said its actions were "revenge" for the assassination by the United States on Jan. 3 of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandes, the commander of the pro-Iranian Popular Mobilization Forces Shi'ite militias in Iraq, according to Maariv .
Hackers Sneak 'More_Eggs' Malware Into Resumes Sent to Corporate Hiring Managers
The Canadian cybersecurity company said it identified and disrupted four separate security incidents, three of which occurred at the end of March. Targeted entities include a U.S.-based aerospace company, an accounting business located in the U.K.
The malware, suspected to be the handiwork of a threat actor called Golden Chickens (aka Venom Spider ), is a stealthy, modular backdoor suite capable of stealing valuable information and conducting lateral movement across the compromised network.
Hive hackers are exploiting Microsoft Exchange Servers in ransomware spree | ZDNet
Charlie Osborne is a cybersecurity journalist and photographer who writes for ZDNet and CNET from London.
First spotted in June 2021, Hive is a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model in which cyberattackers can utilize the Hive ransomware strain in attacks.
How Quickly Do MSSPs and Internal Security Teams Find Hackers Inside Networks? - MSSP Alert
Hackers operating inside a network were discovered far more quickly in 2021 than just a year earlier, new data showed.
The global median number of days an attacker was present in a target's environment before being detected–referred to as the median dwell time––decreased by nearly 13 percent to 21 days in 2021, according to cybersecurity provider Mandiant's newly released M-Trends 2022 report.
Hackers target US industrial control systems | Washington Examiner
F our federal agencies have warned that hacking groups have developed tools to attack technology used in factories, utilities, and other industrial settings, potentially allowing hackers to shut down parts of the U.S. energy grid and water services.
Moore called these threats "extremely concerning," particularly during the current geopolitical tensions sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Unpatched Bug in RainLoop Webmail Could Give Hackers Access to all Emails
SonarSource, in its disclosure timeline, said that it notified the maintainers of RainLoop of the bug on November 30, 2021, and that the software maker has failed to issue a fix for more than four months.
An issue raised on GitHub by the Swiss code quality and security company on December 6, 2021, remains open to date. We have reached out to RainLoop for comment, and we will update the story if we hear back.
Russia Blames Hackers for Imminent Warning of NATO Nuclear Attack
Russian officials blamed hackers for a Tuesday message posted on the press website for the country's emergency services agency that warned about a possible "threat of a retaliatory nuclear strike from NATO countries."
The message appeared on a media site for the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, and it included recommendations for citizens to be prepared for such an event.
SpaceX nabs 'eye-watering' wins against Russian hackers in Ukraine, Pentagon says | Fox ...
The U.S. military needs to take a page out of SpaceX's book in combating electromagnetic warfare, as Elon Musks's aerospace company has notched "eye-watering" wins against Russian hackers in Ukraine, Pentagon officials said this week.
"And suddenly that [Russian jamming attack] was not effective anymore. From [the electromagnetic warfare] technologist’s perspective, that is fantastic … and how they did that was eye-watering to me."
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