Hacking News

Security researchers have devised a way to offer steep discounts or steal goods by hacking vulnerable point-of-sale systems. The researchers at cybersecurity firm ERPScan, which has a commercial stake in the space, found that SAP’s point-of-sale (POS) systems don’t authenticate or check internal commands, allowing anyone with access to the store’s network unrestricted access to […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) disclosed that Nigeria currently ranks third globally in cybercrimes. Nigeria comes behind the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Director General of NCC disclosed this at the ongoing 2017 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association in Lagos, Nigeria. Mr Danbatta stated that the number of internet users

An obscure Apple kernel extension patched in July in iOS 10.3.3 was originally built without security measures in place, according to the researcher who privately disclosed the flaws. Today at the Hack in the Box security conference in Singapore, Zimperium zLabs’ Adam Donenfeld was scheduled to disclose details on seven flaws he found in the AppleAVEDriver.kext, a

As Bitcoin’s price continues to soar beyond $4,000 USD per, cyber criminals are responding in kind by using techniques long reserved for adware, click-fraud and spying to now drop cryptocurrency miners onto compromised computers. The latest incident comes from a rash of drive-by downloads that are being used to install coin-mining malware called Zminer, according to

A new spam campaign has hit Facebook Messenger through the past few days. Users have received a video link that redirects them to a fake malicious website, attracting them to install malicious software. The campaign has been discovered by security researchers from Kaspersky Lab and Avira, but how the malware spreads is still unknown. It

Google said it is adding a firewall to its Google Cloud Platform App Engine so developers can allow or deny requests by IP addresses and location. The firewall is designed to enable developers to test production apps with better security. The beta of the Google App Engine firewall allows developers and administrators to set rules, specify IP

The FBI has filed charges against a Chinese malware broker named Yu Pingan, alleging that he provided hackers with malware, including the Sakula trojan, to breach multiple computer networks belonging to companies in the US. Yu was arrested on August 21 at Los Angeles International Airport, the Justice Department confirmed to ZDNet. The FBI’s criminal complaint alleges

The Victorian government has launched a new five-year cybersecurity strategy to build resiliency against cyber threats and ensure government information, services, and infrastructure are protected and personnel are ready should the situation arise. Under the Cyber Security Strategy released on Friday, the state government is aiming to protect sensitive citizen and other data against loss, malicious alteration,

A ransomware development kit that doesn’t require any coding skills is being sold on underground forums. All a wannabe cyber criminal needs to build their own file-locking malware is an Android phone. Downloadable from hacking discussion boards for free, the Trojan Development Kit (TDK) apps comes with an easy to use interface that allows criminals

Google has detailed how its custom Titan security chip will prevent cyberattacks that use firmware-based attacks. As Google explained when it unveiled its tiny Titan chip, it would use it to give each server in its cloud its own identity. Now, it’s provided a more detailed rundown of what that means and how Titan will serve