Security Stories for 2016

How Russia Recruited Elite Hackers For Its Cyberwar 236
Smart Electricity Meters Can Be Dangerously Insecure, Warns Expert 163
FBI and Homeland Security Detail Russian Hacking Campaign In New Report 404
Automatic Brakes Stopped Berlin Truck During Christmas Market Attack 164
Florida Senator: No Permit Needed For Driverless Cars In Florida 131
Czech Republic Sets Up Counter-Terrorism Unit To Counter Fake News Threat 119
Nevada Website Bug Leaks Thousands of Medical Marijuana Dispensary Applications 55
Ask Slashdot: Is Computing As Cool and Fun As It Once Was? 449
Destructive KillDisk Malware Turns Into Ransomware 56
North Korea's Android Tablet Takes a Screenshot Every Time You Open an App 85
Bigger Than Mirai: Leet Botnet Delivers 650 Gbps DDoS Attack 74
Frequent Flyer Points Put at Risk By Website Flaws 19
Android Ransomware Infects LG Smart TV, Company 'Refuses' To Help 295
Amazon Patents System To Defend Drones Against Hackers, Jammers and Arrows 122
Millions of Websites Vulnerable Due To Security Bug In Popular PHP Script 104
Police Request Amazon Echo Recordings For Homicide Investigation 168
China Renews Calls For Tighter Cyberspace Security 23
Sony Music Apologises To Britney Spears, Fans After Fake RIP Tweet Sent 52
U2F Security Keys May Be the World's Best Hope Against Account Takeovers 162
Mozilla Will Support Firefox For XP and Vista Until At Least September 2017 73
US Government Begins Asking Foreign Travelers About Social Media 121
FBI Probes FDIC Hack Linked To China's Military: Reuters 22
Russian Authorities Are Trying To Unlock iPhone 4S From Russian Ambassador's Killer 106
Leaked Files Reveal Scope of Cellebrite's Smartphone-Cracking Technology 37
Russians Used Malware On Android Devices To Track and Target Ukraine Artillery, Says Report 101
Congressional Report Claims Snowden In 'Contact With Russian Intelligence' 185
Apple Delays App Store Security Deadline For Developers 25
Encrypted Messaging App Signal Uses Google To Bypass Censorship 87
NIST Asks Public For Help With Quantum-Proof Cryptography 138
Hotbed of Cybercrime Activity Tracked Down To ISP In Region Where Russia Is Invading Ukraine 70
White Hat Security Group Hacks Marvel Twitter Accounts 27
Barnes & Noble's Latest Tablet Is Running Spyware From Shanghai 63
US Fails To Renegotiate Arms Control Rule For Hacking Tools 31
Russian Hackers Stole $5 Million Per Day From Advertisers With Bots and Fake Websites 93
Egypt Has Blocked Encrypted Messaging App Signal 44
Aircraft Entertainment Systems Hacks Are Back 56
Filmmaker Installed Security Software On a Decoy Phone To Spy On Smartphone Thieves 118
South Carolina Bill Wants To Put Porn Blocks On New Computers 351
Google Releases Tool To Find Common Crypto Bugs 22
Nigerian Man Charged in Hacking of Los Angeles County Emails 44
Ubuntu Survey Discovers 'Consumers Are Terrible' About Updating Their IoT Devices 181
The FBI Is Arresting People Who Rent DDoS Botnets 212
LinkedIn Warns 9.5 Million Lynda Users About Database Breach 35
Does Code Reuse Endanger Secure Software Development? 148
Massive Mirai Botnet Hides Its Control Servers On Tor 149
McAfee Takes Six Months To Patch Remote Code Exploit In Linux VirusScan Enterprise 45
President Obama Threatens Retaliatory Actions Against Russia Over Hacks 531
Netgear Releases 'Beta' Patches For Additional Routers Found With Root Vulnerability 26
Election Assistance Commission Hacked Using SQL Injection 103
Yahoo's Billion-User Database Reportedly Sold On the Dark Web for Just $300,000 - NYT 71
Evernote Reverses Course On Opt-out Privacy Policy That Would've Exposed Users' Content To Employees 52
Zero-Days Hitting Fedora and Ubuntu Open Desktops To a World of Hurt 164
A $300 Device Can Steal Mac FileVault2 Passwords 88
White House Supports Claim Putin Directed US Election Hack 715
Verizon Explores Lower Price or Even Exit From Yahoo Deal 52
Newly Uncovered Site Suggests NSA Exploits For Direct Sale 33
Malvertising Campaign Infects Your Router Instead of Your Browser 137
Most Businesses Pay Ransomware Demands, IBM Finds 69
Yahoo Says Hackers Stole Information From Over 1 Billion Accounts 71
Flash Will Soon Be 'Click-To-Run' in Microsoft Edge 72
Ashley Madison To Pay $1.6M Settlement Related To Data Breach 45
150 Filmmakers and Photojournalists Call On Nikon, Sony, and Canon To Build in Encryption 229
Snowden: 'The Central Problem of the Future' Is Control of User Data 157
Google Publishes Eight National Security Letters 63
A Typo Led To Podesta's Email Hack, Says Report 274
Florida Court Says Suspected Voyeur Must Reveal His iPhone Passcode To Police 184
Android Things Is Google's New OS For Smart Devices 30
Malware Found In the Firmware of 26 Low-Cost Android Models 60
SWIFT Confirms New Cyber Thefts, Hacking Tactics 11
PwC Sends Legal Threats To Researchers Who Found Critical Security Flaw 188
Quest Diagnostics Says Personal Health Information of 34,000 Customers Hacked 69
First Version of Sandboxed Tor Browser Available 28
Uber Employees Used the Platform To Stalk Celebrities and Their Exes, Says Former Employee 99
Some Bangladesh Bank Officials Involved In Heist, Says Investigator 26
New Ransomware Offers The Decryption Keys If You Infect Your Friends 236
Vulnerability Prompts Warning: Stop Using Netgear WiFi Routers 147
NSA's Best Are 'Leaving In Big Numbers,' Insiders Say 412
A 'Turkish Hacker' Is Giving Out Prizes For DDoS Attacks 33
The DEA Has Been Secretly Paying Transport Employees To Search Travelers' Bags 165
5-Year-Old Critical Linux Vulnerability Patched 68
US Think Tank Wants To Regulate The Design of IoT Devices For Security Purposes 87
Google Starts Using HTML5 By Default Instead of Flash For Some Chrome Users 40
Researchers Point Out 'Theoretical' Security Flaws In AMD's Upcoming Zen CPU 57
DHS Tried To Breach Our Firewall, Says Georgia's Secretary of State 146
White House Voices Concerns About China Cyber Law 48
Zeus Variant 'Floki Bot' Targets PoS Data 25
Transportation Department Proposes Allowing In-Flight Phone Calls 103
Watchdog Group Claims Smart Toys Are Spying On Kids 70
PowerShell Security Threats Greater Than Ever, Researchers Warn 129
Yahoo Fixes Flaw Allowing an Attacker To Read Any User's Emails 30
Adobe Flash Responsible For Six of the Top 10 Bugs Used By Exploit Kits In 2016 72
NSA, GCHQ Have Been Intercepting In-Flight Mobile Calls For Years 99
Nintendo Offers Up To $20,000 To Hack the 3DS 45
Backdoor Accounts Found in 80 Sony IP Security Camera Models 55
New Stegano Exploit Kit Hides Malvertising Code In Banner Pixels 207
Google Preparing 'Invisible ReCAPTCHA' System For No User Interaction 57
Dailymotion Hack Exposes Millions of Accounts 23
Does Windows 10's Data Collection Trade Privacy For Microsoft's Security? 181
70 Laptops Got Left Behind At An Airport Security Checkpoint In One Month 170
Crooks Need Just Six Seconds To Guess A Credit Card Number 110
iOS's 'Activation Lock' For Stolen iPads And iPhones Can Be Easily Bypassed 54
The 'USB Killer' Has Been Mass Produced -- Available Online For About $50 243
Hackers Steal $31 Million at Russia's Central Bank 78
Russia Says Foreign Spies Plan Cyber Attack On Banking System 88
UK Homes Lose Internet Access After Cyber-Attack 33
Multiple Vulnerabilities In AirDroid Opens At Least 10 Million Android Users To MITM Attacks, Hijackings 30
International Authorities Take Down Massive 'Avalanche' Botnet, Sinkhole Over 800,000 Domains 53
'Fatal' Flaws Found in Medical Implant Software 38
Destructive Hacks Strike Saudi Arabia, Posing Challenge to Trump 184
Firefox Zero-Day Can Be Used To Unmask Tor Browser Users 55
SourceForge Introduces HTTPS Support For Project Websites 44
More Than 1 Million Android Devices Rooted By Gooligan Malware 42
Muni System Hacker Hit Others By Scanning For Year-Old Java Vulnerability 30
Holding Shift + F10 During Windows 10 Updates Opens Root CLI, Bypasses BitLocker 138
'DroneGun' Can Take Down Aircraft From Over 1.2 Miles Away 147
Microsoft Update Servers Left All Azure RHEL Instances Hackable 35
You Can Now Rent A Mirai Botnet Of 400,000 Bots 62
Ransomware Compromises San Francisco's Mass Transit System 141
Delete Yourself From Many Internet Sites By Pressing This Button 46
Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Had 'Forbidden' Internet Connection At the Pentagon, Says Report 314
Russian Propaganda Effort Helped Spread 'Fake News' During Election, Experts Say 272
Locky Ransomware Uses Decoy Image Files To Ambush Facebook, LinkedIn Accounts 36
Edward Snowden Loses Norway Safe Passage Case 73
Android Malware Used To Hack and Steal Tesla Car 118
Personal Data For More Than 130,000 Sailors Hacked: U.S. Navy 57
Security Researchers Can Turn Headphones Into Microphones 122
Nearly 40% of Americans Would Give Up Sex For Better Online Security, Survey Finds 230
Clinton Urged To Challenge Election Results Due To Possible Hacking [Update] 1321
Telegram Launches Telegraph, An Anonymous Blogging Platform 30
Snowden Can Be Asked To Testify In Person In Germany NSA Probe 72
WordPress Auto-Update Server Had Flaw Allowing Persistent Backdoors In Websites 33
Tor-Enabled Smartphone Is Antidote To Google 'Hostility' Over Android, Says Developer 39
Surveillance Firm 'Geofeedia' Cuts Half of Staff After Losing Access To Twitter, Facebook 31
Hacker Explains How He Hacked Into Tel Aviv's Public Wi-Fi Network In Three Days 45
ATM Hacks in 'More Than a Dozen' European Countries in 2016 22
'ClickClickClick' Site Reveals How Much Browsers Know About Your Online Behavior 74
Symantec To Acquire LifeLock for $2.3B 41
Android User Locked Out Of Google Accounts After Moving To A New City 236
Ask Slashdot: Could A 'Smart Firewall' Protect IoT Devices? 230
Spammers Compromised Popular Twitter Accounts Including Viacom And Microsoft Xbox 23
Second Chinese Firm In a Week Found Hiding a Backdoor In Android Firmware 108
IRS Demands Identities of All US Coinbase Traders Over Three Year Period 124
Internet of Things Set To Change the Face of Dementia Care 58
Antivirus Firm Kaspersky Launches Its Own Hackproof OS, Based On Microkernel 108
Windows 10 Informs Chrome and Firefox Users That Edge is 'Safer' 123
Data Breach at Three Mobile, Customer Details of Millions Exposed 14
Mozilla Launches Firefox Focus, a Stripped-Down Private Browser For iOS 35
iPhones Secretly Send Call History To Apple, Security Firm Says 124
Google Security Engineer Urges Hackers To Focus Less on Anti-Virus and Intrusion Products 54
A $5 Tool Called PoisonTap Can Hack Your Locked Computer In One Minute 172
Office Depot Allegedly Diagnosing Computers With Nonexistent Viruses To Meet Sales Goals 161
Schneier: We Need a New Agency For IoT Security 165
Cryptsetup Vulnerability Grants Root Shell Access On Some Linux Systems 89
Experts Say Internet 'Mega' Attacks Are on the Rise 44
Secret Backdoor in Some US Phones Sent Data To China 111
US Internet Firms Ask Trump To Support Encryption, Ease Regulations 173
Shazam Keeps Your Mac's Microphone Always On, Even When You Turn It Off 126
Bangladesh Hopes To Recover $30 Million More From Cyber Heist 16
Microsoft Says Windows 10 Version 1607 is The Most Secure Windows Ever 194
Hack Exposes 412 Million Accounts on AdultFriendFinder Sites 78
Smartphone WiFi Signals Can Leak Your Keystrokes, Passwords, and PINs 46
1 Billion Mobile Apps Exposed To Account Hijacking Through OAuth 2.0 Flaw 77
OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set Version 3.0 Released 17
'Lurking Malice' Study Finds Malware Hiding In The Cloud 45
FBI Operated 23 Tor-Hidden Child Porn Sites, Deployed Malware From Them 176
Researchers Set To Work On Malware-Detecting CPUs 40
Russian Banks Floored by Withering DDoS Attacks 103
Russian Hackers Launch Targeted Cyberattacks Hours After Trump's Win 160
Some Within Yahoo Knew of Massive Breach in 2014 30
iOS WebView Bug Can Force iPhones To Make Calls While UI Freezes 22
Fake Fingerprint Stickers Let You Access a Protected Phone While Wearing Gloves 74
Google Safe Browsing Adds 'Repeat Offender' Category 18
Android's Latest Update Doesn't Patch Major Security Flaw 'Dirty COW' 23
Researchers Hack Philips Hue Smart Bulbs Using a Drone 50
Web of Trust, Downloaded 140M Times, Pulled From Extension Stores After Revelations That It Sells Users' Data 115
DDoS Attack Halts Heating in Finland Amidst Winter 138
Unsealed Court Docs Show FBI Used Malware Like 'A Grenade' 59
Fake Shopping Apps Are Invading the iPhone 41
British Retail Tesco Bank: 20,000 Customers Lose Money 65
China Adopts Controversial Cybersecurity Law; Experts Say It Will Hurt Businesses 61
Security Firm Shows How To Hack a US Voting Machine 209
Microsoft Promises To Defend World Chess Champion From Russian Hackers 131
User Forks FileZilla FTP Client After Getting Hacked 166
Researchers Create An Undetectable Rootkit That Targets Industrial Equipment 59
Secret Service, DHS Scramble To Secure America's Election 360
Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way to Browse the Web Anonymously? 177
A Powerful New Android Spyware Targets Business Executives 18
More Than 50 Percent of All Pages In Chrome Are Loaded Over HTTPS Now 136
Microsoft Extends EMET End of Life Date 32
Mirai Botnet Attackers Are Trying To Knock Liberia Offline 73
UK Government Wants Prisons Geoblocked By Drone Manufacturers 143
FBI Launches Internal Investigation Into Its Own Twitter Account 140
Computer Virus Attack Forces Hospitals To Cancel Operations, Shut Down Systems 127
On Wall Street, a High-Ranking Few Still Avoid Email 168
Another Internet Outage Takes Down Services in US and UK 34
Tim Berners-Lee Warns of Danger of Chaos in Unprotected Public Data 20
Google Security Engineer Claims Android Is Now As Secure As the iPhone 173
New, More-Powerful IoT Botnet Infects 3,500 Devices In 5 Days 56
Google Joins Mozilla and Apple In Distrusting WoSign and StartCom Certificates 86
Montreal Police Monitored iPhone of La Presse Journalist Patrick Lagace 56
Microsoft Says Russia-Linked Hackers Are Exploiting Newly Discovered Flaw In Windows OS 111
You Can Legally Hack Your Own Car, Pacemaker, or Smartphone Now 106
UK Government Vows To Sink $2.3 Billion Into New Cybersecurity Plan 31
Computer Scientists Believe a Trump Server Was Communicating With a Russian Bank 548
The Next President Will Face a Cybercrisis Within 100 Days, Predicts Report 122
Google Discloses Exploited Windows Vulnerability 10 Days After Telling Microsoft 101
China's New Policing Computer Is Frontend Cattle Prod, Backend Supercomputer 69
NSA Hackers The Shadow Brokers Dump More Files 50
Serious Hacks Possible Through Inaudible Ultrasound 109
New Attack Can Seize Control of Drones 40
NetBSD Project Releases NetBSD 7.0.2 22
Google's 'Project Zero' Hid A Major Vulnerability in Apple's OS and iOS Cores 88
Teenager Accidentally Launches DDoS Attack On 911 Systems 152
Payback? Russia Gets Hacked, Revealing Putin Aide's Secrets 228
US Bank Regulator Notifies Congress of Major Data Security Breach 48
Red Cross Blood Service Admits To Personal Data Breach Affecting Half a Million Donors 32
Feds Charge 61 People In Indian-Based IRS Phone Scam Case 139
Web Bluetooth Opens New Abusive Channels 87
AI-Powered Body Scanners Could Soon Speed Up Your Airport Check-in 111
How Vigilante Hackers Could Stop the Internet of Things Botnet 64
Dyn DNS DDoS Likely The Work of Script Kiddies, Says FlashPoint 85
Nuclear Plants Leak Critical Alerts In Unencrypted Pager Messages 79
The Phone Hackers At Cellebrite Have Had Their Firmware Leaked Online 29
Rowhammer Attack Can Now Root Android Devices 100
Alibaba Founder To Chinese Government: Use Big Data To Stop Criminals 46
China Electronics Firm To Recall Some US Products After Hacking Attack 68
Slashdot Asks: How Can We Prevent Packet-Flooding DDOS Attacks? 351
A New Attack Allows Intercepting Or Blocking Of Every LTE Phone Call And Text 80
Who Should We Blame For Friday's DDOS Attack? 190
VeraCrypt Security Audit Reveals Many Flaws, Some Already Patched 75
Dyn Executive Responds To Friday's DDOS Attack 77
Feds Walk Into a Building, Demand Everyone's Fingerprints To Open Phones 432
John McAfee Thinks North Korea Hacked Dyn, and Iran Hacked the DNC 149
Chemical-Releasing Bike Lock Causes Vomiting To Deter Thieves 285
WikiLeaks To Its Supporters: 'Stop Taking Down the US Internet, You Proved Your Point' 338
Mirai and Bashlight Join Forces Against DNS Provider Dyn 56
Prosecutors Say NSA Contractor Could Flee To Foreign Power 44
43 Million Weebly and 22 Million Foursquare Accounts Stolen 15
Amid Major Internet Outages, Affected Websites Have Lessons To Learn 135
'Most Serious' Linux Privilege-Escalation Bug Ever Is Under Active Exploit 109
HackerOne CEO: Every Computer System is Subject To Vulnerabilities 49
'Adding a Phone Number To Your Google Account Can Make it Less Secure' 106
How Hackers Broke Into John Podesta and Colin Powell's Gmail Accounts 116
India's Biggest ATM Breach? 3.2 Million Debit Cards Across 19 Banks May Have Been Compromised 34
Researchers Bypass ASLR Protection On Intel Haswell CPUs 72
Czechs Arrest Russian Hacker Wanted By FBI 55
Donald Trump Running Insecure Email Servers 445
OMGUbuntu: 'Why Use Linux?' Answered in 3 Short Words 269
Traditional Keyboard Sounds Can be Decoded By Listening Over a VoIP Connection, Researchers Say 57
CIA-Backed Surveillance Tool 'Geofeedia' Was Marketed To Public Schools 41

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