Security Stories for 2017

EFF Applauds 'Massive Change' to HTTPS 214
Could We Reduce Data Breaches With Better Open Source Funding? 60
300,000 Users Exposed In Ancestry.com Data Leak 43
Chrome Extension with 100,000 Users Caught Pushing Cryptocurrency Miner 47
Web Trackers Exploit Flaw In Browser Login Managers To Steal Usernames 76
FBI Software For Analyzing Fingerprints Contains Russian-Made Code, Whistleblowers Say 174
Some Sonos and Bose Speakers Are Being Hijacked To Play Ghostly Sounds 41
Acoustic Attacks on HDDs Can Sabotage PCs, CCTV Systems, ATMs, More 72
Mozilla Patches Critical Bug in Thunderbird 76
Beware: 'Digmine' Cryptocurrency Bot Is Spreading Via Facebook Messenger 96
UK Companies Facing Cyber Security Staff Shortage 138
Man Threatened Company With Cyber Attack To Fire Employee and Hire Him Instead 151
65% of Washington DC's Outdoor Surveillance Cameras Infiltrated by Romanian Hackers 85
Amazon Acquires Connected Camera and Doorbell Startup 'Blink' 18
'Username or Password is Incorrect' Security Defense is a Weak Practice 249
Snowden's New App Haven Uses Your Smartphone To Physically Guard Your Laptop 134
AnyDVD Supports UHD Blu-Ray Ripping, While Devices Patch Security Holes 68
Security Firm Keeper Sues News Reporter Over Vulnerability Story 73
Windows 10 Facial Recognition Feature Can Be Bypassed with a Photo 95
Youbit Shuts Down Cryptocurrency Exchange After Second Hack, Files For Bankruptcy 68
Cable TV's Password-Sharing Crackdown Is Coming 143
Firefox Prepares To Mark All HTTP Sites 'Not Secure' After HTTPS Adoption Rises 244
Russia-Linked Twitter Accounts 'Tried To Divide UK' After Terrorist Attacks 133
Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Alternatives To Android Or iOS? 304
Cloud-Based Repository Leak Exposes 123 Million American Households 62
'Loapi' Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Is Causing Phone Batteries To Bulge 55
Chinese Backdoor Still Active on Many Android Devices 30
Apple Seems To Have Forgotten About the Whole 'It Just Works' Thing 242
US Says North Korea 'Directly Responsible' For WannaCry Ransomware Attack 159
Think Twice About Buying Internet-connected Devices Off Ebay 77
China Blocks Foreign Companies From Mapping Its Roads for Self-Driving Cars 110
Microsoft Disables Word DDE Feature To Prevent Further Malware Attacks 103
Microsoft Releases a Preview of OpenSSH Client and Server For Windows 10 144
Windows 10 Bundled a Password Manager with a Security Flaw 48
Here's the Letter Alleging Uber Spied on Individuals For Competitive Intelligence 37
Mozilla Slipped a 'Mr. Robot'-Promo Plugin Into Firefox and Users Are Pissed 307
Lock Out: the Austrian Hotel That Was Hacked Four Times 53
CIA Captured Putin's 'Specific Instructions' To Hack the 2016 Election, Says Report 535
A Cryptocurrency Without a Blockchain Has Been Built To Outperform Bitcoin 186
Attackers Deploy 'Triton' Malware Against Industrial Safety Equipment 30
Fortinet VPN Client Exposes VPN Creds; Palo Alto Firewalls Allow Remote Attacks 32
Author of BrickerBot Malware Retires, Says He Bricked 10 Million IoT Devices 149
Trump Administration Calls For Government IT To Adopt Cloud Services 208
Avast Launches Open-Source Decompiler For Machine Code 113
Maker of Sneaky Mac Adware Sends Security Researcher Cease-and-Desist Letters 87
Uber's Massive Scraping Program Collected Data About Competitors Around The World 29
Old Crypto Vulnerability Hits Major Tech Firms 32
Trump Signs Into Law US Government Ban on Kaspersky Lab Software 140
Searchable Database of 1.4 Billion Stolen Credentials Found On Dark Web 72
How Email Open Tracking Quietly Took Over the Web 116
HP Laptops Found To Have Hidden Keylogger 116
Microsoft's 'Malware Protection Engine' Had A Remote Code Execution Flaw 54
Touting Government/Industry 'Partnership' on Security Practices, NIST Drafts Cybersecurity Framework Update 15
Autocratic Governments Can Now 'Buy Their Own NSA' 109
Reporter Regrets Letting Amazon's Delivery People Into His House 114
People Who Can't Remember Their Bitcoin Passwords Are Really Freaking Out Now 202
Zero-Day iOS HomeKit Vulnerability Allowed Remote Access To Smart Accessories Including Locks 39
'Process Doppelganging' Attack Bypasses Most Security Products, Works On All Windows Versions 126
Chrome 63 Offers Even More Protection From Malicious Sites, Using Even More Memory 63
Bangladesh Bank, NY Fed Discuss Suing Manila Bank For Heist Damages 29
Kaspersky To Close Washington Office But Expand Non-State Sales 65
Uber Paid 20-year-old Florida Man To Keep Data Breach Secret 27
Keylogger Found On Nearly 5,500 WordPress Sites 83
Warrantless Surveillance Can Continue Even If Law Expires, Officials Say 68
Apple Issues Security Updates for MacOS, iOS, TvOS, WatchOS, and Safari 30
NiceHash Hacked, $62 Million of Bitcoin May Be Stolen 79
Germany Preparing Law for Backdoors in Any Type of Modern Device 251
A Popular Virtual Keyboard App Leaks 31 Million Users' Personal Data 65
PayPal Says 1.6 Million Customer Details Stolen In Breach At Canadian Subsidiary 24
Apple Snafu Means Updating To macOS 10.13.1 Could Reactivate Root Access Bug 74
Dell Begins Offering Laptops With Intel's 'Management Engine' Disabled 140
StartCom Will Stop Issuing Certificates, Revoking Them All in 2020 42
PHP Now Supports Argon2 Next-Generation Password Hashing Algorithm 94
Massive Financial Aid Data Breach Proves Stanford Lied For Years To MBAs 116
Valuable Republican Donor Database Breached -- By Other Republicans 73
Volunteers Around the World Build Surveillance-Free Cellular Network Called 'Sopranica' 77
Blockchains Are Poised To End the Password Era 129
Homeland Security Claims DJI Drones Are Spying For China 82
US 'Orchestrated' Russian Spies Scandal, Says Kaspersky Founder 141
Google Will Block Third-Party Software From Injecting Code Into Chrome 40
The Underground Uber Networks Driven by Russian Hackers 49
Democrat Senators Introduce National Data Breach Notification Law 162
System76 Will Disable Intel Management Engine On Its Linux Laptops 149
High Sierra Root Login Bug Was Mentioned on Apple's Support Forums Two Weeks Ago 85
'Bomb on Board' Wi-Fi Network Causes Turkish Airlines Flight To Be Diverted 177
Facebook's New Captcha Test: 'Upload A Clear Photo of Your Face' 302
Sensitive Personal Information of 246,000 DHS Employees Found on Home Computer 59
Apple To Review Software Practices After Patching Serious Mac Bug 192
66 Percent of Popular Android Cryptocurrency Apps Don't Use Encryption 32
Three Quarters of Android Apps Track Users With Third Party Tools, Says Study 46
MacOS High Sierra Bug Allows Login As Root With No Password 237
New NSA Leak Exposes Red Disk, the Army's Failed Intelligence System 67
HP Quietly Installs System-Slowing Spyware On Its PCs, Users Say 127
White House Weighs Personal Mobile Phone Ban For Staff 113
Computer Science GCSE in Disarray After Tasks Leaked Online 53
FBI Failed To Notify 70+ US Officials Targeted By Russian Hackers 94
Should Brokers Use 'Voice Prints' For Stock Transactions? 64
Bipartisan US Election Group Issues Security Tips 103
Imgur Confirms Email Addresses, Passwords Stolen In 2014 Hack 38
Data Breach Hits Australia's Department of Social Services Credit Card System 32
There's Now a Dark Web Version of Wikipedia 20
There's Some Intense Web Scans Going on for Bitcoin and Ethereum Wallets 34
EU Lawmakers Back Exports Control on Spying Technology 35
Uber Hackers May Have Been Russian 59
Firefox Will Warn Users When Visiting Sites That Suffered a Data Breach 64
Uber Is Under Investigation By Multiple States Over a 2016 Data Breach 25
Television's Most Infamous Hack Is Still a Mystery 30 Years Later 116
How a Wi-Fi Pineapple Can Steal Your Data (And How To Protect Yourself From It) 46
Ask Slashdot: How Are So Many Security Vulnerabilities Possible? 354
Sacramento Regional Transit Systems Hit By Hacker 35
FCC Will Also Order States To Scrap Plans For Their Own Net Neutrality Laws 280
Uber Concealed Cyberattack That Exposed 57 Million People's Data 32
Iranian 'Game of Thrones' Hacker Demanded $6 Million Bitcoin Ransom From HBO, Feds Say 34
Intel: We've Found Severe Bugs in Secretive Management Engine, Affecting Millions 207
Over 400 of the World's Most Popular Websites Record Your Every Keystroke 263
Why Hackers Reuse Malware 27
Security Problems Are Primarily Just Bugs, Linus Torvalds Says 272
10-Year-Old Boy Cracks the Face ID On Both Parents' IPhone X 300
'Lazy' Hackers Exploit Microsoft RDP To Install Ransomware 72
DJI Threatens Researcher Who Reported Exposed Cert Key, Credentials, and Customer Data 81
Massive US Military Social Media Spying Archive Left Wide Open In AWS S3 Buckets 85
Windows 8 and Later Fail To Properly Apply ASLR 62
Germany Bans Children's Smartwatches 44
Report Claims That 18 Nation's Elections Were Impacted By Social Engineering Last Year 235
Bluetooth Hack Affects 20 Million Amazon Echo, Google Home Devices 40
Amazon Key Flaw Could Let Rogue Deliverymen Disable Your Camera 106
Internal Kaspersky Investigation Says NSA Worker's Computer Was Infested with Malware 141
Consumers Are Holding Off On Buying Smart-Home Gadgets Due To Security, Privacy Fears 143
Amazon Is Cutting Prices at Whole Foods Again 122
Forbes '30 Under 30' Conference Website Exposed Attendees' Personal Information 12
Boeing 757 Testing Shows Airplanes Vulnerable To Hacking, DHS Says 140
Investigation Finds Security Flaws In 'Connected' Toys 32
About 15 Percent of US Agencies Detected Kaspersky Software on Networks 81
OnePlus Phones Come Preinstalled With a Factory App That Can Root Devices 73
Huddle's 'Highly Secure' Work Tool Exposed KPMG And BBC Files 36
US Airports Still Fail New Security Tests 182
Equifax Tells Investors They Could Be Breached Again - And That They're Still Profitable 90
Researchers Run Unsigned Code on Intel ME By Exploiting USB Ports 171
The Computer Scientist Who Prefers Voting With Paper 219
This Time, Facebook Is Sharing Its Employees' Data 45
Following Equifax Breach, CEO Doesn't Know If Data Is Encrypted 104
Man Who Sent GIF of Laughing Mouse To Employer After DDoS Attack Is Now Arrested 75
How AV Can Open You To Attacks That Otherwise Wouldn't Be Possible 34
DOJ: Strong Encryption That We Don't Have Access To Is 'Unreasonable' 510
Ask Slashdot: What Should A Mac User Know Before Buying a Windows Laptop? 449
WikiLeaks Starts Releasing Source Code For Alleged CIA Spying Tools 102
Google Says Hackers Steal Almost 250,000 Logins Each Week 33
Microsoft To Integrate 3rd-party Security Info Into Its Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service 26
Federal Prosecutors Charge Man With Hiring Hackers To Sabotage Former Employer 18
Linux Has a USB Driver Security Problem 156
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Apologizes For Data Breach, Blames Russians 212
Flaw Crippling Millions of Crypto Keys Is Worse Than First Disclosed 76
How Cloudflare Uses Lava Lamps To Encrypt the Internet 110
MINIX: Intel's Hidden In-chip Operating System 271
Microsoft Releases Standards For Highly Secure Windows 10 Devices 173
Should Private Companies Be Allowed To Hit Back At Hackers? 141
One in Four UK Workers Maliciously Leaks Business Data Via Email, Study Says 30
Mozilla Might Distrust Dutch Government Certs Over 'False Keys' 112
Experts Propose Standard For IoT Firmware Updates 61
Equifax Investigation Clears Execs Who Dumped Stock Before Hack Announcement 155
Chelsea Manning Archivist Excludes Hacktivist Jailed By Carmen Ortiz From Aaron Swartz Day 124
TorMoil Vulnerability Leaks Real IP Address From Tor Browser Users; Security Update Released 21
Malware Developer Who Used Spam Botnet To Pay For College Gets No Prison Time 57
Eric Schmidt and Bob Work: Our AI 'Sputnik Moment' Is Now 174
Hilton Paid a $700K Fine For 2015 Breach; Under GDPR, It Would Be $420 Million 110
Google Explains Tuesday's Drive, Docs Bug That Marked Some Files As Violating Terms of Service 97
Russia Hackers Had Targets Worldwide, Beyond US Election 254
CIA Releases 321GB of Bin Laden's Digital Library 125
LastPass Reveals the Threats Posed By Passwords in the Workplace 72
Student Charged By FBI For Hacking His Grades More Than 90 times 142
Estonia Is Enhancing the Security of Its Digital Identities 36
Russia's Anti-VPN Law Goes Into Effect 185
New VibWrite System Uses Finger Vibrations To Authenticate Users 44
Calgary Police Cellphone Surveillance Device Must Remain Top Secret, Judge Rules 89
A Surge of Sites and Apps Are Exhausting Your CPU To Mine Cryptocurrency 128
BlackBerry CEO Promises To Try To Break Customers' Encryption If the US Government Asks Him To 107
Bug in Google's Bug Tracker Lets Researcher Access List of Company's Vulnerabilities 37
Researchers Devise 2FA System That Relies On Taking Photos of Ordinary Objects 138
Heathrow Airport Security Files Found on USB Stick In The Street 116
While Equifax Victims Sue, Congress Limits Financial Class Actions 190
Purism Now Offers Laptops with Intel's 'Management Engine' Disabled 151
Apple Fires Engineer After His Daughter's iPhone X Video Goes Viral 326
Why Do Web Developers Keep Making The Same Mistakes? 335
NotPetya Outbreak Left Merck Short of HPV Vaccine Gardasil 63
Kaspersky CEO Says Hack Claims Cutting US Cyber Security Sales 69
Facebook Exec: 'Just Not True' That We Listen To Your Phone's Mic 152
Bug in Mobile App Lets Hackers Take Control of LG Smart Devices 37
UK's NHS Could Have Avoided WannaCry Hack With 'Basic IT Security', Says Report 59
Critical Flaws In Maritime Communications System Could Endanger Entire Ships 41
This Machine Kills Captchas 101
McAfee Says It No Longer Will Permit Government Source Code Reviews 79
Equifax Was Warned 86
With Camera Permission, iPhone Apps Can Surreptitiously Take Pictures and Videos 69
Apple Reduced Face ID Accuracy To Ease Production, Bloomberg Reports 130
Dell Lost Control of Key Customer Support Domain for a Month in 2017 73
Kaspersky Admits To Reaping Hacking Tools From NSA Employee PC 139
DUHK Crypto Attack Recovers Encryption Keys, Exposes VPN Connections 59
Legal Hack Back Lets You Go After Attackers In Your Network 47
TV News 'Hack' Sees Bitcoins Swiped 33
New Cyber Attacks Hit Airport, Metro in Ukraine 50
Microsoft To Drop Lawsuit After US Government Revises Data Request Rules 28
Tech Firms Seek Washington's Prized Asset: Top-Secret Clearances 147
FBI Couldn't Access Nearly 7,000 Devices Because of Encryption 299
Windows 10's 'Controlled Folder Access' Anti-Ransomware Feature Is Now Live 157
Kaspersky Lab To Open Software To Review, Says Nothing To Hide 152
Security Upgraded For NetBSD-amd64 with Kernel ASLR Support 49
With Rising Database Breaches, Two-Factor Authentication Also At Risk 84
A 14-Year-Old Asks: When Should I Get a VPN? 203
Microsoft Chastises Google Over Chrome Security 111
US Government Warns Of 'Ongoing' Hacks Targeting Nuclear and Power Industries 101
2 Million IoT Devices Enslaved By Fast-Growing BotNet 69
Google Offers $1,000 Bounties For Hacking Dropbox, Tinder, Snapchat, and Others 39
Why Are We Still Using Passwords? 209
Body Camera Study Shows No Effect On Police Use of Force Or Citizen Complaints 155
Google Says 64 Percent of Chrome Traffic On Android Now Protected With HTTPS, 75 Percent On Mac, 66 Percent On Windows 90
Student Expelled After Using Hardware Keylogger to Hack School, Change Grades 136
MasterCard Has Finally Realized That Signatures Are Obsolete and Stupid 344
Facebook Security Chief Says Its Corporate Network Is Run 'Like a College Campus' 85
Apple Watch's LTE Suspended In China Possibly Due To Government Security Concerns 18
Canada's 'Super Secret Spy Agency' Is Releasing a Malware-Fighting Tool To the Public 66
Targeted Fuzzing Is Improving Linux Security, Linus Torvalds Says 62
Dodging Russian Spies, Customers Are Ripping Out Kaspersky 366
Ask Slashdot: What Are Ways To Get Companies To Actually Focus On Security? 158
The Internet Is Ripe With In-Browser Miners and It's Getting Worse Each Day 362
'Significant' Number of Equifax Victims Already Had Info Stolen, Says IRS 105
Netflix, Amazon, Movie Studios Sue Over TickBox Streaming Device 135
Companies Overlook Risks in Open Source Software, Survey Finds 132
'Google Just Made Gmail the Most Secure Email Provider on the Planet' 197
Microsoft Responded Quietly After Detecting Secret Database Hack in 2013 48
Every Patch For 'KRACK' Wi-Fi Vulnerability Available Right Now 140
Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Hard Truths IT Must Learn To Accept? 421
Kaspersky Lab Finds Flash Vulnerability Through Microsoft Word 50
Google Chrome for Windows Gets Basic Antivirus Features 55
Millions of High-Security Crypto Keys Crippled by Newly Discovered Flaw 55
Microsoft Has Already Fixed the Wi-Fi Attack Vulnerability; Android Will Be Patched Within Weeks 136
WPA2 Security Flaw Puts Almost Every Wi-Fi Device at Risk of Hijack, Eavesdropping 262
Ask Slashdot: Should Users Uninstall Kaspersky's Antivirus Software? 313
Pentagon Turns To High-Speed Traders To Fortify Markets Against Cyberattack 78
Pizza Hut Leaks Credit Card Info On 60,000 Customers 76
Unpatched Exploit Lets You Clone Key Fobs and Open Subaru Cars 60
Not Just Equifax. Rival Site Transunion Served Malware Too -- and 1,000 More Sites 68
Ransomware Sales On the Dark Web Spike 2,502% In 2017 23
IRS Suspends $7 Million Contract With Equifax After Malware Discovered 50
SWIFT Says Hackers Still Targeting Bank Messaging System 16
Researcher Turns HDD Into Rudimentary Microphone 65
DJI Unveils Technology To Identify and Track Airborne Drones 61
Hyatt Hotels Discovers Card Data Breach At 41 Properties Across 11 Countries 20
US Weapons Data Stolen During Raid of Australian Defense Contractor's Computers 78
Down the Rabbit Hole With a BLU Phone Infection 43
Equifax Website Hacked Again, this Time To Redirect To Fake Flash Update 150

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