Security Stories for 2014

US Army Could Waive Combat Training For Hackers 223
Google Researcher Publishes Unpatched Windows 8.1 Security Vulnerability 129
FBI Monitoring Hacking Targets For Retaliation 96
Security Research At the Hague, Netherlands: Mobile Network and Internet Threats 16
Over 78% of All PHP Installs Are Insecure 112
NSA Says They Have VPNs In a 'Vulcan Death Grip' 234
NVIDIA Breached 59
The NSA Uses the Same Chat Protocol As Hackers 81
Kim Dotcom's Mega Again Announces Encrypted Browser-Based Chat Service 40
FBI Allegedly Investigating Lizard Squad Member Over Xbox Live, PSN Attacks 78
2015 Could Be the Year of the Hospital Hack 130
Norse Security IDs 6, Including Ex-Employee, As Sony Hack Perpetrators 158
Twitter Bug Locks Out Many Users 69
Chaos Computer Club Claims It Can Reproduce Fingerprints From People's Photos 80
Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Companies With Poor SSL Practices? 141
Sony PlayStation Network Back Up Now, Supposedly 75
Finn Linked To Lizard Squad Christmas Attack 51
13,000 Passwords, Usernames Leaked For Major Commerce, Porn Sites 149
Romanian Cybersecurity Law Will Allow Warrantless Access To Data 62
Lizard Squad Targets Tor 83
Why Lizard Squad Took Down PSN and Xbox Live On Christmas Day 336
Rackspace Restored After DDOS Takes Out DNS 49
South Korea Says Nuclear Reactors Safe After Cyberattacks 54
Xbox Live and PlayStation Networks Downed By Apparent Attack 160
North Korean Defector Spills Details On the Country's Elite Hacking Force 166
Russian Hackers Stole Millions From Banks, ATMs 53
Did North Korea Really Attack Sony? 282
Sony To Release the Interview Online Today; Apple Won't Play Ball 227
Many DDR3 Modules Vulnerable To Bit Rot By a Simple Program 138
Docker Image Insecurity 73
Thunderbolt Rootkit Vector 163
Apple Pushes First Automated OS X Security Update 115
JP Morgan Breach Tied To Two-Factor Authentication Slip 71
North Korean Internet Is Down 360
TSA Has Record-Breaking Haul In 2014: Guns, Cannons, and Swords 276
South Korean Power Plants To Conduct Cyber-Attack Drills Following Hack 39
Tor Warns of Possible Disruption of Network Through Server Seizures 19
Major Security Vulnerabilities Uncovered At Frankfurt Airport 91
US Seeks China's Help Against North Korean Cyberattacks 153
Cyberattack On German Steel Factory Causes 'Massive Damage' 212
North Korea Denies Responsibility for Sony Attack, Warns Against Retaliation 236
Hackers Used Nasty "SMB Worm" Attack Toolkit Against Sony 177
Staples: Breach May Have Affected 1.16 Million Customers' Cards 97
Schneier Explains How To Protect Yourself From Sony-Style Attacks (You Can't) 343
Researchers Discover SS7 Flaw, Allowing Total Access To Any Cell Phone, Anywhere 89
Critical Git Security Vulnerability Announced 148
Grinch Vulnerability Could Put a Hole In Your Linux Stocking 118
Hackers Compromise ICANN, Access Zone File Data System 110
US Links North Korea To Sony Hacking 182
RFID-Blocking Blazer and Jeans Could Stop Wireless Identity Theft 110
Over 9,000 PCs In Australia Infected By TorrentLocker Ransomware 83
Google Proposes To Warn People About Non-SSL Web Sites 396
Top Five Theaters Won't Show "The Interview" Sony Cancels Release 589
Manufacturer's Backdoor Found On Popular Chinese Android Smartphone 82
Eric Schmidt: To Avoid NSA Spying, Keep Your Data In Google's Services 281
BGP Hijacking Continues, Despite the Ability To Prevent It 57
"Lax" Crossdomain Policy Puts Yahoo Mail At Risk 50
Sony Reportedly Is Using Cyber-Attacks To Keep Leaked Files From Spreading 190
Are the TSA's New Electronic Device Screenings Necessary? 184
New Destover Malware Signed By Stolen Sony Certificate 80
Just-Announced X.Org Security Flaws Affect Code Dating Back To 1987 172
Stealthy Linux Trojan May Have Infected Victims For Years 129
POODLE Flaw Returns, This Time Hitting TLS Protocol 54
Bluetooth Gains Direct Internet Access, Security Enhancements 47
FISA Court Extends Section 215 Bulk Surveillance For 90 Days 83
Sony Hacks Continue: PlayStation Hit By Lizard Squad Attack 170
Uber Banned In Delhi After Taxi Driver Accused of Rape 180
How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Twitterbot 54
North Korea Denies Involvement In "Righteous" Sony Hack 85
Neglecting the Lessons of Cypherpunk History 103
Sony Employees Receive Email Threat From Hackers: 'Your Family Will Be In Danger' 184
In North Korea, Hackers Are a Handpicked, Pampered Elite 102
The Sony Pictures Hack Was Even Worse Than Everyone Thought 528
Ask Slashdot: Convincing My Company To Stop Using Passwords? 247
UK MP Says ISPs Must Take Responsibility For Movie Leaks, Sony Eyes North Korea 216
Dragon Age: Inquisition Reviewed and Benchmarked 91
Fraudulent Apps Found In Apple's Store 89
Iranian Hackers Compromised Airlines, Critical Infrastructure Companies 61
FBI: Wiper Malware Has Korean Language Packs, Hard Coded Targets 81
Big Banks Will Vie For Your Attention With Cardless ATMs and VR 76
Cyber Ring Stole Secrets For Gaming US Stock Market 37
BlackBerry Clears Hurdle For Voice Crypto Acquisition 27
Hackers Breach Payment Systems of Major Parking Garage Operator 38
Security Experts Believe the Internet of Things Will Be Used To Kill Someone 165
Syrian Electronic Army Takes Credit For News Site Hacking 24
Ask Slashdot: Best Biometric Authentication System? 127
Auto Industry Teams Up With Military To Stop Car Hacking 114
The People Who Are Branding Vulnerabilities 64
Sony Pictures Computer Sytems Shut Down After Ransomware Hack 155
Regin Malware In EU Attack Linked To US and British Intelligence Agencies 131
DHS Set To Destroy "Einstein" Surveillance Records 71
Book Review: Bulletproof SSL and TLS 92
Nuclear Weapons Create Their Own Security Codes With Radiation 106
Highly Advanced Backdoor Trojan Cased High-Profile Targets For Years 143
Critical XSS Flaws Patched In WordPress and Popular Plug-In 41
Greenwald Advises Market-Based Solution To Mass Surveillance 157
Android Botnet Evolves, Could Pose Threat To Corporate Networks 54
Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Security Patch For Windows 178
State Department Joins NOAA, USPS In Club of Hacked Federal Agencies 54
US Gov't Issues Alert About iOS "Masque Attack" Threat 98
Internet Voting Hack Alters PDF Ballots In Transmission 148
Popular Smartphones Hacked At Mobile Pwn2Own 2014 52
Senate May Vote On NSA Reform As Soon As Next Week 127
US Weather System and Satellite Network Hacked 76
ISPs Removing Their Customers' Email Encryption 245
US Postal Service Suspends Telecommuting Following Massive Breach 50
First Victims of the Stuxnet Worm Revealed 39
Gridlock In Action: Retailers Demand New Regulations To Protect Consumers 127
US Postal Service Hacked, 500k+ Employees and Public Data Breached 46
Book Review: Countdown To Zero Day 58
Report: Federal Workers, Contractors Behind Half of Government Cyber Breaches 61
Espionage Campaign Targets Corporate Executives Traveling Abroad 101
Berlin's Digital Exiles: Where Tech Activists Go To Escape the NSA 231
Website Peeps Into 73,000 Unsecured Security Cameras Via Default Passwords 321
Informational Wi-Fi Traffic As a Covert Communication Channel For Malware 16
British Spies Are Free To Target Lawyers and Journalists 184
Home Depot Says Hackers Grabbed 53 Million Email Addresses 99
WireLurker Mac OS X Malware Found, Shut Down 59
The Fight Over the EFF's Secure Messaging Scoreboard 63
NSA Director Says Agency Shares Most, But Not All, Bugs It Finds 170
EFF Begins a Campaign For Secure and Usable Cryptography 96
Google Releases Open Source Nogotofail Network Traffic Security Testing Tool 36
American Express Seeks To Swap Card Numbers For Secure Tokens 130
Ask Slashdot: Single Sign-On To Link Google Apps and Active Directory? 168
Flaw in New Visa Cards Would Let Hackers Steal $1M Per Card 126
Smartphone App To Be Used As Hotel Room Keys 150
The 7th Underhanded C Contest Is Online 41
Chinese Hackers Mess With Texas By Attacking Fracking Firms 104
Video Raises Doubts About Attkisson's Claims of Malicious Hacking 105
OpenBSD 5.6 Released 125
Smart Meters and New IoT Devices Cause Serious Concern 168
Breaching Air-Gap Security With Radio 80
Google To Disable Fallback To SSL 3.0 In Chrome 39 and Remove In Chrome 40 70
Vulnerabilities Found (and Sought) In More Command-Line Tools 87
Drupal Warns Users of Mass, Automated Attacks On Critical Flaw 76
Security Companies Team Up, Take Down Chinese Hacking Group 63
Apple Pay Competitor CurrentC Breached 265
Hackers Breach White House Network 98
Dangerous Vulnerability Fixed In Wget 58
Help a Journalist With An NFC Chip Implant Violate His Own Privacy and Security 142
Car Thieves and Insurers Vote On Keyless Car Security 221
Book Review: Measuring and Managing Information Risk: a FAIR Approach 46
OwnCloud Dev Requests Removal From Ubuntu Repos Over Security Holes 126
Passwords: Too Much and Not Enough 223
Researcher Finds Tor Exit Node Adding Malware To Downloads 126
Cisco Fixes Three-Year-Old Telnet Flaw In Security Appliances 60
Proposed Penalty For UK Hackers Who "Damage National Security": Life 165
Windows 0-Day Exploited In Ongoing Attacks 114
DHS Investigates 24 Potentially Lethal IoT Medical Devices 79
Google Adds USB Security Keys To 2-Factor Authentication Options 121
Delivering Malicious Android Apps Hidden In Image Files 113
Security Company Tries To Hide Flaws By Threatening Infringement Suit 124
China Staging a Nationwide Attack On iCloud and Microsoft Accounts 109
FBI Director Continues His Campaign Against Encryption 284
FBI Warns Industry of Chinese Cyber Campaign 106
Adobe: Click-to-Play Would Have Avoided Flood of Java Zero-days 111
Drupal Fixes Highly Critical SQL Injection Flaw 54
Google Finds Vulnerability In SSL 3.0 Web Encryption 68
Analysis of Linux Backdoor Used In Freenode Hack 37
Confidence Shaken In Open Source Security Idealism 265
Dropbox Wasn't Hacked, Says Leaked Credentials Are From Unrelated Services 29
Windows Flaw Allowed Hackers To Spy On NATO, Ukraine, Others 97
VeraCrypt Is the New TrueCrypt -- and It's Better 220
Password Security: Why the Horse Battery Staple Is Not Correct 549
The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers 622
Pro-Democracy Websites In Hong Kong Targeted With and Serving Malware 44
How Poor Punctuation Can Break Windows 94
Kmart Says Its Payment System Was Hacked 101
Snapchat Says Users Were Victimized By Their Use of Third-Party Apps 90
Interviews: Ask Reuben Paul What Hackers Can Learn From an 8-Year-Old 44
Ask Slashdot: Capture the Flag Training 102
National Security Letter Issuance Likely Headed To Supreme Court 112
A Critical Look At Walter "Scorpion" O'Brien 193
The Malware of the Future May Come Bearing Real Gifts 103
Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Unresponsive Manufacturer Who Doesn't Fix Bugs? 204
Chrome 38 Released: New APIs and 159 Security Fixes 55
Department of Defense May Give Private Cloud Vendors Access To Top Secret Data 60
Infected ATMs Give Away Millions of Dollars Without Credit Cards 83
Details of iOS and Android Device Encryption 146
Hackers Compromised Yahoo Servers Using Shellshock Bug 69
Professor Kevin Fu Answers Your Questions About Medical Device Security 21
Bugzilla Bug Exposes Zero-Day Bugs 34
DARPA Delving Into the Black Art of Super Secure Software Obfuscation 124
Smart Gun Inspires Smart Mouse Authentification System 60
JP Morgan Chase Breach: Shades of a Cyber Cold War? 96
JP Morgan Chase Breach Compromised Data of 76 Million Households 76
FDA Issues Guidance On Cybersecurity of Medical Devices 26
Google Threatened With $100M Lawsuit Over Nude Celebrity Photos 225
Hacking USB Firmware 97
Building a Honeypot To Observe Shellshock Attacks In the Real World 41
Xen Cloud Fix Shows the Right Way To Patch Open-Source Flaws 81
New OS X Backdoor Malware Roping Macs Into Botnet 172
Leaked Docs Reveal List of 30 Countries Hacked On Orders of FBI Informant Sabu 78
Obama Administration Argues For Backdoors In Personal Electronics 575
iOS Trojan Targets Hong Kong Protestors 72
Hundreds of Police Agencies Distributing Spyware and Keylogger 72
China Worried About Terrorist Pigeons 92
Apple Fixes Shellshock In OS X 174
FBI Plans To Open Up Malware Analysis Tool To Outside Researchers 31
CEO of Spyware Maker Arrested For Enabling Stalkers 195
Man Walks Past Security Screening Staring At iPad, Causing Airport Evacuation 217
Bash To Require Further Patching, As More Shellshock Holes Found 329
At CIA Starbucks, Even the Baristas Are Covert 242
NVIDIA Begins Requiring Signed GPU Firmware Images 192
Apple Yet To Push Patch For "Shellshock" Bug 208
Security Collapse In the HTTPS Market 185
NSF Awards $10 Million To Protect America's Processors 48
First Shellshock Botnet Attacking Akamai, US DoD Networks 236
Flurry of Scans Hint That Bash Vulnerability Could Already Be In the Wild 318
Amazon Forced To Reboot EC2 To Patch Bug In Xen 94
Where Whistleblowers End Up Working 224
Ask Slashdot: How To Keep Students' Passwords Secure? 191
Apple Allegedly Knew of iCloud Brute-Force Vulnerability Since March 93
US Asks Universities To Flag Risky Pathogen Experiments 39
Remote Exploit Vulnerability Found In Bash 399
Popular Wi-Fi Thermostat Full of Security Holes 103
Apple's TouchID Fingerprint Scanner: Still Hackable 70
To Fight $5.2B In Identity Theft, IRS May Need To Change the Way You File Taxes 410
jQuery.com Compromised To Serve Malware 103
Service Promises To Leak Your Documents If the Government Murders You 98
Secret Service Critics Pounce After White House Breach 221
Emails Cast Unflattering Light On Internal Politics of Healthcare.gov Rollout 392
Data Archiving Standards Need To Be Future-Proofed 113
Microsoft Kills Off Its Trustworthy Computing Group 99
Google's Doubleclick Ad Servers Exposed Millions of Computers To Malware 226
Dropbox and Google Want To Make Open Source Security Tools Easy To Use 24
TrueCrypt Gets a New Life, New Name 270
Home Depot Says Breach Affected 56 Million Cards 80
Tinba Trojan Targets Major US Banks 61
eBay Redirect Attack Puts Buyers' Credentials At Risk 37
NSA Director Says Agency Is Still Trying To Figure Out Cyber Operations 103
Why Is It Taking So Long To Secure Internet Routing? 85
Canon Printer Hacked To Run Doom Video Game 92
New Details About NSA's Exhaustive Search of Edward Snowden's Emails 200
Malware Distributed Through Twitch Chat Is Hijacking Steam Accounts 53
High School Student Builds Gun That Unlocks With Your Fingerprint 600
Ask Slashdot: Advice On Building a Firewall With VPN Capabilities? 238
Turning the Tables On "Phone Tech Support" Scammers 210
Mining iPhones and iCloud For Data With Forensic Tools 85
5 Million Gmail Passwords Leaked, Google Says No Evidence Of Compromise 203
Research Finds No Large-Scale Exploits of Heartbleed Before Disclosure 20
Satoshi Nakamoto's Email Address Compromised 65
Home Depot Confirms Breach of Its Payment Systems 111
Why Google Is Pushing For a Web Free of SHA-1 108
Comcast Using JavaScript Injection To Serve Ads On Public Wi-Fi Hotspots 230
Feds Say NSA "Bogeyman" Did Not Find Silk Road's Servers 142
Mozilla 1024-Bit Cert Deprecation Leaves 107,000 Sites Untrusted 67
Hackers Break Into HealthCare.gov 150
Privacy Vulnerabilities In Coursera, Including Exposed Student Email Addresses 31
Could Tech Have Stopped ISIS From Using Our Own Heavy Weapons Against Us? 448

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