Popular cable modem vulnerable to remote reboot/reset flaw Updated ISPs told to brace for help desk melt-down as mass disconnections feared Security11 Apr 2016 | 14
Microsoft account-hijacking hole closed 48 hours after bug report Token-harvesting attack meant one login could open doors to multiple Microsoft services Security05 Apr 2016 | 5
Top Firefox extensions can hide silent malware using easy pre-fab tool Black Hat Asia The fix? No patch, just destroy all extensions. Security04 Apr 2016 | 41
Hacker reveals $40 attack that steals police drones from 2km away Black Hat Asia No encryption in pro-grade drones: just sniff Wi-Fi and copy signals Security01 Apr 2016 | 19
Boffins urged to publish in free journals by science sugardaddy Wellcome Trust: How about those open-access titles, huh? Hint, hint Science26 Mar 2016 | 36
iOS flaw exploited to decrypt iMessages, access iThing photos Apple promises patch, boffins won't reveal details, FBI presumably salivating Security21 Mar 2016 | 36
Brits seek rousing name for polar research vessel The Royal Research Ship Titanic? Maybe not Science17 Mar 2016 | 91
Hackers demo prototype security scanner that thinks like a human Nullcon First of its kind project a mammoth effort. Security17 Mar 2016 | 14
Mechanic computers used to pwn cars in new model-agnostic attack Nullcon Proof-of-concept gets shiny sharp new teeth. Security13 Mar 2016 | 38
Hackers turn to angr for automated exploit discovery and patching Nullcon Fuzzing and Driller all killer, no filler Security13 Mar 2016 | 7
Hardsploit: The handy hacker help for hapless hopeful hardware hacks Nullcon Like Nessus, for Things. Because there's password gold in them thar chips Security11 Mar 2016 | 1
0day remote code exec holes in mobile modems can read SMS and HTTP Nullcon Or that mobile USB dongle could let an attacker take over your PC! Hooray! Security11 Mar 2016 | 2
Chinese boffins grow new eye lenses using stem cells A dozen kids have seen the light after a trial hailed as step towards regenerative medicine Science10 Mar 2016 | 32
Open trucker comms lets Shodan snoops alter routes, tap CANs buses. New delivery address: my place Security08 Mar 2016 | 19
Rent a denial-of-service booter for $60, wreak $720k in damage Or $7.2 million a day, by some measures Security04 Mar 2016 | 9
Great news! Only 707,509,815 records breached in 2015 Things were worse in 2014, but governments are trying to drag us down with sloppy security Channel01 Mar 2016 | 8
Patient monitors altered, drug dispensary popped in colossal hospital hack A dozen facilities fall as humble dropped USB sticks lead to network ruin Security25 Feb 2016 | 33
Hijack wireless mice, keyboards, with $15 of kit and 15 lines of code MouseJack attack lets you send anything into wireless peripherals radio dongles Security24 Feb 2016 | 20
Hackers use Microsoft security tool to pwn Microsoft security tool EMET knocks out EMET. And the winner is ... nobody. Except Linux advocates OSes24 Feb 2016 | 20
MIT boffins' code scans your health claims, tunes plans for bosses Tool tells companies where to spend insurance bucks Science19 Feb 2016 | 19
Boffins freeze brains, then thaw them – and they're in perfect order Rabbit and pig brains look fine, but haven't been transplanted. Sorry, Walt Science11 Feb 2016 | 35
Boffins smear circuitry onto contact lenses 'Eyeballing a computer' gets closer thanks to Anglo-Australian collaboration Science05 Feb 2016 | 21
Reg readers speak out on Thin Client technology Survey Results Good potential, but just one ingredient in the mix Virtualization28 Jan 2016 | 25
Israeli academics claim they can predict botnet attacks Isolated attacks can add up to concerted malbot action , say boffins Security28 Jan 2016 | 3
PayPal patches deadly server remote code execution flaw Java deserialisation flaw was so nasty, PayPal paid bounties to two researchers Security27 Jan 2016 | 7
Outsourcing spend declining for 2016, says research Better drink up that bubbly guys, the good times are coming to an end Channel19 Jan 2016 | 2
LastPass in 2FA lock down after 'fessing up to phishing attack Shmoocon Password vault-plundering phishing bait lands on Github Security18 Jan 2016 | 28
UK universities unveil £28m hub for Internet of Things No word on when they'll connect the hub to the smart beer fridge Edge + IoT06 Jan 2016 | 26
Obama: What will solve America's gun problem? What could it be? *snaps fingers* Technology! Prez calls for plans from three agencies Legal06 Jan 2016 | 148
Comcast's Xfinity home alarms can be disabled by wireless jammers And you thought its cable service was bad … Security05 Jan 2016 | 35
American cyber crims operate popup hack 'n crack sites in plain sight Yanks thumb noses at cops, use YouTube to sell RATs Security14 Dec 2015 | 3
Russian friends make German web scum the 'best' in European Union Researchers find n00b friendly slick sites in crime forum probe Security14 Dec 2015 | 8
Hundreds of thousands of engine immobilisers hackable over the net Kiwicon Kiwi hacker finds brutal holes in location, tracking units Security11 Dec 2015 | 18
Overhaul Wassenaar or ruin next Heartbleed fix, top policy boffin says Kiwicon Stop crooks, not 100 cross-border collaboration during crises Security11 Dec 2015 | 7
Brit-American hacker duo throws pwns on IoT BBQs, grills open admin Kiwicon Half-baked code a feast for attackers because Thing-builders are hopeless Edge + IoT10 Dec 2015 | 35
Aussie hacker flips Coin into fraudster fob Kiwicon Shoddy authentication checks let stolen, expired credit cards be loaded on payment gadgets Security09 Dec 2015 |
HTTPSohopeless: 26,000 Telstra Cisco boxen open to device hijacking Embedded device mayhem as rivals share keys Security27 Nov 2015 | 22
Hacker predicts AMEX card numbers, bypasses chip and PIN Easy algorithm and US$10 bork-box mean fun for fraudsters Security25 Nov 2015 | 50
600,000 cable modems have an easy to pop backdoor in a backdoor Brazilian whacks Arris for easy-t-o-guess default password, fix promised fast Security20 Nov 2015 | 11
Outrageous OPSEC: What happens when skiddies play natsec Rocket Kitten phishermen self-d0x with hard-coded credentials Security10 Nov 2015 | 4
Yahoo! crypto! queen! turns! security! code! into! evil! tracker! HTTP Strict Transport Security isn't working as advertised or planned Security28 Oct 2015 | 20
Hackers pop grease monkeys' laptops to disable Audi airbags Just when VW thought it was back under control, a nasty 0-day pulls up Security23 Oct 2015 | 47
Security researchers face wrath of spy agencies Academics deported, harassed, have contracts and clearances shredded after spookwork Security22 Oct 2015 | 20
'10-second' theoretical hack could jog Fitbits into malware-spreading mode Updated Wristputer-pusher disputes claims from Fortinet Security21 Oct 2015 | 16
Job alert: Is this the toughest sysadmin role on Earth? And are you badass enough to do it? (Aside from sendmail admin) On-Prem16 Oct 2015 | 73
Slacker vendors' one-fix-a-year effort leaves 88% of Androids vulnerable Nexus runs rings around rivals. Security16 Oct 2015 | 30
Russian peeping Toms look at but won't touch popped web data troves Cyber Defence Summit No malware, no data slurp, but they still know where you live Security15 Oct 2015 | 2
VXers eyeing 'undetectable' codeless code-injection technique Cyber Defence Summit Check your generic detection techniques at the door Security14 Oct 2015 | 8
Crypto cadre cloud-cracks SHA-1 with just $75k of compute cost Plans to retire cipher in 2017 may need to be brought forward Security09 Oct 2015 | 29
DDoS defences spiked by CloudPiercer tool - paper 70% of sites trying to hide true IP address cough their secrets Security08 Oct 2015 | 12
Talk revealing p0wnable surveillance cams pulled after legal threat Hack in the Box Hard-coded creds, flaws galore, plague pricey peepers Security08 Oct 2015 | 36
AirDrop hole deposits stealth malware on all pre-iOS 9 Apple devices Clicked no? No matter, hackers can replace your apps anyway – so get updating to version 9 Security16 Sep 2015 | 12
GCHQ wants to set your passwords. In a good way Enough already with the strength meters and frequent changes says security agency Security11 Sep 2015 | 67
Google bods reform DEMOCRACY in coconut or vitamin water quandry 'Utopian' social network could go official – but then, it is on Google+ ... so Software01 Sep 2015 | 13
Boffins laugh at Play Store bonehead security with instant app checker Your malicious payload is cool with Google, just call it something else. Applications31 Aug 2015 | 22
Boffins promise file system that will NEVER lose data Borked box? Silly software? Researchers say they'll cover every eventuality come October On-Prem26 Aug 2015 | 34
Devs are SHEEP. Which is good when the leader writes secure code Boffins study developers and find good examples will be followed by the herd Software26 Aug 2015 | 18
Activist pens pirate's map to 'liberating' academic journals See? Information really does want to be free Security20 Aug 2015 | 26
Anti-botnet initiatives USELESS in sea of patch-hating pirates A million low end, pirate boxes still spewing malware relic. Channel18 Aug 2015 | 22
Veedub flub hubbub stubs car-jack hack flap Rent a Ferrari today, crack its crypto and STEAL it tomorrow Security18 Aug 2015 | 35
Boffins nail 2FA with 'ambient sound' login for the lazy If your PC and smartmobe both hear the same things, you're in! Security17 Aug 2015 | 26