Hackers

Feds Just Charged 3 Spammers With the Biggest Data Breach in History

The only thing that sucks more than spam are the greedy people who send it to you. That’s why the Department of Justice charging three spam kingpins responsible for one of the largest data breaches in history is so exciting. Finally, Feds are taking down the spam kingpins—or at least trying. A small army of…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Mar 6

15 Insane Indie Game Controllers For Even Crazier Games

Video games are pretty simple: there’s a TV, a handheld controller and some buttons, right? Not at the Alt.Ctrl gallery at this year’s Game Developer Conference. It’s a handmade arcade filled with bizarre, custom game controllers that defy convention. Spacebro Justice Rocket Have you ever thought the awkward moment when you try to fist-bump someone…

Tech News Sean Buckley Mar 6

What’s the Most Convincing Phishing Scam You’ve Ever Seen?

Phishing scams are often obvious. For example, a hacker bot just emailed some Gizmodo writers with the subject line: “Send your full contact informations for a do na ti on claims.” LOL not a chance. But dangerously convincing phishing scams definitely exist. Last year, a pair of shockingly convincing phishing scam targeted Google and Apple…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Mar 2

It Looks Like Lizard Squad Hacked Lenovo

If you happened to visit Lenovo.com this afternoon you might’ve seen a random teen with an amazing haircut, wearing a headset, and posing for a webcam. This is no accident. It looks like the Lizard Squad hacked in and took over the homepage. It’s a pretty funny hack, honestly. As with any hack, it’s hard…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Feb 25

Your Phone’s Battery Use Lets Spies Track Your Movements

Spies and cops can use your smartphone to track your movements. That’s no mystery—most smartphones come with a GPS chip that makes it pretty damned simple. So if you don’t want to be tracked, you just turn off the GPS feature, right? Unfortunately, there is another way prying eyes can follow your movements: through your…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Feb 20

Game Lets You Hack the Mainframe Just Like in Jurassic Park

Every nerd born before 1990 knows the Jurassic Park hacking scene. “It’s a UNIX system—I know this!” Now, thanks to some nostalgic developers, you too can hack into the mainframe. A newly developed game mimics the 3D interface that Lex conquered to save everyone from the dinosaurs over 20 years ago. It’s pretty fun! It’s…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Feb 18

Bank Security Is So Bad That a Simple Phishing Scam Can Cost $1 Billion

In potentially the largest bank heist on record, an Eastern European hacker ring is stealing an estimated $1 billion from banks by infecting computers with malware and siphoning money. But how the hackers infiltrated these banks speaks to a much bigger problem: The current security standards (or lack thereof) at major financial institutions are so…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Feb 16

One Simple Way to Protect Yourself in the Age of Password Dumps

In the last couple of hours three prominent social media accounts have been hacked: The Twitter accounts of Newsweekand Twitter CFO Anthony Noto, as well as the Facebook account of Delta Airlines. And there’s more. There were all those passwords published this morning too! A well-meaning security expert assembled 10 million previously-leaked passwords and released…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar Feb 10

Scorpion Features Another One Of The All-Time Great Fake Hacking Scenes

Last night on Scorpion, our gang of geniuses goes on a cruise ship to deal with some deadly rockets that are being smuggled on it. Which leads to this great scene, where a rocket is going to hit a Navy helicopter in 45 seconds… unless a little kid can hack into a Japanese destroyer in…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Feb 10

Report Finds Anti-Hacking Car Security “Inconsistent and Haphazard”

Senator Ed Markey recently asked all of the major car companies for information about how they protect drivers’ security and privacy in cars with wireless technology. The answers were not good. The senator’s report found that anti-hacker measures in nearly every single one of these cars were “inconsistent and haphazard.” That’s putting it lightly. Long…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Feb 10

Why So Many Hackers Are Going After the Health Care Industry

Initial suspicions from the massive hack at Anthem are just starting to roll in, and they are suspicious. Long story short, a few unnamed people immediately jumped to the conclusionthat it was China. That said, Anthem is hardly the only health care company that’s been hacked lately. It’s a bit of an pandemic, actually (pardon…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Feb 5

Some Stock Broker Lost $75,000 To Hackers Over One Email

The SEC just revealed that the vast majority of brokerages and financial advisers have been hit with cyberattacks. The agency’s report also reveals: “One adviser reported a loss in excess of $75,000 related to a fraudulent email, for which the client was made whole.” LOL what? That’s a pretty large sum of money to lose…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Feb 3

Hackers Posed as Hot Girls on Skype to Steal Intel From Syrian Rebels

It’s kind of the oldest trick in the book. Catfishing is where you pretend to be someone you’re not online so that you can trick someone else into doing something. And based on a new report, this is exactly how pro-Assad hackers have been robbing intel from opposition forces: They’ve been posing as hot girls…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Feb 2

Beware: Porn-Based Malware Is Sweeping Across Facebook

Don’t click any porn links on Facebook. Just don’t. It’s a good rule of thumb, but there’s an extra good reason right now. There’s a troubling type of porn-based malware that’s apparently infected over 110,000 Facebook users in two days. And you could get the same Click Transmitted Disease. The Facebook malware is disguised as…

Social Media Adam Clark Estes Jan 30

Lizard Squad Claims to Take Down Facebook, Instagram (Update: No They Didn’t)

Overnight, reports circulated about Facebook and Instagram going dark. Now, Lizard Squad is claiming to have taken down a large handful of sites—albeit briefly. Reports suggest that Facebook, Instagram, Tinder, MySapce, AIM and Hipchat at the very least were affected by the alleged attack. All those sites are definitely now back up and running properly,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jan 27

Barrett Brown Will Spend 5 Years In Jail for Hacking-Related Offenses

A federal judge just sentenced journalist Barrett Brown to 63 months in prison and ordered him to pay nearly $890,000 in restitution for charges related to the 2011 hack of Stratfor Global Intelligence. Brown’s supporters maintain that the young writer and activist was “merely linking to hacked material.” Either way, he’ll spend about five years…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Jan 22

What Obama Gets Wrong About Cybersecurity

So there’s good news, and there’s bad news. The good news is that Obama mentioned a sprawling set of cybersecurity initiatives at the State of the Union tonight. The bad news is that they suck. Improving the country’s cybersecurity is important. However, the president’s new proposals could act to erode Americans’ civil liberties and further…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Jan 20

Sony Hackers Used a Zero Day Vulnerability to Break In

That hackers really messed up Sony’s shit is indisputable, but how they did it (and also who they were) is still up in the air. A Recode report sheds some light on the former, though; access was apparently gained through a Zero Day vulnerability, a previously unknown hole that could very well have been for…

Tech News Eric Limer Jan 20

Lizard Squad Kept Its Hacker-for-Hire Customers’ Info in Plain Text

Somebody hacked the Lizard Squad’s super stupid DDoS-for-hire service last week, and guess what? The Lizard Squad sucks at cybersecurity. Not only did the hackers leave their so-called LizardStresser service vulnerable, the money-hungry kids left all their customers’ data in plain text and $11,000 in bitcoin on the table. It’s unclear where the money is…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jan 19

World Economic Forum Warns About “Global Threat” of IoT Hacking

You know that character in some horror films who warns unsuspecting (usually) teenage victims of their impending death? The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks report is kind of like that guy, filled with doom but offering damn good advice on how to stay alive. This year, the report focused on the internet of things. Last…

Tech News Darren Orf Jan 18

Feds Just Charged 3 Spammers With the Biggest Data Breach in History

15 Insane Indie Game Controllers For Even Crazier Games

What’s the Most Convincing Phishing Scam You’ve Ever Seen?

It Looks Like Lizard Squad Hacked Lenovo

Your Phone’s Battery Use Lets Spies Track Your Movements

Game Lets You Hack the Mainframe Just Like in Jurassic Park

Bank Security Is So Bad That a Simple Phishing Scam Can Cost $1 Billion

One Simple Way to Protect Yourself in the Age of Password Dumps

Scorpion Features Another One Of The All-Time Great Fake Hacking Scenes

Report Finds Anti-Hacking Car Security “Inconsistent and Haphazard”

Why So Many Hackers Are Going After the Health Care Industry

Some Stock Broker Lost $75,000 To Hackers Over One Email

Hackers Posed as Hot Girls on Skype to Steal Intel From Syrian Rebels

Beware: Porn-Based Malware Is Sweeping Across Facebook

Lizard Squad Claims to Take Down Facebook, Instagram (Update: No They Didn’t)

Barrett Brown Will Spend 5 Years In Jail for Hacking-Related Offenses

What Obama Gets Wrong About Cybersecurity

Sony Hackers Used a Zero Day Vulnerability to Break In

Lizard Squad Kept Its Hacker-for-Hire Customers’ Info in Plain Text

World Economic Forum Warns About “Global Threat” of IoT Hacking

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