China-based hackers take an interest in Cambodia’s elections

A US-based security researcher has accused China of interfering in Cambodia’s forthcoming national election. Security vendor FireEye says it has spotted a large-scale Chinese phishing, intrusion, remote access trojan (RAT), and data exfiltration operation targeting the poll. FireEye attributed the activity to Read More …

Z-Wave Downgrade Attack Left Over 100 Million IoT Devices Open to Hackers

Researchers have found that even after having an advanced encryption scheme in place, more than 100 million Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices from thousands of vendors are vulnerable to a downgrade attack that could allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to your Read More …

Kaspersky Lab Discovers Russian Hacker Infrastructure

Compromised servers used by Crouching Yeti/Energetic Bear hacker group found by Kaspersky Lab A hacker collective known for attacking industrial companies around the world have had some of their infrastructure identified by Russian security specialists. Kaspersky Lab said that it Read More …

How to Steal Bitcoin Wallet Keys (Cold Storage) from Air-Gapped PCs

Dr. Mordechai Guri, the head of R&D team at Israel’s Ben Gurion University, who previously demonstrated various methods to steal data from an air-gapped computer, has now published new research named “BeatCoin.” BeatCoin is not a new hacking technique; instead, Read More …