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Tesla’s Website and Twitter Account Hacked—Briefly

Tesla Motors was the victim of a Website and Twitter account hack on April 25. However, the electric car vendor was able to regain...

FBI Warns That WordPress Faces Terrorist Attack Risk

The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued an alert on April 7 about the potential danger of Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists abusing vulnerabilities in the...

Misconfiguration Exposes Hotel Routers to Risk

Hospitality network equipment vendor ANTlabs issued a public advisory on March 26 about a vulnerability (identified as CVE-2015-0932) in its systems. The vulnerability is...

Twitch Has Users Reset Passwords After Possible Hack

Gamers are used to being attacked. After all, one of the most common genres of video gameplay are first-person shooters (FPS), where players attack...

Microsoft Admits Windows Users Are Vulnerable to FREAK Attacks

When the FREAK SSL and TLS encryption security vulnerability was first disclosed earlier this week, only Apple's Safari and Google's Android browsers were considered...

Netatmo Dumps User WiFi Credentials in the Clear

Netatmo is the latest vendor to be exposed as having weak security to protect user information. The Internet of things (IoT) vendor has several...

Researcher Discloses Potential Internet Explorer XSS Zero-Day Flaw

Security researcher David Leo publicly disclosed a new potential zero-day security issue on Jan. 31 that Microsoft is set to patch with a future...

Pirate Bay’s Return Isn’t Surprising

Back in December 2014, when the Pirate Bay went offline, I speculated that the torrent-tracking site likely wasn't yet done and would return. As...

Pirate Bay Shut Down by Authorities

Ever since it was created, torrent tracking site The Pirate Bay has evaded copyright holders and law enforcement—that is, until Dec. 9. On that...

Adobe Issues Out-of-Band Patch for Flash Player

Adobe issued an out-of-band patch update on Nov. 25 for a vulnerability identified as CVE-2014-8439, which impacts the Adobe Flash Player.Typically, an out-of-band patch...