Ever been curious about how easy it is for a hacker to crack passwords? This new video from YouTube channel Computerphile does an exceptional job diving into the world of cracking with explanation. It's a long one, so grab a cup of java and relax. Your simple password that reads ThunderLightning98980274 might be alright, but this cracking video suggests that even that one isn't safe....
Ryan Collins has plead guilty to the theft of hundreds of nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Ariana Grande and more celebrities. Collins is a 36-year-old male from Lancaster, PA. He signed the plea agreement with the US Attorney in Los Angeles on Tuesday of this week. Collins admitted that he used a phishing scheme to get the usernames and passwords to roughly 50 iCloud...
The bad side of USB Oh great, as if it wasn't bothersome enough knowing that all our online communications are susceptible to government spying with very little we can do about it, now we've come to find out that just by having a USB port, there exists a pretty serious security risk every time we plug in a compatible peripheral. The problem is that virtually any of the millions of USB...
Two researchers speaking at the Chaos Computing Congress in Hamburg, Germany have revealed an elaborate caper carried out by a gang of hackers that saw ATM machines being emptied of their cash in an undisclosed European country. At some point in 2013, hackers came up with an elaborate scheme that would give them complete control of ATM machines from an unknown bank in Europe. The plan...
The Syrian Electronic Army just loves hacking into Twitter. It breached the accounts of the BBC’s weather service, Financial Times, The Guardian, Telegraph and the Associated Press, and it’s more than likely not done yet. Well, Twitter’s not just going take that lying down, so good for them that they decided to lock down those gates with a second set of keys. In fact, the two-factor...
When you think of bank robbers, ski-masked men seizing a bank with guns blazing might be the predominant mental picture. Oh, but that’s soooo over. Thieves no longer have to threaten tellers or ransack vaults to get their loot. But they do need tech expertise, a group of henchmen and planning. Lots and lots of planning. At least that’s what it took when a team of men — both computer...
Journalists are supposed to report the news, not be the news. Someone should’ve told that to Matthew Keys. The deputy social media editor for Reuters was just indicted for conspiring with Anonymous to hack a Tribune website. According to the Department of Justice, Keys — who used to work at The Tribune Company — encouraged the contact to disrupt the site and even offered his login to...
In the 21st century, we have advanced consumer technologies that let us to communicate instantly with people around the world. And yet, we are still required to appear in person or mail in our ballots to vote in the election. That may seem backwards, but one of the primary reasons is the inherent security risks involved with any sort of Internet-driven voting. (Online voter registration...
The design of the Nexus Q is an anomaly: it resembles something between an 18th century cannonball and Blade Runner kitchenware, but it stands out as a premium gadget that's cool in concept. But what about in practice? Note: The Nexus Q was originally priced at $299, but has since been taken off the market. Google still has a product page up for the device, though it's currently not...
What do you do when you need to backup several thousand floppy disks from yesteryear? If you’re a true geek, you build a machine to automate the entire process, which not only demands mad respect, but also will save you the fatigue and frustration of having to pop each disk into your PC individually as you go through the tedious steps to copy the contents off of each one. This is the...