Cybersecurity Tipster’s Email Led to Arrest in Massive Capital One Breach By Christian Berthelsen , William Turton , and Jennifer Surane July 30, 2019, 12:40 AM CDT Updated on July 30, 2019, 9:39 AM CDT Capital One Financial Corp. set up an email address for tipsters — including “white hat”...
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Mystery GPS glitch grounds flights, leaves passengers in the bar
The Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system is not happy. Not happy at all By Richard Speed 11 Jun 2019 at 10:07 Hundred of flights were cancelled and aircraft grounded stateside over the weekend due to a mystery GPS glitch. Reported in Hackaday and also discussed on PPrune (a site for pilots...
Student used ‘USB Killer’ device to destroy $58,000 worth of college computers
The former College of Saint Rose student faces up to 10 years in prison By Chris Welch@chriswelch Apr 17, 2019, 3:07pm EDT A former student of The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York, has pled guilty to charges that he destroyed tens of thousands of dollars worth of campus computers...
A GUIDE TO LOCKERGOGA, THE RANSOMWARE CRIPPLING INDUSTRIAL FIRMS
ANDY GREENBERG SECURITY, WIRED.COM 03.25.1902:26 PM Ransomware has long been the scourge of the cybersecurity industry. When that extortionate hacking goes beyond encrypting files to fully paralyze computers across a company, it represents not just a mere shakedown, but a crippling disruption. Now a nasty new breed of ransomware known...
THE WORLD WIDE WEB TURNS 30
THE WORLD WIDE WEB TURNS 30: OUR FAVORITE MEMORIES FROM A TO Z By Verge Staff Mar 12, 2019, 9:10am EDT On this day 30 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee submitted a proposal with the dreary title “Information Management” to his superior at the European physics laboratory CERN. It began by asking how...