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Hackers Are Emptying ATMs With a Single Drilled Hole and $15 Worth of Gear

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 19:30:29 +0000

Step aside, ATM skimmers. This new attack empties out all the cash in minutes. The post Hackers Are Emptying ATMs With a Single Drilled Hole and $15 Worth of Gear appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:40:39 +0000

A twenty-year-old record of one of the earliest ever cyberespionage campaigns suggests the same spy group still be alive and hacking. The post Russian Hackers Have Used the Same Backdoor for Two Decades appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 20:08:38 +0000

Attempted intrusions against any senator aren’t surprising. But they’re a reminder election hacking shouldn’t be a partisan issue. The post Marco Rubio Says Hack Attempts From Russia Targeted Him, Too appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 20:32:25 +0000

The strange story of Amir Taaki—Bitcoin coder, anti-ISIS revolutionary, and British terrorism defendant. The post How an Anarchist Bitcoin Coder Found Himself Fighting ISIS in Syria appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:09:19 +0000

The leak shows how physical access hacks can plant undetectable spying code deep in a Macbook’s firmware. The post WikiLeaks Reveals How the CIA Can Hack a Mac’s Hidden Code appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:09:19 +0000

The leak shows how physical access hacks can plant undetectable spying code deep in a Macbook’s firmware. The post WikiLeaks Shows How the CIA Can Hack a Mac’s Hidden Code appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 14:00:39 +0000

According to Google’s own stats, only half of Android devices received a security update any time in 2016. The post Good News: Android’s Huge Security Problem Is Getting Less Huge appeared first on WIRED.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:31:32 +0000

Breaking with DOJ tradition, Comey makes official the Russia investigation Trump has long decried as “fake news.” The post The FBI Has Been Investigating Trump’s Russia Ties Since July appeared first on WIRED.