Chinese hackers targeted five European foreign ministries in the run-up to the Russia-hosted G20 summit in September, according to security firm FireEye. There is no evidence that it was state-sponsored snooping,… Read more »
Politicians from Germany’s two biggest parties are currently negotiating what their grand coalition will look like, and they’ve reportedly decided on at least one thing: they need encrypted phones. According to… Read more »
Belgium’s federal prosecutor is looking into a claim by Belgacom that its systems were hacked into and infected with a virus. Reports say the complexity of the malware suggests an intelligence… Read more »
The details, which appear to be genuine, do not include passwords. They do include OAuth tokens, though, so Twitter users should probably revoke and re-establish access to connected third-party apps. Read more »
It’s pretty worrying when a hacker can take over a baby monitor and start yelling obscenities at an infant girl. But the incident provides a taste of the future if makers… Read more »
Legal action by Wired.com reporter Kevin Poulsen has succeeded in getting the Secret Service to start releasing its file on deceased hacker activist Swartz. The first 104 pages confirm the Secret… Read more »
A Bloomberg report suggests widespread cooperation between U.S. tech firms and the nation’s intelligence agencies that could help those spies hack into foreign computers. Read more »