5 New Nonlethal Weapons the Defense Department Is Developing

The US Department of Defense's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program is testing a new arsenal powered by lasers, plasma, chemical irritants, and more...

Here's How Hackers Could Have Spied On Your DJI Drone Account

Cybersecurity researchers at Check Point today revealed details of a potential dangerous vulnerability in DJI Drone web app that could have allowed attackers access user accounts and synced sensitive information within it, including flight records, location, live video camera feed, and photos tak...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2018:3083)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3083 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A flaw named FragmentSmack was found i...

Coalfire Teams with Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) for Fall Summit

The Department of Homeland Security DHS charged the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council HSCC with serving as a partnership between the private and public healthcare sectors. To that end, two unique councils were formed: The Healthcare and Public Health Government Coordinating...

Major weapon systems developed by US DoD highly vulnerable to cyber attacks

By Uzair Amir Several Critical Vulnerabilities Identified in Major Weapon Systems Being Developed by US DoD. The advanced weapon systems developed by the US Department of Defense with a whopping estimated expenditure of $1.66 trillion are plagued with grave flaws, which make them a potential targ...

Pentagon Weapons Systems Are Easy Cyberattack Targets, New Report Finds

A new report says the Department of Defense "likely has an entire generation of systems that were designed and built without adequately considering cybersecurity."...

California, U.S. Government Battle Over Net Neutrality State Law

The U.S. government and the state of California are butting heads over a newly-passed state law that enforces net neutrality regulations on internet service providers ISPs. And experts say that the outcome of the feud between federal and state law has long-standing implications for the future of...

Mirai Botnet Authors Avoid Jail Time

Citing "extraordinary cooperation" with the government, a court in Alaska on Tuesday sentenced three men to probation, community service and fines for their admitted roles in authoring and using "Mirai," a potent malware strain used in countless attacks designed to knock Web sites offline --...

U.S. Dept Of Defense: Account takeover due to CSRF in "Account details" option on █████████

Summary: Hi DoD team, similarly to the previous CSRF that I've reported, I've found another CSRF in the same domain, but on the Account details option. Description: The CSRF issue allows me to modify the datas of every victim that is targeted using the CSRF file, and leading to account takeover...

Kid-Focused Apps Track Location, UK Spying, and More Security News This Week

In security news this week, some apps for children may violate privacy laws, State Department devices might be less secure than your Instagram account, and more...

Why Big Tech and the Government Need to Work Together

Opinion: Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter argues for cooperation between tech workers and the DoD...

Cross site scripting

An issue was discovered in Creme CRM 1.6.12. The salesman creation page is affected by 10 stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities involving the firstname, lastname, billingaddress-address, billingaddress-zipcode, billingaddress-city, billingaddress-department, shippingaddress-address,...

DoJ Charges North Korean Hacker for Sony, WannaCry, and More

The Department of Justice has taken its first legal action against North Korea's cybercrimes, in a massive complaint made public Thursday...

NSA Leaker 'Reality Winner' Gets More Than 5 Years in Prison

A former NSA contractor, who pleaded guilty to leaking a classified report on Russian hacking of the 2016 U.S. presidential election to an online news outlet last year, has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison. Reality Winner, a 26-year-old Georgia woman who held a top-secret...

Jailhouse Tablets Allow Inmates to Steal Thousands of Dollars in Credits

Officials at the Idaho Department of Correction say that inmates from five different facilities across the state collected nearly a quarter million dollars in credits after hacking their tablets. Up to 364 inmates exploited a vulnerability in JPay tablets – which were given to prisoners for email...

Guangzhou Travel Ease App has SMS Bombing Vulnerability

Guangzhou Travel Easy APP is an information service and online business processing software launched to the public by Guangzhou Public Security Traffic Management Department. There is an SMS bombing vulnerability in Guangzhou Easy Travel APP. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to replay...

Threat Outbreak Alert RuleID33075: Email Messages Distributing Malicious Software on July 2, 2018

Medium Alert ID: 58325 First Published: 2018 July 3 13:56 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages distributing malicious software. Email messages that are related to this threat RuleID33075 may contain the following files: Name | Size...

Reality Winner, N.S.A. Contractor, Sentenced to 5+ Years in Leak Case

A former NSA contractor, Reality L. Winner, has plead guilty on charges of leaking classified information, regarding a report on election meddling by Russian operatives in the 2016 U.S. elections. She was charged with espionage and was sentenced to more than five years in prison and three years o...

How to Avoid Card Skimmers at the Pump

Previous stories here on the proliferation of card-skimming devices hidden inside fuel pumps have offered a multitude of security tips for readers looking to minimize their chances of becoming the next victim, such as favoring filling stations that use security cameras and tamper-evident tape on...

Ex-CIA employee charged with leaking 'Vault 7' hacking tools to Wikileaks

A 29-year-old former CIA computer programmer who was charged with possession of child pornography last year has now been charged with masterminding the largest leak of classified information in the agency's history. Joshua Adam Schulte , who once created malware for both the CIA and NSA to break...