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Civilian applications for domestic drones continue to evolve, but so do hackers. SkyJack, a “drone engineered to autonomously seek out, hack, and wirelessly take over other drones within wifi distance, creating an army of zombie drones under your control,” is one such example, according to security analyst Samy Kamkar. “I developed a drone that flies around, seeks the wireless signal of any other drone in the area, forcefully disconnects the wireless connection of the true owner of...

in a recent cyber attack on a forum site, thousands of legitimate WordPress blogs were abused to perform DDoS attacks using previously known vulnerabilities.  

A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to two years of probation and a fine of $183,000 after pleading guilty to taking part in an Anonymous DDoS attack against the servers of Koch Industries for one minute. Eric Rosol, 38, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of accessing a protected computer by downloading the Low Orbit Ion Cannon tool propagated by hacking collective Anonymous and using it to attack the Kochind.com website. His involvement lasted one minute before...

A worrisome email notifying users that their MasterCard debit card has been blocked just when most of them are trying to do their holiday shopping has been landing in inboxes around the world, warns MXLab. "We’ve detected unusual activity on your Bank debit card,” claims the email. “Your UK Bank debit card has been temporarily blocked, please fill document in attachment and contact us.”

iovation, stopping Internet fraud and identifying good online customers by leveraging the world's largest device reputation database, today announced that it found 30% of all online retail purchases from Black Friday to Cyber Monday in 2013--November 29 to December 2--were conducted from a mobile device. his compares to 12% of all online retail purchases being conducted from a mobile device from Black Friday to Cyber Monday 2012--November 23 to 26--representing a 150% increase. To date...

When you need help with a difficult problem, it’s always wise to turn to an expert. Maybe that’s why India’s home ministry is planning to ask the United States for assistance in decrypting communications over Skype, BlackBerry, WeChat and other services. The request is on the agenda for the U.S.-Indo police chiefs conference, which starts Wednesday in Delhi, the Economic Times reports, citing an “agenda note” from the ministry.

Britain will clear Chinese telecoms equipment firm Huawei to run a UK-based cyber security centre if it agrees to tighter rules to allay spying and hacking fears, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Huawei supplies software and equipment which channels phone calls and data around Britain and has found itself at the centre of a debate, particularly in the United States, over whether it is a risk for governments to allow foreign suppliers...

JPMorgan Chase & Co is warning some 465,000 holders of prepaid cash cards issued by the bank that their personal information may have been accessed by hackers who attacked its network in July. The cards were issued for corporations to pay employees and for government agencies to issue tax refunds, unemployment compensation and other benefits. JPMorgan said on Wednesday it detected that its web servers used by its site www.ucard.chase.com had been breached in the...

German scientists have developed a proof of concept malware prototype that could allow a hacker to infect your computers and other digital devices just using inaudible audio signals.

Serial hacker Samy Kamkar has released all the hardware and software specifications that hobbyists need to build an aerial drone that seeks out other drones in the air, hacks them, and turns them into conscripted army of unmanned vehicles under the attacker's control. Dubbed SkyJack, the contraption uses a radio-controlled Parrot AR.Drone quadcopter carrying a Raspberry Pi circuit board, a small battery, and two wireless transmitters. The devices run a combination of custom software and off-the-shelf applications...