Infosecurity Slackspace
DDoS-for-Hire: The New School Fire Alarm Prank?
In the digital era, there’s a less messy way to disrupt the school day: Why not jam the school servers?
Is 'Hacker-resistant' Online Voting Coming to America?
The 'Du-Vote' could go a long way to addressing a growing voter turnout problem in the US
South Korea Mandates Obsessive Kid-Tracking Spyware
The government has mandated the installation of mobile spyware that tracks keywords, app activity and location.
Starbucks Victim 'Begged and Pleaded'
It took one victim four hours on the phone and six weeks to get a refund from the coffee giant after his Starbuck app was hijacked.
Woman Saves Family with Hidden Message in Pizza Hut Order
A quick-thinking woman alerted police to a hostage situation by making use of an online pizza ordering app
Darth Vader Selfie Leads to Massive Facebook Shaming
The victim's picture, along with the caption of “OK people, take a look at this creep!” has been shared on Facebook almost 20,000 times
White House Hacked by Russian Office Chimps
Viral videos threw a monkey-wrench into White House security
A GPS Parable: Caught Red-Wristed
For one smartwatch owner in Oregon, GPS pinpointing yielded some sweet justice.
University Student Sent to the Slammer for Cheating
West Midlands Police get an ‘A’ in punishment for putting a student behind bars for 4 months, for using a keylogger to change his grades
Zombie Apps Want to Swarm Your Corporate Brain
When apps are removed from an app store, they remain on users’ mobile devices, ripe for re-animation by attackers
Bio-Implants Aren't Just for Aliens Anymore
Armed with $40 and a cattle syringe, you too can have a computing device under your skin that evades physical and digital scanning.
Big-Talking Ransomware Suffers Epic Fail
The Scraper malware has aspirational goals, but only works about 30% of the time.
Horror Baby? Hackers, Baby
A baby cam that played music, moved and swiveled on its own turned out to be one of thousands of room feeds available on a voyeur site
Caitlin Stasey Looks to Ward Off Hackers with Nude Pics
Aussie actress Caitlin Stasey plans to fight privacy violations with… a lack of online privacy
Artificial Intelligence, Hungering for Human Extinction
Prepare for the real life rise of the machines
