Dylan Hodge Articles

Hackers exploit critical vulnerability found in ~100,000 WordPress sites

This article is brought to you by Artstechnica.com Article author: Dan Goodin Article source: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1654744 (credit: Pixy) Hackers are actively exploiting a critical WordPress plugin vulnerability that allows them to completely wipe all website...

Rental cars can be remotely started, tracked, and more after customers return them

Article source: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1653327 Enlarge / The screen displayed by FordPass four days after an Enterprise Rent-A-Car customer returned his Ford Mustang. (credit: Masamba Sinclair) In October, Ars chronicled the story of a man who was able to remotely...

500 Chrome extensions secretly uploaded private data from millions of users

Article source: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1653805 Enlarge More than 500 browser extensions downloaded millions of times from Google’s Chrome Web Store surreptitiously uploaded private browsing data to attacker-controlled servers, researchers said on Thursday. The...

One of the most destructive botnets can now spread to nearby Wi-Fi networks

This article is brought to you by Artstechnica.com Article author: Dan Goodin Article source: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1652937 Enlarge (credit: Marco Verch / Flickr) Over the past half decade, the Emotet malware has emerged as a top Internet threat that pillages...