Business Wire

Carnegie Mellon’s hacking team wins fourth straight, record ninth overall DEF CON Capture-the-Flag title

PPP joined forces with CMU alumnus and University of British Columbia Professor Robert Xiao's team, Maple Bacon, and hackers from CMU Alum startup Theori.io (The Duck), playing under the name Maple ...
Security Boulevard

Women in CyberSecurity Launches Just Hacking Program To Address Skills Gaps

Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) recently launched the Just Hacking Program, a technical training initiative focused on practical skills that are most in ...
TechCrunch

CEO of spyware maker Memento Labs confirms one of its government customers was caught using its malware

On Monday, researchers at cybersecurity giant Kaspersky published a report identifying a new spyware called Dante that they say targeted Windows victims in Russia and neighboring Belarus. The ...
Bleeping Computer

Italian spyware vendor linked to Chrome zero-day attacks

A zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome, exploited in Operation ForumTroll earlier this year, delivered malware linked to Italian spyware vendor Memento Labs, born after IntheCyber Group acquired ...
Dark Reading

Memento Spyware Tied to Chrome Zero-Day Attacks

A zero-day vulnerability in Google's Chrome Web browser was exploited earlier this year through commercial spyware tools from Hacking Team successor Memento Labs. The vulnerability, tracked as ...
Business Wire

Carnegie Mellon’s Hacking Team Wins Third Straight, Record Eighth Overall DEF CON Capture-the-Flag Title

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, Carnegie Mellon University’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), won its third consecutive title, ...