Items tagged with cybersecurity
A financially-motivated hacking group, tracked by Microsoft as Storm-2657, has so far successfully compromised employee accounts at three U.S. universities to steal their salaries in what campaign experts are deeming "payroll pirate"...
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Discord, the latest company to be hit with a data breach, is on the defensive after the group responsible for the attack made statements to Bleeping Computer regarding the extent of the intrusion. Because the company is refusing to pay a...
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Like technology and life at large, even familiar malware continues to evolve—to wit, Microsoft warns that MacOS malware XCSSET has undergone another major evolution since earlier this year, bringing key changes to its "browser targeting...
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While some would like to see themselves as Robin Hood-type, well-intentioned opportunists, it has long been known that there is no honor among thieves. Case in point: today's story, where a man named Raivo Plavnieks was trying to raise...
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Passkeys are just as vulnerable to browser-side attacks as more traditional forms of authentication, per SquareX. SquareX is a cybersecurity firm known best for its BDR ("Browser Detection and Response") enterprise security solutions, and...
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Security researchers at ESET have discovered a new threat actor in the constantly evolving cybersecurity space. The hacker group, dubbed GhostRedirector, has been attacking Windows servers using novel, custom tools. Apparently, this...
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We are not expecting a decline in the number of data breaches and ransomware campaigns anytime soon. At least not at a time when AI is becoming an enabler for the malicious activities of black hat hackers. We’ve published a lot of reports...
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The cruelty of black hat hackers seems to know no bounds as they operate with complete disregard for ethical considerations. Just a few days ago, we reported on a vicious ransomware attack on a kidney dialysis organization, and prior to...
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Update, 8/23/25, 1:45 PM ET: The company that makes the Flipper Zero has released a blog post in response to recent stories regarding stolen vehicles. The blog post states that, "the so-called hacker firmwares for Flipper Zero don’t add anything new — they just reuse techniques documented...
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CrushFTP, a service that provides users with secure file server software, has recently been targeted by hackers. Unfortunately, it seems as if some customers have been compromised, with thousands of servers still vulnerable to being...
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Luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton is grappling with the fallout from its third cyberattack in as many months, with recent breaches affecting customer data in the UK, South Korea, and Turkey. All of the attacks are so far believed to be...
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The rise of AI has resulted in the technology permiating our daily life, with many companies using it their hiring process. That includes McDonald’s, which deploys a chatbot named Olivia made by Paradox.ai on its McHire.com site...
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If you're like me, you spend part of your morning sifting through your inbox to separate the important stuff from the deluge of junk mail that fills it up each and every day (including Gmail accounts, despite Google's best efforts). Even...
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A newly disclosed Secure Boot vulnerability is putting a large number of PCs at risk of bootkit attacks, with security researchers urging immediate patching. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-3052, was uncovered by Binarly Research and...
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A new variant of the BADBOX malware campaign has taken root in over a million Android-based devices worldwide, and if you’ve picked up a cheap smart TV box or projector off Amazon or AliExpress lately, you might be part of the problem...
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Lingerie giant Victoria's Secret has abruptly taken down its U.S. website and some in-store services, citing an ongoing "security incident." The move, which has left customers unable to access online shopping and order tracking, comes as...
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It might surprise you to learn this, but cybercriminals are usually fairly protective of the data they steal, because things like credentials and login details have value, and can be sold to the right buyer. That's why it's so unusual that...
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Intel is once again in the crosshairs of a fresh speculative execution exploit, this time dubbed "Branch Privilege Injection." The new vulnerability, revealed by researchers at ETH Zurich's COMSEC group, is capable of extracting sensitive...
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In a recent study, scientists sounded the alarm on the vulnerability of DNA data, particularly those obtained through next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS), against nefarious hackers. While no known bio-data breach has occurred in the real...
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Modern AI is far from science-fiction AGI, and yet it can still be an incredibly powerful tool. Like any tool, if misused, it can pose a threat to legitimate users, like how we recently covered photographers' concerns that Google's Gemini...
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You probably have experienced situations where you needed to convert files from one format to another. In these cases, free online file converters are a common solution. However, the FBI Denver Field Office has just taken to X (formerly...
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Netgear has issued an urgent security update for six of its popular WiFi home gateways, including three Nighthawk Pro gaming routers, after researchers uncovered severe Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. These flaws, which allow...
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