A hacker tried to sell the personal information of nearly every Austrian citizen, police say
A case of human error with major consequences
FBI brings down massive ransomware gang by "hacking the hackers"
The feds' actions saved victims over $130 million
What just happened? In what could be described as beautifully ironic, a notorious ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang has been brought down after the FBI infiltrated its systems, disrupted operations, and seized its sites. Or, as the Deputy US Attorney General put it, they "hacked the hackers."
Hackers used legitimate remote help-desk tools to scam multiple US federal agencies
Widespread campaign tricked federal employees into "refunding" bad actors fake charges
CryptoAPI bug makes 99% of Windows servers vulnerable
The newly released PoC code can exploit a flaw that was already patched in August
LastPass security breach keeps getting worse, admits parent company
Hackers stole encrypted backups, too
Data breach may have leaked classified law enforcement operations information to criminals
"It may lead to tragic consequences for police officers and undercover agents"
Insecure server exposes the US government's "No Fly List"
A bloated database mostly flagging Arabic or Russian-sounding names
Riot Games hacker has stolen League of Legends source code and anti-cheat program
The stolen code could increase the likelihood of new cheats emerging
New malware dubbed "Hook" allows hijacking and real-time spying on Android devices
Hackers can use it to view and download pictures and files, completely take over the phone using VNC, and more
Latest T-Mobile data breach impacts 37 million customers
The attacker used a single API to siphon data
Ransomware victims are finally refusing to pay up
Cybercriminals' favorite extortion business is on a downward curve
Thousands of PayPal accounts breached in credential stuffing attack
Another illustration of why you should never recycle credentials
How to stop Android 13 from revealing your passwords
Make sure sensitive information doesn't appear in Android 13's new clipboard
Sophisticated mobile ad scam peaked at 12 billion requests per day
An estimated 11 million devices were hit
You should change your password manager's clipboard settings now
Leaving passwords in the clipboard indefinitely could be dangerous
Mozilla confirms it won't cripple Manifest V2 ad blockers in Firefox
Firefox 109 supports the latest extension tech without forgetting the past
A firmware update made Secure Boot useless for hundreds of MSI motherboards
Secure Boot isn't secure if the settings are wrong
NortonLifeLock warns of password manager breach after failing to reject mass login attempts
Credential stuffing attack could impact thousands of accounts
Microsoft Defender update kills Start Menu shortcuts and program files on Windows
"Defender really is the Gift that keeps on giving!"
Researchers have created a new and potentially dangerous encryption-breaking quantum algorithm
Some cryptography researchers see the claim as misleading, others see it as a potential warning sign
The Chromium Project will support the Rust programming language
Taking a cautious approach to avoid interoperability issues with C++
The US Department of the Interior has a significant password issue
No "123456" passwords here but opsec is still very, very bad
First Patch Tuesday of 2023 includes fixes for 98 security flaws and one zero-day bug
A bountiful batch of bugfixes to keep Windows and Microsoft software secure
Facial recognition leads to week-long wrongful imprisonment
Louisiana police have few, if any restrictions on using facial recognition
ChatGPT is also getting used to write fairly complex malicious code
A chatbot that can take care of the entire infection flow