Google’s top hacker hunter explains why hacking groups get codenames
For more than a decade, the cybersecurity industry has been assigning names to different hacking groups. Some of them, like…
Flock’s Plans for Rideshare Dashcams and Coaching Police, Revealed
Plus: A judge rules cell tower dumps unconstitutional, water utility hacks spread to a dozen states, a phishing email opens…
Sensitive Info Goes Into ‘No Reply’ Emails Constantly. This Guy Sees It All
Two security researchers bought cheap domains—including noreply.net and deleteduser.com—and set up email listening services. Hundreds of companies are sending them…
Computer maker Framework notifies ‘all customers’ of a data breach
Framework, a company that makes modular repairable computers, said it has notified all of its customers that hackers stole their…
Google says hackers are calling financial firm employees to hack and extort victims
Even in the age of AI-powered autonomous cyberattacks, the crude, tried and tested, hacking techniques of tricking victims into doing…
Tension as Zenith Bank confirms hackers’ unauthorised access to customers’ information
There is tension in the Nigerian banking sector as Zenith Bank has confirmed unauthorised access to some of its customers’…
Hackers steal over $130M by exploiting bug in offline hardware wallets
Hackers are in the midst of a massive theft of cryptocurrency from supposedly secure offline hardware wallets, according to blockchain…
Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated
Can autonomous AI agents be sued or prosecuted for hacking? It’s no longer a question for sci-fi movies. It’s a…
The New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key
Created by legendary hardware hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang, the badges for this year’s famed security conference aim to push the…
The hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught
Over the last few decades, several mysterious hackers have captured the public’s imagination, but none quite like Phineas Fisher. A…