Unmasking Trickbot, One of the World’s Top Cybercrime Gangs
“The Russian criminal problem isn’t going anywhere. In fact, now it’s probably closer with the security services than it’s ever been,” says […]
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
The Weird, Big-Money World of Cybercrime Writing Contests
The criminal contests have their own rules to reduce the chance of cheating, Budd says. On Exploit, the rules say the entries […]
The Cheap Radio Hack That Disrupted Poland’s Railway System
Since war first broke out between Ukraine and Russia in 2014, Russian hackers have at times used some of the most sophisticated […]
The Low-Stakes Race to Crack an Encrypted German U-Boat Message
“What am I supposed to see?” Krutzler asks, staring at his screen and bouncing his knee like he has a baby on […]
This Tool Lets Hackers Dox Almost Anyone in the US
“The government needs to stop these companies from packaging and selling our personal information,” US senator Ron Wyden of Oregon told 404 […]
Why The Chainsmokers Invest in—and Party With—Niche Cybersecurity Companies
On Saturday, with Hurricane Hilary looming, Alex Pall and Drew Taggart of the DJ duo The Chainsmokers performed a concert at Los […]
New Supply Chain Attack Hit Close to 100 Victims—and Clues Point to China
Every software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate application to push out their malware to hundreds or potentially thousands […]
HHS Launches ‘Digiheals’ Project to Better Protect US Hospitals From Ransomware
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (Arpa-H), a research support agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, […]
A Huge Scam Targeting Kids With Roblox and Fortnite ‘Offers’ Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight
Thousands of websites belonging to US government agencies, leading universities, and professional organizations have been hijacked over the last half decade and […]
An Apple Malware-Flagging Tool Is ‘Trivially’ Easy to Bypass
One of your Mac’s built-in malware detection tools may not be working quite as well as you think. At the Defcon hacker […]