Russia’s New Cyberwarfare in Ukraine Is Fast, Dirty, and Relentless
Since Russia launched its catastrophic full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, the cyberwar that it has long waged against its neighbor has […]
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
IRS Seizes Another Silk Road Hacker’s $3.36 Billion Bitcoin Stash
According to an IRS-CI affidavit detailing Zhong’s theft of the 50,000-plus bitcoins from the Silk Road, he appears to have found a […]
TikTok Admits Staff in China Can Access Europeans’ Data
Open internet proponents were relieved last month when an American candidate beat a Russian challenger in an election to run the International […]
The Rise of Rust, the ‘Viral’ Secure Programming Language That’s Taking Over Tech
These types of vulnerabilities aren’t just esoteric software bugs. Research and auditing have repeatedly found that they make up the majority of […]
The Most Vulnerable Place on the Internet
The Asia-Africa-Europe-1 internet cable travels 15,500 miles along the seafloor, connecting Hong Kong to Marseille, France. As it snakes through the South […]
You Need to Update Google Chrome, Windows, and Zoom Right Now
Other issues fixed in October are a heap buffer overflow in WebSQL tracked as CVE-2022-3446 and a use-after-free bug in Permissions API […]
China Operates Secret ‘Police Stations’ in Other Countries
For years, AlphaBay ruled the dark web. If you were in the market to buy drugs or stolen credit cards, the digital […]
If Musk Starts Firing Twitter’s Security Team, Run
Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44 billion after the least sexy will-they-won’t-they saga of all time. And while Musk attempted to […]
Apple MacOS Ventura Bug Breaks Third-Party Security Tools
The release of Apple’s new macOS 13 Ventura operating system on October 24 brought a host of new features to Mac users, […]
The Hunt for the Kingpin Behind AlphaBay, Part 1: The Shadow
Shortly before AlphaBay took over the dark web’s top spot, Alpha02 had changed his username on the site to merely “admin” and […]