Feds Indict North Korean Hackers for Years of Heists
Most surprising, perhaps, is the extent of the hackers’ alleged schemes as cryptocurrency scammers and even would-be entrepreneurs. The indictment outlines how […]
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
Malware Is Now Targeting Apple’s New M1 Processor
Mac malware has always been less common than its Windows-targeting counterparts, but in recent years the threat to Apple computers has gone […]
France Ties Russia’s Sandworm to a Multiyear Hacking Spree
The Russian military hackers known as Sandworm, responsible for everything from blackouts in Ukraine to NotPetya, the most destructive malware in history, […]
A Barcode Scanner App With Millions of Downloads Goes Rogue
A benign barcode scanner with more than 10 million downloads from Google Play has been caught receiving an upgrade that turned it […]
Cyberpunk 2077 Maker Was Hit With Ransomware—and Won’t Pay Up
Ransomware became an increasingly dire threat throughout 2020, as hackers continued to target hospitals and health care providers in the midst of […]
A Hacker Tried to Poison a Florida City’s Water Supply
Around 8 am on Friday morning, an employee of a water treatment plant in the 15,000-person city of Oldsmar, Florida, noticed that […]
A Second SolarWinds Hack Deepens Third-Party Software Fears
It’s been more than two months since revelations that alleged Russia-backed hackers broke into the IT management firm SolarWinds and used that […]
North Korea Targets—and Dupes—a Slew of Cybersecurity Pros
One early January morning, security researcher Zuk Avraham got a nondescript direct message out of the blue on Twitter: “Hi.” It was […]
The SolarWinds Hackers Used Tactics Other Groups Will Copy
One of the most chilling aspects of Russia’s recent hacking spree—which breached numerous United States government agencies among other targets—was the successful […]
Hackers Used Zero-Days to Infect Windows and Android Devices
Google researchers have detailed a sophisticated hacking operation that exploited vulnerabilities in Chrome and Windows to install malware on Android and Windows […]