New Mac Ransomware Is Even More Sinister Than It Appears
The threat of ransomware may seem ubiquitous, but there haven’t been too many strains tailored specifically to infect Apple’s Mac computers since […]
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
Schools Already Struggled With Cybersecurity. Then Came Covid-19
Another issue Henry found was in the way Polk County used Microsoft SharePoint platform, a collaboration and storage tool, to manage data. […]
Anonymous Stole and Leaked a Megatrove of Police Documents
It’s been the better part of a decade since the hacktivist group Anonymous rampaged across the internet, stealing and leaking millions of […]
The Russian Disinfo Operation You Never Heard About
The Internet Research Agency is infamous for flooding mainstream social media platforms with compelling disinformation campaigns. The GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, […]
Ripple20 Bugs Put Hundreds of Millions of IoT Devices at Risk
Security experts have warned for years that the drive to connect every device imaginable to the internet would offer a bonanza for […]
Researchers Expose a New Vulnerability in Intel’s CPUs
For the past two years, modern CPUs—particularly those made by Intel—have been under siege by an unending series of attacks that make […]
Spies Can Eavesdrop by Watching a Light Bulb’s Vibrations
The technique nonetheless has some limitations. In their tests, the researchers used a hanging bulb, and it’s not clear if a bulb […]
NSA: Russia’s Sandworm Hackers Have Hijacked Mail Servers
A warning that hackers are exploiting vulnerable email servers doesn’t exactly qualify as an unusual event. But when that warning comes from […]
ShinyHunters Is a Hacking Group on a Data Breach Spree
Data breaches have become an all too common threat in recent years, exposing personal information through attacks on companies and institutions. Some […]
The Nigerian Fraudsters Ripping Off the Unemployment System
As millions of people around the United States scrambled in recent weeks to collect unemployment benefits and disbursements through the federal CARES […]