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Marquis Sues Firewall Provider SonicWall, Claims Security Flaws With Firewall Backup Led To Ransomware Attack
Fintech giant Marquis is suing firewall provider SonicWall, claiming a previous breach allowed hackers to steal sensitive information about customer firewalls that led to a ransomware…
Brian Merchant, who writes for Blood on the machinereports that people across the United States are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras amid growing public outrage…
VPN flaws allowed Chinese hackers to compromise dozens of Ivanti customers, report says
In February 2021, software giant Ivanti discovered that Chinese hackers had breached the network of Pulse Secure, one of its subsidiaries that provided VPN devices to…
A student admissions website used by families to enroll children in schools has patched a security bug that exposed their personal information. The Ravenna Hub website,…
Ukrainian man jailed for identity theft that helped North Koreans get jobs at US companies
A U.S. federal court has sentenced a Ukrainian man to five years in prison for his role in a long-running identity theft operation that helped North…
Cellebrite cut off Serbia citing misuse of its phone unlocking tools. Why not others?
Last year, phone-hacking tools maker Cellebrite announced it had suspended Serbian police as a customer after human rights investigators alleged local police and intelligence services used…
In 2010, the famous security researcher Barnafrom Jack spectacularly hacked into an ATM cash machine on stage at the Black Hat security conference, causing it to…
Sex toy maker Tenga notified customers of a data breach on Friday, according to an email obtained by TechCrunch. In the message, the Japanese company said…
Def Con, one of the world’s largest and longest-running hacking conventions, announced Wednesday that three people connected to Jeffrey Epstein are no longer allowed to attend.…
Intellexa’s Predator spyware used to hack journalist’s iPhone in Angola, investigation finds
A government client of spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according to Amnesty International, the latest case of someone in…