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US prosecutors have charged a Florida man with uploading fake video games containing malware to Steam, the popular PC gaming platform. Once victims downloaded and installed…
British police say the arrest of two young hackers has disrupted the operations of a notorious hacking group
British police said on Thursday that the jailing of two hackers has “severely” hampered the activities of the notorious cyber crime group known as Scattered Spider.…
US blames Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts for cyberattacks that netted $62m from cybercrime victims
US Attorneys have charged three Russian nationals and two web hosts with hacking, conspiracy and money laundering for their alleged roles in hosting cyberattacks that caused…
Cybercriminals reportedly hacked tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls used by major companies around the world
Cybercriminals have compromised tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls and VPNs used by major companies around the world, according to two cybersecurity firms. The ongoing hacking…
Chinese cybercrime operation that used artificial intelligence to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google
Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive cybercrime operation powered by artificial intelligence. On Friday the technological giant was announced a lawsuit…
Oracle has warned its enterprise customers of a critical rating vulnerability in its PeopleSoft software, which is used by large companies to manage payroll and human…
Google and FBI warn of ransomware group sending fake IT workers to hack victims in person
A ransomware gang has stepped up its attacks on law firms by sometimes sending fake IT workers to victims’ offices, where the crooks steal data directly…
The extensive hacking campaign that was based simply on asking Meta AI’s chatbot to take over a victim’s Instagram account appears to have continued even after…
Hackers took over Instagram accounts by tricking the Meta AI support chatbot into granting access
Instagram has resolved a security issue that allowed multiple user accounts to be compromised. The attack appeared to rely on tricking Meta’s AI support chatbot into…
CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target open source software developers
CrowdStrike, in partnership with Google and Shadowserver, a non-profit organization that scans and monitors the internet for cyberattacks, took down a botnet used by cybercriminals to…