Browsing: Hacking

WhatsApp said it has disrupted a new hacking campaign linked to NSO Group, a spyware maker that has been caught countless cases of abuse all over…

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…

A former IBM cybersecurity executive has accused the company of being hacked three times in the past decade by foreign governments and then covering up the…

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…

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…

Hackers are targeting Signal users in an attempt to steal their chat backups as part of a new hacking campaign, according to TechCrunch. On Wednesday, Washington…

Earlier this year, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, a security researcher investigating spyware attacks, found himself in an unusual position. For once he was targeted by hackers. “Dear…

Google is rolling out a new opt-in feature on Android that aims to help security researchers investigate spyware attacks. The feature is called “Intrusion Logging” and…

Peter Williams, a veteran cybersecurity executive who headed the hacking and surveillance technology division of US defense contractor L3Harris, has been ordered to pay $10 million…

On Tuesday, education technology giant Instructure disclosed a data breach where hackers stole students’ private information, including their names, personal email addresses and messages sent between…