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A crypto wallet maker claimed this week that hackers may be targeting people with a “zero-day” iMessage exploit — but all signs point to an exaggerated…
When a hacker called the company his gang claimed to be hacking, he felt the same way most of us feel when we call the front…
Shakeeb Ahmed, a cybersecurity engineer convicted of stealing about $12 million in cryptocurrency, was sentenced Friday to three years in prison. In a press release, the…
Apprenticeship Unicorn Multiverse Acquires Searchlight to Emphasize Artificial Intelligence
Multiverse, the UK unicorn that creates apprenticeships for people to learn tech skills while at work, has made an acquisition as it aims to upskill. The…
US consulting firm Greylock McKinnon Associates disclosed a data breach in which hackers stole up to 341,650 social security numbers. The data breach was disclosed on…
The price of zero-day exploits is rising as companies harden products against hackers
Tools that enable government hackers to break into iPhones and Android phones, popular software like the Chrome and Safari browsers, and chat apps like WhatsApp and…
Investors’ promise to fight spyware tainted by previous investments in US malware maker
On Monday, the The Biden administration announced that six new countries had joined an international coalition to combat the spread of commercial spyware, sold by companies…
A US government watchdog stole more than a gigabyte of apparently sensitive personal data from the US Department of the Interior’s cloud systems. The good news:…
In July 2021, someone sent Google a bundle of malicious code that could be used to hack Chrome, Firefox, and computers running Microsoft Defender. This code…
State hackers last year exploited three unknown vulnerabilities in Apple’s iPhone operating system to target victims with spyware developed by a European startup, according to Google.…