Collaborate Disseminate
Nearly a year after Motherboard reported the data breaches of two spyware companies, another hacker has independently targeted two more. Continue reading Hacker Strikes ‘Stalkerware’ Companies, Stealing Alleged Texts and GPS Locations of Customers
No one is immune to the ever-rolling wave of account data breaches. Continue reading Harper’s Magazine Warns Subscribers That Passwords May Have Been Stolen
Malware included in the installer for pirated versions of the game steals usernames and passwords from Chrome: ‘This is by far one of the most extreme, and bizarre, methods of DRM we’ve ever seen.’ Continue reading Flight Simulator Add-On Tried to Catch Pirates By Installing Password-Stealing Malware on Their Computers
On Thursday, news spread of a so-called text bomb that can crash Apple devices. Now people are spreading it in public. Continue reading People Are Blasting iOS ‘Text Bombs’ on Twitter to Crash iPhones
This makes searching through leaky Amazon Web Services servers much easier. Continue reading ‘BuckHacker’ Search Engine Lets You Easily Dig Through Exposed Amazon Servers
Hackers are planting code on websites designed to use visitors’ computers to mine cryptocurrency. The creators of Coinhive, one of the most popular variants, say they didn’t see it coming. Continue reading Creators of In-Browser Cryptocurrency Miner ‘Coinhive’ Say Their Reputation Couldn’t Be Much Worse
They’re calling the malware ‘Olympic Destroyer’ and say they have “moderate confidence” that it was used to disrupt the Opening Ceremony. Continue reading Researchers: We Found the Olympic-Disrupting Malware
They’re calling the malware ‘Olympic Destroyer’ and say they have “moderate confidence” that it was used to disrupt the Opening Ceremony. Continue reading Researchers: We Found the Olympic-Disrupting Malware
A company fined for exporting surveillance tools to Syria was invited to speak at a European police conference. Continue reading European Cops Welcome Spy Vendor That Sold to Assad Regime
Inside the secretive industry that helps government hackers get around encryption. Continue reading How a Tiny Startup Became the Most Important Hacking Shop You’ve Never Heard Of