A North Korean hacking group earlier in August exploited a previously unknown bug in Chrome to target organizations with the goal of stealing cryptocurrency, according to Microsoft. In a report published on Friday, the tech…
Google says it has evidence that Russian government hackers are using exploits that are “identical or strikingly similar” to those previously made by spyware makers Intellexa and NSO Group. In a blog post on Thursday,…
LinkedIn has a new chief information security officer, Lea Kissner. Announcing the appointment in a LinkedIn post (fittingly), Kissner said they are “excited” to take on the new role. Kissner most recently served as CISO at…
CoinSwitch, a prominent Indian cryptocurrency exchange, is suing rival platform WazirX to recover trapped funds, revealing the scope of the damage wrought by a cyber attack at WazirX that resulted in $230 million worth of…
The U.S. military is using ads to warn people across Lebanon not to attack the United States or its allies amid rising tensions across the Middle East. Some of those ads have turned up in…
A group of hackers linked to the Chinese government used a previously unknown vulnerability in software to target U.S. internet service providers, security researchers have found. The group known as Volt Typhoon was exploiting the…
Oil drilling and fracking giant Halliburton said it has shut down some of its internal systems following a cyberattack earlier this week. In a brief statement filed with government regulators on Thursday, Halliburton said it…
Earlier this month, security researchers warned that a series of security flaws in vacuum and lawn mower robots made by Ecovacs could allow hackers to spy on their owners through the devices’ microphones and cameras. …
Flight tracking site FlightAware has blamed a “configuration error” for exposing a raft of personal information of its customers, including some of their Social Security numbers. The company, which claims to be one of the…
A ransomware attack earlier this year on UnitedHealth-owned health tech company Change Healthcare likely stands as one of the largest data breaches of U.S. health and medical data in history. Months after the February data…