The U.S. military’s latest psyop? Advertising on Tinder
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…
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Chinese government hackers targeted U.S. internet providers with zero-day exploit, researchers say
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…
Halliburton shuts down systems after cyberattack
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…
Ecovacs says it will fix bugs that can be abused to spy on robot owners
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. …
FlightAware warns that some customers’ info has been ‘exposed,’ including Social Security numbers
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…
How the ransomware attack at Change Healthcare went down: A timeline
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…
Trump campaign hack-and-leak appears like a rerun of 2016. This time, media outlets are responding differently
This weekend, Politico dropped a news bombshell: A person who only goes by “Robert” had shared with the news organization documents allegedly stolen from the Donald Trump presidential campaign. Since then, we have learned that…
Texas firm says it lost $60M in a bank wire transfer scam
Texas-headquartered carbon black company Orion informed investors that it lost $60 million after falling victim to a criminal scheme that resulted in “multiple fraudulently induced outbound wire transfers to accounts controlled by unknown third parties.” …
FBI takes down ransomware gang that hacked dozens of companies
FBI’s seizure notice of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware and extortion gang. Image Credits: FBI The FBI said Monday it seized the servers of a ransomware and extortion gang called Radar (aka Dispossessor). At the time of…
The best hacks and security research from Black Hat and Def Con 2024
Thousands of hackers, researchers and security professionals descended on the Black Hat and Def Con security conferences in Las Vegas this week, an annual pilgrimage aimed at sharing the latest research, hacks, and knowledge across…