Israeli spyware maker NSO Group has confirmed to TechCrunch that a U.S. investment group has acquired the company. NSO spokesperson Oded Hershowitz told TechCrunch on Friday that “an American investment group has invested tens of…
A notorious predominantly English-speaking hacking group has launched a website to extort its victims, threatening to release about a billion records stolen from companies who store their customers’ data in cloud databases hosted by Salesforce.…
Talos said Chaos is likely either a rebranding of the BlackSuit ransomware or is operated by some of the former BlackSuit members. Talos based its assessment on the similarities in the encryption mechanisms in the…
Genevieve Stark, head of cybercrime analysis at Google Threat Intelligence Group, said DragonForce could be attempting to attract RansomHub’s affiliates. The hacking group is also believed to be behind attacks on the pages of other…
Google has released Chrome 138, the latest edition of the browser that fixes several vulnerabilities, now in versions 138.0.7204.49/50 for Windows and macOS and 138.0.7204.49 for Linux. According to Google, none of the vulnerabilities have…
Hackers suspected of working on behalf of the Chinese government exploited a maximum-severity vulnerability, which had received a patch 16 months earlier, to compromise a telecommunications provider in Canada, officials from that country and the…
The pro-Israeli hacktivist group Predatory Sparrow claimed on Tuesday to have hacked and taken down Iran’s Bank Sepah. The group, which is also known by its Persian name Gonjeshke Darande, claimed responsibility for the hack…
In May, a jury ruled that spyware maker NSO Group must pay $167 million in damages to WhatsApp for a 2019 hacking campaign that targeted more than 1,400 people. Calling the damages ruling “outrageous,” “blatantly…
On May 6, WhatsApp scored a major victory against NSO Group when a jury ordered the infamous spyware maker to pay more than $167 million in damages to the Meta-owned company. The ruling concluded a…
The Belkin division responsible for developing the excellent Phyn Plus smart water shut-off valve has been acquired by an investor group led by contractor and TV personality Jonathan Scott (HGTV’s Property Brothers). The announcement is…