Always hit the wrong buttons on your monitor? Try this hack
Chances are, if a monitor sits on your desk, more than one device is plugged into it. Maybe your setup is a personal PC and a work laptop, or a computer plus a gaming console.…
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Researchers hack Apple’s Find My network to track any Bluetooth device
Researchers at George Mason University have discovered a way to track just about any Bluetooth device using Apple’s Find My network. The hack, dubbed nRootTag, can be used by hackers to make any Bluetooth device…
UK healthcare giant HCRG confirms hack after ransomware gang claims theft of sensitive data
U.K. healthcare giant HCRG Care Group has confirmed it’s investigating a cybersecurity incident after a ransomware gang claimed to have breached the company’s systems to steal troves of sensitive data. HCRG Care Group is one…
New hack uses prompt injection to corrupt Gemini’s long-term memory
Google Gemini: Hacking Memories with Prompt Injection and Delayed Tool Invocation. Based on lessons learned previously, developers had already trained Gemini to resist indirect prompts instructing it to make changes to an account’s long-term memories…
HPE begins notifying data breach victims after Russian government hack
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has begun notifying individuals whose personal information was stolen during a 2023 cyberattack, which the company blamed on Russian government hackers. HPE has so far notified more than a dozen individuals whose…
22-year-old math wiz indicted for alleged DeFI hack that stole $65M
Federal prosecutors have indicted a man on charges he stole $65 million in cryptocurrency by exploiting vulnerabilities in two decentralized finance platforms and then laundering proceeds and attempting to extort swindled investors. The scheme, alleged…
How to hack a forgotten iPhone passcode, recover iPhone/iPad password
You’ve probably been using the same passcode on your iPhone for years, handed down on your handsets from generation to generation. You most likely don’t have to use it all that often, because you open…
How victims of PowerSchool’s data breach helped each other investigate ‘massive’ hack
On January 7, at 11:10 p.m. in Dubai, Romy Backus received an email from education technology giant PowerSchool notifying her that the school she works at was one of the victims of a data breach…
Hackers are exploiting a new Ivanti VPN security bug to hack into company networks
U.S. software giant Ivanti has warned that a zero-day vulnerability in its widely-used enterprise VPN appliance has been exploited to compromise the networks of its corporate customers. Ivanti said on Wednesday that the critical-rated vulnerability,…
CISA says ‘no indication’ of wider government hack beyond Treasury
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a brief statement Monday that there is “no indication” that any other U.S. federal agency was hacked during a recent cyberattack at the U.S. Treasury Department…