hackers

Ransomware attacks have become a growing issue in recent years, now a new report claims that hackers cost schools $3.56 billion in losses and downtime in just 2021.

A well-written phishing message sent via Facebook Messenger has reportedly scammed 10 million Facebook users and counting.

Security professionals critical of Microsoft claim that a lack of transparency and speed in response to reports of system vulnerabilities is putting customers at risk.

A new report has revealed that iPhones are vulnerable to malware attacks even when they’re turned off.

The government of Costa Rica declared a state of emergency this week after a massive ransomware attack locked down computer networks across multiple government agencies, paralyzing tax collection and leaving the private information of Costa Rican citizens vulnerable.

Boston-based security firm Cybereason released a report Wednesday which chronicled a “massive Chinese intellectual property theft operation” dubbed “Operation CuckooBees.” 

Google Chrome has announced a major update for its more than three billion users after detecting 30 security vulnerabilities on its browser.

Hackers developed software that could access computer systems used in energy facilities, officials said Wednesday, but did not specify a hacking organization.

A recent report reveals that both Apple and Facebook provided private user data to hackers who posed as law enforcement officials. The hackers used forged “emergency data requests” to trick the Masters of the Universe into handing over sensitive information such as IP addresses and phone numbers for their targets.

Cybersecurity researchers believe they may have found the hacker behind the recent “Lapsus$” cyberattacks on Microsoft and Nvidia — and their suspect is a 16-year old boy living in England.

A recent report claims that seven newly discovered vulnerabilities in an “Internet of Things” remote management tool put a wide variety of medical devices, ATMs, and other machines connected to the internet at risk of hacking.

Researchers have discovered that Amazon Echo smart speakers can be tricked into unlocking doors, making phone calls, and purchasing items via self-issued commands. In short, the devices hack themselves through an attack nicknamed “Alexa vs. Alexa.”

The Ukrainian government has reportedly called on the country’s underground culture of hackers to help protect its critical infrastructure and conduct cyberattacks and spying missions against Russian troops.

Hackers reportedly stole hundreds of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from users of NFT marketplace OpenSea over the weekend, including NFTs from popular collections like Decentraland and Bored Ape Yacht Club.

Marion Isabeau-Ringuette, until last weekend director of communications for the office of Solicitor-General Sylvia Jones in Canada’s Ontario province, is one of several government staffers to lose their jobs after hackers exposed the list of Freedom Convoy donors from U.S. crowdfunding website GiveSendGo.

Twitter remains silent on the sharing of material from the hack of Christian crowdfunding website GiveSendGo across its platform, despite the far-left tech company’s strict rules against sharing hacked materials.

At least one Canadian businesswoman claimed on Tuesday to have received threats after appearing on a list of alleged donors to Freedom Convoy protestors hacked from the site GiveSendGo and shared with media.

A New York couple describing themselves as “serial entrepreneurs” have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and to defraud the U.S. government in relation to a $4.5 billion Bitcoin heist in 2016.

Russian hackers appear to have found a new way to get their hands on inside information to profit on stock trades. Rather than hack the actual companies, they allegedly targeted two firms — with which thousands of public companies use to make electronic filings — for market-moving information, prosecutors say.

Popular cryptocurrency trading platform Crypto.com announced this week that it lost around $34 million worth of customers’ cryptocurrency in a recent hack.

The international hacker group called “Anonymous” hit the United Nations Networks for Migration website on Thursday, creating a post called “Thanks to Anonymous, Taiwan Returns to the U.N. Once More Before Christmas!” filled with pro-Taiwan links.

A security researcher appears to have discovered major security flaws in an internet gateway used by hundreds of hotels to manage their gues WiFi networks that could put the personal information of guests at risk.

The UK National Crime Agency and National Cyber Crime Unit have donated a database of 225 million stolen emails and passwords to HaveIBeenPwned (HIBP), allowing users to check if their details have been leaked.

Hackers enjoyed incredible windfalls by hacking cryptocurrency exchanges in 2021. Six of these cyberattacks netted crooks more than $100 million in each theft.  The largest cyberattack on a crypto platform occurred in December when hackers stole at least $200 million from Bitsmart.

Private Health Info of 40+ Million Americans Was Exposed in 2021

Hackers are reportedly sending “antiwork” manifestos to receipt printers at businesses worldwide, taking over the common transaction record to spread their political propaganda.

According to a recent analysis by Microsoft, hackers are extremely unlikely to attempt a “brute-force” attack user passwords longer than 10 characters. 77 percent of brute force hacking attempts were on passwords with seven or less characters, according to the study.

A scammer reportedly managed to lock down the account of Instagram head Adam Mosseri by pretending that the executive was dead. Some scammers offer to shut down a targeted individual’s account by using “random obituaries” to show the Facebook-owned platform they are dead for as little as $60.

In a recent article, Wired outlines how individual cryptocurrency traders across Twitter are becoming detectives to track down scammers and thieves who are stealing cryptocurrency from unsuspecting investors.

The FBI has acknowledged illegitimate emails were sent from an official FBI email account Saturday morning before the agency took the hardware offline. Breitbart has learned the email is estimated to have reached at least 100,000 inboxes.

According to a recent report, the hackers behind the recent data breach of the online trading platform Robinhood had access to system tools that would allow them to remove certain account security features of customers.

The Robinhood stock trading platform recently revealed that it was victim to a hack that exposed the personal details of seven million customers — but claims that no one lost any money as a result.

A 26-year-old woman allegedly hacked into the systems of a flight training school in Florida recently seeking revenge against her former employer for the firing of her father. The hacker deleted records and changed the flight status of airplanes. According to the police, “aircrafts which may have been unsafe to fly were purposely made ‘airworthy.'”

Iranian hackers recently attempted to breach over 250 “Microsoft Office 365” accounts belonging to U.S. and Israeli government-linked defense tech firms, as well as companies tied to Persian Gulf ports of entry and Middle East-based maritime shipping, Microsoft reported Monday.

Amazon’s live-streaming platform Twitch recently fell victim to a major leak that exposed the site’s source code, top streamer’s earnings, and more. The company acknowledged the leak, stating: “We have learned that some data was exposed to the internet due to an error in a Twitch server configuration change that was subsequently accessed by a malicious third party. Our teams are working with urgency to investigate the incident.”

The Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch has reportedly suffered a massive data leak, which has disclosed confidential company information, as well as streamers’ earnings, with more than 100GB of data posted to the internet on Wednesday.

A major United States port became the target in August of suspected nation-state hackers, officials said this week.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that three former U.S. intelligence and military officers have admitted they worked as mercenary hackers for the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), violated U.S. laws against selling sensitive military technology, and conducted cyber-espionage against targets in America.

According to a recent analysis of school files from dark web pages performed by NBC News, the personal data of millions of schoolchildren is being spread across the internet. The data found on students includes social security numbers and medical conditions.