If a 21-year-old was behind the crippling attack, Twitter has some serious explaining to do. Read…
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The Big Twitter Hack Keeps Getting Stranger and Stranger
If this incident was, in fact, the result of social engineering, that’s good news. Read more…
Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking
IBM’s X-Force security team obtained five hours of APT35 hacking operations, showing exactly how the group…
UK and Australia open joint data-privacy investigation into Clearview AI
The facial recognition company is being scrutinized over its database of 3 billion photos. Read more…
Microsoft wants to kill off Linux malware for good
Project Freta detects Linux malware for free. Read more at TechRadar…
How to Crack SSH Private Key Passwords with John the Ripper
Secure Shell is one of the most common network protocols, typically used to manage remote machines…
Companies are hiring IBM’s elite hacking team to target workers in their homes — and 3 other ways experts suggest tackling remote workers’ bad cybersecurity habits
Remote employees are often lax about cybersecurity, so companies are paying hackers to test staff, among…
Police take down encrypted criminal chat platform EncroChat | ZDNet
The UK’s ‘biggest ever’ law enforcement operation results in arrest of 746, so far. Read more…
Microsoft releases emergency security update to fix two bugs in Windows codecs | ZDNet
Two bugs only impact Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 distributions. Microsoft says the two security…
Microsoft releases Defender ATP for Linux | ZDNet
Yes, you read that headline correctly, Microsoft has just released a security program for Linux. Read…
Only 31% of Americans concerned with data security, despite 400% rise in cyberattacks
Bad actors have flooded the enterprise with coronavirus-related attacks, but professionals working from home have other…
Netgear router security flaws finally patched after six months
Unfortunately only two of the 79 affected models have been patched Read more at TechRadar…
Oracle’s BlueKai tracks you across the web. That data spilled online – TechCrunch
The data exposure is one of the biggest this year. Read more at TechCrunch…
South African bank to replace 12m cards after employees stole master key | ZDNet
Postbank has lost more than $3.2 million from fraudulent transactions. It will now have to replace…
Dating Apps Exposed 845GB of Explicit Photos, Chats, and More
A collection of publicly accessible “buckets” were found on the open internet on may 24. Each…
This app will tell you if your iPhone has been hacked | ZDNet
It will also give you a wide array of tips, tricks, and tweaks to harden your…
Millions of WordPress accounts targeted in major cyberattack
Attackers exploited XSS vulnerabilities in WordPress themes and plugins to steal database credentials. Read more at…
A new Java-based ransomware targets Windows and Linux – TechCrunch
Researchers found a dozen ‘Tycoon’ attacks in the past few months. Read more at TechCrunch…
Why printers add secret tracking dots
Some forms of text-based steganography don’t even use alphanumeric characters or symbols at all. The particular…
Ransomware gang says it breached one of NASA’s IT contractors
The DopplePaymer ransomware gang said it successfully breached the network of Digital Management Inc. (DMI), a…