IT総合 Spyware leak offers ‘first-of-its-kind’ look inside Chinese government hacking efforts
Over the weekend, someone posted a cache of files and documents apparently stolen from the Chinese government hacking co...
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IT総合 IT総合 Spyware startup Variston is losing staff, some say it’s closing
In July 2021, someone sent Google a batch of malicious code that could be used to hack Chrome, Firefox, and PCs running ...
IT総合 Fertility tracker Glow fixes bug that exposed users’ personal data
A bug in the online forum for the fertility tracking app Glow exposed the personal data of around 25 million users, acco...
IT総合 Government hackers targeted iPhones owners with zero-days, Google says
Government hackers last year exploited three unknown vulnerabilities in Apple’s iPhone operating system to target ...
IT総合 Here is Apple’s official ‘jailbroken’ iPhone for security researchers
In 2019, Apple announced it would start sending some security researchers a “special” version of the iPhone designed to ...
IT総合 Europcar says someone likely used ChatGPT to promote a fake data breach
On Sunday, a user in a well-known hacking forum advertised what they claimed was a cache of stolen data from the rental ...
IT総合 Hackers steal $112 million of XRP Ripple cryptocurrency
On Tuesday, hackers stole around $112 million of the Ripple-focused cryptocurrency XRP from a crypto wallet, Ripple̵...
IT総合 Microsoft says Russian hackers also targeted other organizations
On Friday, Microsoft revealed that it had been the victim of a hack carried out by Russian government spies. Now, a week...
IT総合 23andMe admits it didn’t detect cyberattacks for months
In a data breach notification letter filed with regulators this weekend, 23andMe revealed that hackers started breaking ...
IT総合 Hackers breached Microsoft to find out what Microsoft knows about them
Wouldn’t you want to know what tech giants know about you? That’s exactly what Russian government hackers wa...
IT総合 Web monitors say Gaza week-long internet outage is longest yet
Internet monitoring firms say a near-total internet blackout in Gaza is reaching its seventh day, the longest outage of ...
IT総合 PSA: Anyone can tell if you are using WhatsApp on your computer
Anyone who knows your WhatsApp number can figure out if you are only using the mobile app, or its companion web or deskt...
IT総合 23andMe tells victims it’s their fault that their data was breached
Facing more than 30 lawsuits from victims of its massive data breach, 23andMe is now deflecting the blame to the victims...
IT総合 Hackers stole $2 billion in crypto in 2023, data shows
For yet another year, hackers stole billions of dollars in crypto. But for the first time since 2020, the trend is downw...
IT総合 These are the cybersecurity stories we were jealous of in 2023
Back in 2018, my former colleague at VICE Motherboard Joseph Cox and I started publishing a list of the best cybersecuri...
IT総合 Supply chain attack targeting Ledger crypto wallet leaves users hacked
Hackers compromised the code behind a crypto protocol used by multiple web3 applications and services, the software make...
IT総合 Bitcoin ATM company Coin Cloud got hacked. Even its new owners don’t know how
In November, the cybersecurity collective vx-underground wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that unknown hackers were claimin...
IT総合 23andMe changes to terms of service are ‘cynical’ and ‘self-serving,’ lawyers say
Two days before 23andMe disclosed that hackers had accessed the personal and genetic data of almost seven million custom...
IT総合 Apple says it is not aware anyone using Lockdown Mode got hacked
Last year, Apple launched a special new protection for at-risk users — such as journalists and activists — called Lockdo...
IT総合 CISA says US government agency was hacked thanks to ‘end of life’ software
U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA has warned that unknown hackers broke into the servers of a federal government agency by ...
IT総合 Used by only a few nerds, Facebook kills PGP-encrypted emails
In 2015, as part of the wave of encrypting all the things on the internet, encouraged by the Edward Snowden revelations,...
IT総合 23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users
On Friday, genetic testing company 23andMe announced that hackers accessed the personal data of 0.1% of customers, or ab...
IT総合 23andMe says hackers accessed ‘significant number’ of files about users’ ancestry
Genetic testing company 23andMe announced on Friday that hackers accessed around 14,000 customer accounts in the company...
IT総合 After a week-long outage, Fidelity National Financial confirms cyberattack is now ‘contained’
Fidelity National Financial, or FNF, one of the largest real estate services companies in the United States, said it “co...
IT総合 Founder of spyware maker Hacking Team arrested for attempted murder: local media
The founder of the infamous and now-defunct spyware maker Hacking Team was arrested on Saturday after allegedly stabbing...
IT総合 Feds seize Sinbad crypto mixer allegedly used by North Korean hackers
As part of an international law enforcement investigation, the FBI and the Dutch Financial Intelligence and Investigatio...
IT総合 Ukraine detains Victor Zhora, former top government cyber official
Last week, the Ukrainian government fired two of its top cybersecurity officials, who are accused of embezzlement. Now, ...
IT総合 Ransomware ‘catastrophe’ at Fidelity National Financial causes panic with homeowners and buyers
Last Tuesday, Fidelity National Financial, or FNF, a real estate services company that bills itself as the “leading prov...
IT総合 Fidelity National Financial shuts down network in wake of cybersecurity incident
Fidelity National Financial, or FNF, a Fortune 500 company that provides title insurance and settlement services for the...
IT総合 Thousands of new honeypots deployed across Israel to catch hackers
On October 7, Hamas launched an unprecedented terrorist attack on Israel, killing more than 1,200 people with hundreds t...