Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2024 08:00:00 +0000
Details are starting to emerge about a stunning supply chain attack that sent the open source software community reeling.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Plus: The Biden administration warns of nationwide attacks on US water systems, a new Russian wiper malware emerges, and China-linked hackers wage a global attack spree.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000
The company behind the Saflok-brand door locks is offering a fix, but it may take months or years to reach some hotels.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: The operator of a dark-web cryptocurrency “mixing” service is found guilty, and a US senator reveals that popular safes contain secret backdoors.
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Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: An ex-Google engineer gets arrested for allegedly stealing trade secrets, hackers breach the top US cybersecurity agency, and X’s new feature exposes sensitive user data.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:38:30 +0000
A coalition of 41 state attorneys general says Meta is failing to assist Facebook and Instagram users whose accounts have been hacked—and they want the company to take “immediate action.”
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:41:48 +0000
The transaction, visible on Bitcoin’s blockchain, suggests the victim of one of the worst ransomware attacks in years may have paid a very large ransom.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts, Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: Apple warns about sideloading apps, a court orders NSO group to turn over the code of its Pegasus spyware, and an investigation finds widely available security cams are wildly insecure.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000
Security researchers created an AI worm in a test environment that can automatically spread between generative AI agents—potentially stealing data and sending spam emails along the way.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:24:47 +0000
The notorious LockBit gang promised a Georgia court leak “that could affect the upcoming US election.” It didn’t materialize—but the story may not be over yet.
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