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How wearable devices betray our privacy and what to do about it. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego have created a unique firmware update that will make smartphones invisible to surveillance via Bluetooth. The invention significantly increases the level of protection of...

The former Anonymous member talks about prison, politics, and art. Barrett Brown, a well-known activist and former member of the hacker group Anonymous, presented his new book "My Glorious defeats: hacktivist, narcissist, Anonymous" to the world. The work challenges traditional ideas about the...

In Mari El, based on the materials of the regional FSB, a hacker was convicted who used malicious software to hack servers in foreign countries. As it turned out, the attacker hacked information systems from March 2021 to November 2023. As a result, the local resident was found guilty, and the...

10 years of evasion from the law ended with a relatively lenient term. The US Department of Justice has sentenced Vyacheslav Penchukov to prison and ordered him to pay $73 million in damages for participating in two major malware distribution schemes. The court's decision is reported by Wired...

US authorities have accused 22-year-old Russian citizen Amin Stigal of carrying out cyber attacks on computer networks of Ukraine and other countries for the purposes of the GRU. According to the case file, in January 2022, Stigal distributed the WhisperGate pseudo-ransomware in the systems of...

Under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General's Office, a citizen was notified of suspicion on the fact of selling malicious software for mobile phones for the purpose of unauthorized interference in the operation of automated information systems (Part 2 of Article 361-1 of the...

Hacker "Emil Kyulev", who hacked databases of state institutions, banks and legal entities, was caught The Sofia prosecutor's office has detained for up to 72 hours and brought in as a defendant a hacker who introduced himself online under the pseudonym " Emil Kyulev — - a former banker and one...

Most experienced cybercriminals often hide their real identity by using pseudonyms. However, some hackers don't really care about their anonymity. One such example is hacker x999xx, which provides access to corporate networks for various ransomware groups. Details about the hacker's life were...

A 22-year-old Briton was arrested in Palma de Mallorca in a joint effort between Spanish police and the FBI on suspicion of being the ringleader of a hacking group that targeted 45 companies and individuals in the United States. The man was arrested at Palma Airport as he was preparing to board...

The latest Patch Tuesday addresses 51 vulnerabilities in Microsoft branded products. Microsoft released a monthly security update as part of its June Patch Tuesday, fixing 51 vulnerabilities at once. One of them was classified as "Critical" (CVSS above 9 points), and the remaining 50 were...

A few weeks ago, information emerged from the Dutch police, who uncovered a gang of hackers who bought up for tens of thousands of dollars old models of the Nokia 1100 phone, produced at the long-closed factory in Bochum in 2003. It was reported that in these models there is some undocumented...

On June 10, Arkham Intelligence analysts warned about a possible hacking of the UwU Lend DeFi liquidity protocol. Preliminary damage was estimated at $19.3 million. According to researchers at Cyvers Alerts, the hacker withdrew funds in three transactions and has already started converting...

How the tandem of two services became a tool of blackmail. CronUp specialists have discovered a series of attacks on GitHub repositories, during which attackers erase the contents of repositories and ask them to contact them via Telegram for further instructions. The new method of cyberattack...

A hacker from Detroit, America, swore allegiance to the terrorist organization Islamic State and approached them with a proposal to create a cyber unit for the group. In fact, as 404 Media was able to find out, all this time he was communicating with undercover FBI officers. In February 2023...

A powerful tool wreaks havoc on the web by stealing gigabytes of sensitive data. In February 2024, researchers from SilentPush identified a dangerous phishing tool CryptoChameleon, which is actively used by attackers to collect personal data, such as usernames and passwords. This tool...

What are you willing to do to successfully complete the project? Don't sleep at night, send your family on vacation so they don't distract you, drink gallons of coffee and energy drinks? There are better options. Cloud4Y tells the amazing story of a cybersecurity analyst. John Strand, who had...

How soon will the attackers migrate the infrastructure and continue their illegal activities? The FBI, together with international law enforcement agencies, took control of the BreachForums website and Telegram channel. The operation took place on Wednesday, May 15, a few days after the...

On May 14, the attacker began to "siphon" funds from traders of the decentralized exchange (DEX) Equalizer. The criminal stole 2353 EQUAL (~$20,000) and several other tokens. The project team recommended that you do not interact with the site's front-end until the investigation is completed...

On a cold day on January 18, 2001, Maxim Igorevich Popov, a 20-year-old Ukrainian boy, nervously pushed open the doors of the American Embassy in London. He could have been mistaken for a student exchange program participant who came to get a visa, but in reality Maxim was a hacker, a member of...

Introduction In recent years, the role of hackers has changed; in the past, these professionals were seen as dangerous criminals who needed to be kept at arm's length; meanwhile, today they are in high demand by private companies, intelligence agencies and criminal groups. Hacking " services...