Flavio Coelho/Getty Images reader comments 52 Two years ago when “Michael,” an owner of cryptocurrency, contacted Joe Grand to help recover access to about $2 million worth of bitcoin he stored in encrypted format on his computer, Grand turned him down. Michael, who is based in Europe and asked to remain anonymous, stored the cryptocurrency… Read More: Researchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoin »
Getty Images reader comments 64 As many as 91,000 LG TVs face the risk of being commandeered unless they receive a just-released security update patching four critical vulnerabilities discovered late last year. The vulnerabilities are found in four LG TV models that collectively comprise slightly more than 88,000 units around the world, according to results… Read More: Thousands of LG TVs are vulnerable to takeover—here’s how to… »
Enlarge / Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, which is part of Jackson County. reader comments 57 Jackson County, Missouri, has declared a state of emergency and closed key offices indefinitely as it responds to what officials believe is a ransomware attack that has made some of its IT systems inoperable. “Jackson County has identified significant disruptions… Read More: Missouri county declares state of emergency amid suspected ransomware attack »
peterschreiber.media | Getty Images reader comments 32 The US Justice Department on Monday unsealed an indictment charging seven men with hacking or attempting to hack dozens of US companies in a 14-year campaign furthering an economic espionage and foreign intelligence gathering by the Chinese government. All seven defendants, federal prosecutors alleged, were associated with Wuhan… Read More: Justice Department indicts 7 accused in 14-year hack campaign by… »
Getty Images reader comments 30 Code uploaded to AI developer platform Hugging Face covertly installed backdoors and other types of malware on end-user machines, researchers from security firm JFrog said Thursday in a report that’s a likely harbinger of what’s to come. In all, JFrog researchers said, they found roughly 100 submissions that performed hidden… Read More: Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, hosted code that backdoored… »
Getty Images reader comments 38 After years of being outmaneuvered by snarky ransomware criminals who tease and brag about each new victim they claim, international authorities finally got their chance to turn the tables, and they aren’t squandering it. The top-notch trolling came after authorities from the US, UK, and Europol took down most of… Read More: After years of losing, it’s finally feds’ turn to troll… »
Enlarge / A Flipper Zero device https://flipperzero.one/ reader comments 63 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has identified an unlikely public enemy No. 1 in his new crackdown on car theft: the Flipper Zero, a $200 piece of open source hardware used to capture, analyze and interact with simple radio communications. On Thursday, the Innovation, Science… Read More: Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in crackdown… »
Getty Images reader comments 38 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) said Wednesday that Kremlin-backed actors hacked into the email accounts of its security personnel and other employees last May—and maintained surreptitious access until December. The disclosure was the second revelation of a major corporate network breach by the hacking group in five days. The hacking group… Read More: The life and times of Cozy Bear, the Russian hackers… »
Getty Images reader comments 32 Threats from malicious cyberactivity are likely to increase as nation-states, financially motivated criminals, and novices increasingly incorporate artificial intelligence into their routines, the UK’s top intelligence agency said. The assessment, from the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters, predicted ransomware will be the biggest threat to get a boost from AI over… Read More: AI will increase the number and impact of cyberattacks, intel… »
Enlarge / Cybercriminals or anonymous hackers use malware on mobile phones to hack personal and business passwords online. Getty Images reader comments 8 Hackers suspected of working for the Chinese government are mass exploiting a pair of critical vulnerabilities that give them complete control of virtual private network appliances sold by Ivanti, researchers said. As… Read More: Mass exploitation of Ivanti VPNs is infecting networks around the… »