Ethical hackers swarm Pentagon websites
Hackers are crawling all over the US Department of Defense’s websites. Don’t worry, though: they’re white hats, and DoD officials are quite happy about the…
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Clearview AI loses entire database of faceprint-buying clients to hackers
Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition startup that’s gobbled up more than three billion of our photos by scraping social media sites and any other…
Hackers Attack IOTA’s Trinity Wallet, Company Shuts Down the Network
The hackers attacked the IOTA’s cryptocurrency wallet and stole all the funds. The theft happened by exploiting a vulnerability in the IOTA’s networks. Attack…
Security Experts Say Hackers Can Hack Russian Banks In 5 Days
Experts from the information security company Positive Technologies came to the conclusion that hackers will need only five days on average to hack a large…
Iranian Hackers Exploiting VPN Flaws to Backdoor Organizations Worldwide
A new report published by cybersecurity researchers has unveiled evidence of Iranian state-sponsored hackers targeting dozens of companies and organizations in…
Critical Bug in WordPress Theme Plugin Opens 200,000 Sites to Hackers
A popular WordPress theme plugin with over 200,000 active installations contains a severe but easy-to-exploit software vulnerability that, if left unpatched,…
WhatsApp fixes bug that could have allowed hackers to read your desktop…
WhatsApp patched a security loophole in its desktop apps last month that could have potentially allowed hackers to access your computer’s local files.…
Hackers can hijack your house through your light bulb
Homes and businesses that use smart light bulbs are at risk of being hacked and even spied on, new research has revealed. The vulnerability, which affects the…
Hackers used the websites of Russian government to extract cryptocurrency
According to the deputy head of the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents of the FSB, Nikolai Murashov, encryption viruses decreased their…
Critical OpenSMTPD Bug Opens Linux and OpenBSD Mail Servers to Hackers
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-7247) in the OpenSMTPD email server that could allow remote attackers to take…