Hackers extend Toslink audio cables to 143 kilometers, achieve IP data transmission
How about boosting Toslink's range from 10 meters to 143 kilometers?
US Army soldier accused of selling stolen AT&T and Verizon customer data
The sensitive data came from the Snowflake hack
Major cybersecurity breach hits US Treasury, linked to Chinese hackers
The hack highlights the growing threat of supply chain attacks
What just happened? The U.S. Treasury Department has fallen victim to a significant cybersecurity breach that it has attributed to Chinese state-sponsored hackers. The hack, described as a "major incident" by Treasury officials, involved the compromise of a third-party cybersecurity service provider, BeyondTrust, and resulted in the theft of unclassified documents.
Human error to blame in Ascension data breach that impacted 5.6 million patients
An "honest" mistake exposed a wealth of sensitive information
Teens using VPN to cheat in Gorilla Tag are unknowingly selling their internet connections
Cheaters become unwitting accomplices to hackers
Researcher demonstrates how to hack digital license plates, evade tolls
All kinds of mischief is possible with his technique
A hot potato: Digital license plates, legal in several states and gaining traction nationwide, are vulnerable to manipulation by their owners or other malicious parties, potentially enabling illegal behavior that could undermine traffic enforcement systems, according to IOActive's security researcher Josep Rodriguez, who has uncovered potential vulnerabilities in these high-tech plates.
Salt Typhoon hack exposed millions, but carriers AT&T and Verizon only notified "high-value" customers
The FBI describes the hacking campaign as "broad and significant"
Renegade Project turns your Arm-powered smartphone into a Windows 11 PC
The ultimate Windows Phone experience? Not quite...
Romania's election results annulled after systems saw over 85,000 cyberattacks
A twisted saga of leaked credentials and paid influencers
FBI shifts stance, recommends encryption to keep phone chats private
Cyber-criminals abroad have done a lot of damage to the security psyche
Hacking group claims to have cracked Microsoft's software licensing security on a massive scale
Is Microsoft's entire licensing business in trouble?
Novel Russian hacking method daisy chains Wi-Fi networks to reach intended target
Cybersecurity experts think the attack will become more prevalent
US officials confirm Chinese hackers had access to law enforcement wiretap systems for months
The group is a splinter of a larger state-backed hacking collective known as Typhoon
FBI alerts tech companies of forged subpoenas used by data-stealing hackers
Cybercriminals are leveraging fake law enforcement requests to access user data
Bread over Bitcoin? Hacking group asks for $125,000 ransom to be paid in baguettes
Carbs are the new crypto
Hacked TP-Link routers at center of massive botnet used to attack Azure customers
The network is probably still operational and likely acquiring new infrastructure
Microsoft warns of 600 million daily cyberattacks and advanced tactics by nation-state actors
Their tech tools are getting more sophisticated, too
Hacker shows how a cigarette lighter can grant you root access
Homebrewed hardware circumvents security through electromagnetic interference
ChatGPT vulnerability allows hackers to record your sessions indefinitely
GPT's "long-term memory" allows prompt injections to become permanent
Facepalm: "The code is TrustNoAI." This is a phrase that a white hat hacker recently used while demonstrating how he could exploit ChatGPT to steal anyone's data. So, it might be a code we should all adopt. He discovered a way hackers could use the LLM's persistent memory to exfiltrate data from any user continuously.
Hacker miraculously gets an Intel 4004 to run Linux, takes about five days to boot
It's more art piece than computer
WTF?! A well-known hacker has done the impossible. He got a stripped-down version of Linux to run on a 4-bit Intel chip from the early 1970s. Sure, it takes nearly five days for the kernel to boot, but hey, mission accomplished.
Novel phishing attack uses "no-escape" kiosk mode in Chrome to extract passwords
The quick fix is Control-Alt-Delete
TI-84 Plus calculator mod adds internet, ChatGPT, and undetectable cheating potential
"Don't let any of your teachers see this"
What now? Ransomware victim pays hacker, but decryption key fails
Hazard ransomware is good at encrypting files, less so at decrypting them
Major TSA security flaw exposed, simple SQL vulnerability could have allowed access to airplane cockpits
An attacker could have added fake pilots to the roster using SQL injection