Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Scammers are actively exploiting a bug in Firefox that causes the browser to lock up after displaying a message warning that the […]

Over the last half decade, the world has witnessed a disturbing escalation in disruptive cyberattacks. In 2015 and 2016, hackers snuffed out […]

In the spring of last year, cybersecurity researcher Takeshi Suguwara walked into the lab of Kevin Fu, a professor he was visiting […]

When Microsoft revealed last May that millions of Windows devices had a serious hackable flaw known as BlueKeep—one that could enable an […]

WhatsApp just took a hard new line against the malware industry, suing notorious Israeli surveillance contractor NSO Group for attacks on more […]

Russia’s state-sponsored hackers have a few predictable fixations: NATO-country embassies. Hillary Clinton. Ukraine. But a less expected target has somehow remained in […]

Deception has always been part of the hacker playbook. But it’s one thing for intruders to hide their tracks, and another to […]

A dangerous hacker group resurfaced, Mark Zuckerberg delivered a long-winded defense of Facebook, and Volvo is going green. Here’s the news you […]

In the notorious 2016 breach of the Democratic National Committee, the group of Russian hackers known as Fancy Bear stole the show, […]