Tag: security
Hacker Charged With Seeking to Kill Using Cyberattacks on Hospitals
In December of 2023, for instance, Anonymous Sudan took OpenAI's ChatGPT offline with a sustained series of DDoS attacks in response to the...
The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over
The password-killing tech known as “passkeys” have proliferated over the last two years, developed by the tech industry association known as the FIDO...
Pig Butchering Scams Are Going High Tech
As digital scamming explodes in Southeast Asia, including so called “pig butchering” investment scams, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)...
How Should We Feel About Ring?
Ring cameras have come a long way. Since the security camera brand launched 11 years ago, its video doorbells and cams have become...
Internet Archive Breach Exposes 31 Million Users
An illicit JavaScript popup on the Internet Archive proclaimed on Wednesday afternoon that the site had suffered a major data breach. Hours later,...
The FBI Still Hasn’t Cracked NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ Phone
Pig butchering, the crypto-based scammer scourge that has pulled in an estimated $75 billion from victims globally, is spreading beyond its roots in...
These 2 Hackers Have Created Real X-Ray Specs
I have, over the years, reported on many everyday devices that have been hacked in terrifyingly wonderful ways: light bulbs, vacuum cleaners, and...
ICE Signs $2 Million Contract With Spyware Maker Paragon Solutions
Paragon was founded in 2019 by veterans from the Israel Defense Forces’ powerful intelligence Unit 8200 with the active involvement of former Israeli...