The past year saw a breathtaking rise in the value of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, with Bitcoin gaining 60 percent in value in 2021 and Ethereum spiking 80 percent. So perhaps it’s no surprise …
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A young hacker and IT security researcher found a way to remotely interact with more than 25 Tesla electric vehicles in 13 countries, according to a Twitter thread he posted yesterday. David Colombo explained in …
Teen hacker finds bug that lets him control 25+ Teslas remotely Read More »
Google took to Twitter this weekend to complain that iMessage is just too darn influential with today’s kids. The company was responding to a Wall Street Journal report detailing the lock-in and social pressure Apple’s …
After ruining Android messaging, Google says iMessage is too powerful Read More »
Riot Games has settled a class-action lawsuit for $100 million. Filed in 2018 by two female employees and later certified as a class-action, the lawsuit accused the studio of discrimination, sexual harassment, and unequal pay. …
Riot Games to pay $100 million to settle gender discrimination lawsuit Read More »
An Android app with more than 500,000 downloads from Google Play has been caught hosting malware that surreptitiously sends users’ contacts to an attacker-controlled server and signs up users to pricey subscriptions, a security firm …
Google Play app with 500,000 downloads sent user contacts to Russian server Read More »
Hackers including Chinese state-backed groups have launched more than 840,000 attacks on companies globally since last Friday, according to researchers, through a previously unnoticed vulnerability in a widely used piece of open-source software called Log4J. …
Hackers launch over 840,000 attacks through Log4J flaw Read More »
As the world is beset by Log4Shell, arguably the most severe vulnerability ever, one of the biggest payroll processors is reporting a ransomware attack that has taken its systems offline for at least the next …
As Log4Shell wreaks havoc, payroll service reports ransomware attack Read More »
Amazon said it would appeal a €1.1 billion fine from Italy after antitrust investigators found the online shopping giant had given unfair preference to sellers who also ship their goods through Amazon’s logistics service. Amazon …
Amazon fined €1.1 billion by Italy for antitrust abuse Read More »
The Tor anonymity service and anticensorship tool has come under fire from two threats in recent weeks: The Russian government has blocked most Tor nodes in that country, and hundreds of malicious servers have been …
Tor is under threat from Russian censorship and Sybil attacks Read More »
Almost exactly a year ago, security researchers uncovered one of the worst data breaches in modern history, if not ever: a Kremlin-backed hacking campaign that compromised the servers of network management provider SolarWinds and, from …
SolarWinds hackers have a whole bag of new tricks for mass compromise attacks Read More »
The iPhones of nine US State Department officials were infected by powerful and stealthy malware developed by NSO Group, the Israeli exploit seller that has come under increasing scrutiny for selling its wares to customers …
iPhones of US diplomats hacked using “0-click” exploits from embattled NSO Read More »
Blockchain startup MonoX Finance said on Wednesday that a hacker stole $31 million by exploiting a bug in software the service uses to draft smart contracts. The company uses a decentralized finance protocol known as …
Really stupid “smart contract” bug let hackers steal $31 million in digital coin Read More »