Hacker Puts Hosting Service Code Spaces Out of Business
Cloud-based code-hosting service Code Spaces announced today it was going out of business after a hacker deleted most of its machines, customer data and backups.
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Hacker Exploits NAS Vulnerabilities to Mine $620K in Dogecoin
A hacker exploiting vulnerabilities in Synology network attached storage boxes was able to mine $620,000 in Dogecoin.
FTC Asking DEF CON to Help Catch Robocallers
The FTC is seeking help from hackers at DEF CON to help lure and identify the perpetrators of illegal robocalling scams, whether they are criminal or corporate.
Google patched a vulnerability that a researcher was able to exploit in order to collect every Gmail address.
The hackers behind last month’s iPhone ransomware campaign – in which many users were asked to pay $100 to unlock their devices – may be behind bars now.
Espionage attacks against aerospace and satellite companies in the U.S. and Europe have been linked to a Chinese People’s Liberation Army unit, security company Crowdstrike said.
A vulnerability in an emerging interactive television standard could open up number of smart TVs to untraceable drive-by attacks.
UPDATE–Law enforcement agencies in Europe and the United States, including Europol and the FBI, ran a coordinated takedown of the GameOver Zeus botnet on Friday, seizing servers and disrupting the botnet’s operation. Authorities say that the same botnet has been used to distribute the CryptoLocker ransomware and they’re now looking for a 30-year-old Russian whom […]
Monsanto has disclosed a data breach that involved the personal information of customers and employees of its Precision Planting subsidiary.
A handful of iPhone, iPad and Mac users, largely confined to Australia, awoke Tuesday to discover their devices had been taken hostage by ransomware.
