cybersecurity

The best hacks and security research from Black Hat and Def Con 2024

Thousands of hackers, researchers and security professionals descended on the Black Hat and Def Con security conferences in Las Vegas this week, an...

CrowdStrike accepts award for ‘most epic fail’ after global IT outage

Just a few weeks after its software update triggered a global IT meltdown, CrowdStrike isn’t shying away from the spotlight. In fact, the company’s...

After global IT meltdown, CrowdStrike courts hackers with action figures and gratitude

On Wednesday morning, thousands of cybersecurity professionals swarmed the halls of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, the epicenter of the...

CSC ServiceWorks reveals 2023 data breach affecting thousands of people

Laundry giant CSC ServiceWorks says tens of thousands of people had their personal information stolen from its systems after recently disclosing a cyberattack...

How a cybersecurity researcher befriended, then doxed, the leader of LockBit ransomware gang

Earlier this year, an international coalition of law enforcement agencies took control of the dark web site of the notorious ransomware gang LockBit,...

Ecovacs home robots can be hacked to spy on their owners, researchers say

Malicious hackers can take over control of vacuum and lawn mower robots made by Ecovacs to spy on their owners using the devices’...

Student raised security concerns in Mobile Guardian MDM weeks before cyberattack

A person claiming to be a student in Singapore publicly posted documentation showing lax security in a widely popular school mobile device management...

Security bugs in ransomware leak sites helped save six companies from paying hefty ransoms

A security researcher says six companies were saved from having to pay potentially hefty ransom demands, in part thanks to rookie security flaws...

UK data watchdog to fine NHS vendor Advanced for security failures prior to LockBit ransomware attack

U.K. data protection authorities have issued a provisional fine of more than £6 million to NHS vendor Advanced after finding that the company...

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