Security News

DEF CON's hacker-in-chief faces fortune in medical bills after paralyzing neck injury
2025-01-07 14:45

Marc Rogers is 'lucky to be alive' Marc Rogers, DEF CON's head of security, faces tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills following an accident that left him with a broken neck and temporary...

Chinese hackers also breached Charter and Windstream networks
2025-01-06 15:27

​More U.S. companies have been added to the list of telecommunications firms hacked in a wave of breaches by a Chinese state-backed threat group tracked as Salt Typhoon. [...]

US sanctions Chinese company linked to Flax Typhoon hackers
2025-01-03 16:19

​The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned Beijing-based cybersecurity company Integrity Tech (also known as Yongxin Zhicheng) for its involvement in cyberattacks attributed to the Chinese...

Chinese hackers targeted sanctions office in Treasury attack
2025-01-02 18:09

​Chinese state-backed hackers have reportedly breached the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a Treasury Department office that administers and enforces trade and economic sanctions programs. [...]

New details reveal how hackers hijacked 35 Google Chrome extensions
2024-12-31 18:54

New details have emerged about a phishing campaign targeting Chrome browser extension developers that led to the compromise of at least thirty-five extensions to inject data-stealing code,...

Hackers exploit Four-Faith router flaw to open reverse shells
2024-12-30 18:03

Threat actors are exploiting a post-authentication remote command injection vulnerability in Four-Faith routers tracked as CVE-2024-12856 to open reverse shells back to the attackers. [...]

Hackers steal ZAGG customers' credit cards in third-party breach
2024-12-28 16:57

ZAGG Inc. is informing customers that their credit card data has been exposed to unauthorized individuals after hackers compromised a third-party application provided by the company's e-commerce...

White House links ninth telecom breach to Chinese hackers
2024-12-27 20:02

A White House official has added a ninth U.S. telecommunications company to the list of telecoms breached in a Chinese hacking campaign that impacted dozens of countries. [...]

North Korean Hackers Deploy OtterCookie Malware in Contagious Interview Campaign
2024-12-27 17:42

North Korean threat actors behind the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign have been observed dropping a new JavaScript malware called OtterCookie. Contagious Interview (aka DeceptiveDevelopment)...

Hackers exploit DoS flaw to disable Palo Alto Networks firewalls
2024-12-27 16:33

Palo Alto Networks is warning that hackers are exploiting the CVE-2024-3393 denial of service vulnerability to disable firewall protections by forcing it to reboot. [...]