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Chinese hacking groups target Russian government, IT firms
2024-08-11 16:16

A series of targeted cyberattacks that started at the end of July 2024, targeting dozens of systems used in Russian government organizations and IT companies, are linked to Chinese hackers of the...

ADT confirms data breach after customer info leaked on hacking forum
2024-08-08 13:41

ADT Inc. disclosed via a Form 8-K filing at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that hackers have gained access to its systems, which hold customer order details. [...]

BreachForums v1 hacking forum data leak exposes members’ info
2024-07-23 19:24

The private member information of the BreachForums v1 hacking forum from 2022 has been leaked online, allowing threat actors and researchers to gain insight into its users. [...]

Email addresses of 15 million Trello users leaked on hacking forum
2024-07-16 17:57

A threat actor has released over 15 million email addresses associated with Trello accounts that were collected using an unsecured API in January. Emo created a list of 500 million email addresses and fed it into the API to determine if they were linked to a Trello account.

Hacking Scientific Citations
2024-07-15 17:13

Citations of scientific work abide by a standardized referencing system: Each reference explicitly mentions at least the title, authors' names, publication year, journal or conference name, and page numbers of the cited publication. References in a scientific publication allow authors to justify methodological choices or present the results of past studies, highlighting the iterative and collaborative nature of science.

How to Study Ethical Hacking as a Beginner
2024-06-21 09:30

The 2024 Ethical Hacking & Cybersecurity for Beginners Bundle is on sale for only $29.99. What kind of ethical hacking courses are included in this bundle?

The Hacking of Culture and the Creation of Socio-Technical Debt
2024-06-19 11:09

4 If culture is like an operating system, then to hack it is to exploit the design of that system to gain unauthorized control and manipulate it towards a specific end. Sociologist James Davison Hunter, who popularized the phrase "Culture war," stresses that culture is used to justify violence to defend these identities.

AMD investigates breach after data for sale on hacking forum
2024-06-18 21:26

AMD is investigating whether it suffered a cyberattack after a threat actor put allegedly stolen data up for sale on a hacking forum, claiming it contains AMD employee information, financial documents, and confidential information. "We are aware of a cybercriminal organization claiming to be in possession of stolen AMD data," AMD told BleepingComputer in a statement.

Truist Bank confirms breach after stolen data shows up on hacking forum
2024-06-13 23:17

Leading U.S. commercial bank Truist confirmed its systems were breached in an October 2023 cyberattack after a threat actor posted some of the company's data for sale on a hacking forum. While BleepingComputer could not independently verify these claims, the data also allegedly contains bank transactions with names, account numbers, balances, and IVR funds transfer source code.

Chinese hacking groups team up in cyber espionage campaign
2024-06-05 20:06

Chinese state-sponsored actors have been targeting a government agency since at least March 2023 in a cyberespionage campaign that researchers track as Crimson Palace. According to a report from cybersecurity company Sophos, the campaign relied on new malware variants and three different activity clusters that indicate a coordinated attack.