Security News

Cybersecurity firm buying hacker forum accounts to spy on cybercriminals
2025-04-14 19:36

Swiss cybersecurity firm Prodaft has launched a new initiative called 'Sell your Source' where the company purchases verified and aged accounts on hacking forums to to spy on cybercriminals. [...]

Pharmacist accused of using webcams to spy on women in intimate moments at work, home
2025-04-09 02:34

Lawsuit claims sick cyber-voyeurism went undetected for years, using hundreds of PCs, due to lax infosec A now-former pharmacist at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has been...

Raw Deel: Corporate spy admits role in espionage at HR software biz Rippling
2025-04-02 21:56

Double-oh-sh... The name's not Bond. It's O'Brien - Keith O'Brien, now-former global payroll compliance manager at the Dublin, Ireland office of HR software-as-a-service maker Rippling.…

GCHQ intern took top secret spy tool home, now faces prison
2025-04-01 08:51

Not exactly Snowden levels of skill A student at Britain's top eavesdropping government agency has pleaded guilty to taking sensitive information home on the first day of his trial.…

Expired Juniper routers find new life – as Chinese spy hubs
2025-03-12 14:00

Fewer than 10 known victims, but Mandiant suspects others compromised, too Chinese spies have for months exploited old Juniper Networks routers, infecting the buggy gear with custom backdoors and...

Chinese hackers use custom malware to spy on US telecom networks
2025-02-20 16:11

The Chinese state-sponsored Salt Typhoon hacking group uses a custom utility called JumbledPath to stealthily monitor network traffic and potentially capture sensitive data in cyberattacks on U.S....

Now Online Safety Act is law, UK has 'priorities' – but still won't explain 'spy clause'
2024-11-21 10:38

Draft doc struggles to describe how theoretically encryption-busting powers might be used The UK government has set out plans detailing how it will use the new law it has created to control online...

Mustang Panda Deploys Advanced Malware to Spy on Asia-Pacific Governments
2024-09-10 09:57

The threat actor tracked as Mustang Panda has refined its malware arsenal to include new tools in order to facilitate data exfiltration and the deployment of next-stage payloads, according to new...

South Korea says DPRK hackers stole spy plane technical data
2024-08-12 20:22

South Korea's ruling party, People Power Party (PPP), has issued an announcement stating that North Korean hackers have stolen crucial information about K2 tanks, the country's main battle tank,...

I spy another mSpy breach: Millions more stalkerware buyers exposed
2024-07-15 02:01

Infosec in brief Commercial spyware maker mSpy has been breached - again - and millions of purchasers can be identified from the spilled records. "Comprising 142GB of user data and support tickets along with 176GB of more than half a million attachments, the data contained 2.4M unique email addresses, IP addresses names and photos," the mSpy entry on Have I Been Pwned reads.