Security News

FBI gains access to Trump rally shooter's phone
2024-07-16 03:16

The FBI on Monday revealed it has gained access to a phone it says was used by Thomas Matthew Crooks - the man who shot at and wounded former US president Donald Trump on July 13 in an apparent failed assassination attempt. The bureau hasn't explained how it got into the cellphone, though it is known to have previously acquired capabilities that allow it to access locked devices - and even view encrypted content - despite the use of passwords and/or biometric authentication.

Back from the dead: LockBit taunts cops, threatens to leak Trump docs
2024-02-26 19:14

Officials have until March 2 to cough up or stolen data gets leaked LockBit claims it's back in action just days after an international law enforcement effort seized the ransomware gang's servers...

Donald Trump returns to Twitter after Elon Musk's poll
2022-11-20 08:43

In a surprising move, Twitter has lifted the "Permanent suspension" of former U.S. President Donald Trump's account. The move follows a Twitter poll ran by Elon Musk that asked users whether to reinstate Trump's account-the majority of 15 million respondents answered affirmatively.

'Welcome Back'— Donald Trump returns to Twitter after Elon Musk's poll
2022-11-20 08:43

In a surprising move, Twitter has lifted the "Permanent suspension" of former U.S. President Donald Trump's account. The move follows a Twitter poll ran by Elon Musk that asked users whether to reinstate Trump's account-the majority of 15 million respondents answered affirmatively.

Microsoft trumps Google for 2021-22 bug bounty payouts
2022-08-12 18:00

Microsoft appears to have beat Google on the bug bounty front, with $13.7 million in rewards spread out over 335 researchers. The biggest prize awarded by Microsoft was $200,000 under the Hyper-V Bounty Program and the average award was $12,000.

Unusual ‘Donald Trump’ Packer Malware Delivers RATs, Infostealers
2022-01-24 10:00

NET malware packer being used to deliver a variety of remote access trojans and infostealers has a fixed password named after Donald Trump, giving the new find its name, "DTPacker." The ProofPoint team that discovered DTPacker reported that the malware is notable because it delivers both embedded payloads, as well as those fetched from a command-and-control server.

Trump Hacker and Friends on a Mission to Fix the Internet
2021-07-16 10:41

The bearded hacker declined to give his age, but he has been carrying out these "Responsible disclosures" for the best part of two decades. Just before the 2016 US election swept Trump to power, Gevers and two friends decided to make sure the then-candidate wasn't using a password that had previously been leaked online.

Pro-Trump Social Media Platform GETTR Hacked Shortly After Launch
2021-07-07 12:20

Pro-Trump social media platform GETTR was targeted by hackers shortly after launch - accounts were apparently compromised and tens of thousands of users had their data scraped and leaked online. A Twitter-like platform, GETTR was launched on July 4 by Jason Miller, who served as a spokesperson for former U.S. President Donald Trump.

Pro-Trump ‘Gettr’ Social Platform Hacked On Day One
2021-07-07 03:27

Gettr, a social media platform set up by allies of former President Donald Trump, was still wet and squirming when it got hacked - twice. Gettr - a Twitter-esque platform with posts and trending topics - was quietly launched on Thursday by Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Trump who's been teasing it for months.

Hacker dumps private info of pro-Trump GETTR social network members
2021-07-06 18:30

Newly launched social site GETTR suffered a data breach after a hacker claimed to use an unsecured API to scrape the private information of almost 90,000 members and then shared the data on a hacking forum. GETTR is a new pro-Trump social media platform created by former Trump advisor Jason Miller as an alternative to Twitter.