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The FBI shut down a botnet that hijacked 2M home TVs and streaming boxes for criminal use. Plus: a European Parliament spyware investigator was himself hacked with Pegasus, and ransomware gangs are exploiting two critical flaws right now.
An AI agent just pulled off a complete ransomware attack with no human at the keyboard. Plus: a UK hacking gang pleads guilty, SharePoint is being actively exploited, and a sneaky trap targeting security researchers.
An AI model independently invented a working browser ransomware attack that experts thought was impossible. Plus: Scattered Spider members plead guilty, a Windows flaw is being actively ransomed, and your streaming box may be spying on you.
Cheap Android TV boxes are secretly routing criminal traffic through your home internet. Plus: ransomware gangs are exploiting a patched Windows flaw, and AI browsers can be tricked into handing over your passwords.
Russian hackers are after your Signal backup keys, 236,000 crypto scam sites just got exposed, and that cheap Android TV box in your living room may be secretly working for criminals. Here's what to do.
Russian intelligence upgraded its Signal phishing campaign to steal your entire message history with one key. Plus: a $3M crypto heist, new Chinese espionage malware, and why Windows 10 users just got a surprise reprieve.
The FBI upgraded its Signal warning: Russian intelligence is now stealing backup recovery keys that let attackers read your entire message history — even after you switch phones. Plus: Scattered Spider guilty pleas, a $3M crypto heist, and malware designed to fool AI.
Cheap Android TV boxes are secretly renting your home internet to criminals. Plus: two Linux bugs with working exploits, a critical industrial software flaw under active attack, and Scattered Spider members plead guilty in London.
Scattered Spider members plead guilty in the UK, two Cisco zero-days are under active attack, and that cheap Android TV box on your shelf may be routing criminal traffic through your home network.
A Russian operation quietly planted sniffers inside 430,000 Fortinet firewalls and walked away with 110 million stolen credentials. Plus: the video decoder bug hiding in your media server.
A botnet hiding in cheap TV boxes is renting out your home internet to criminals. Plus: 430,000 firewalls breached, Scattered Spider members plead guilty, and a GitHub flaw anyone can exploit.
A Russian-linked crew ran 1.16 billion login attempts against Fortinet firewalls and walked away with credentials for 73,000 devices — including a NATO defense contractor. Plus: Splunk's emergency patch deadline and WordPress plugins secretly backdoored.