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The FBI seized a botnet hidden in millions of smart TVs run by a publicly traded company. Plus: new ransomware that kills your antivirus first, and Meta using your Instagram photos without asking.
The FBI just cut off 2 million hijacked home devices used as criminal internet relays. Plus: ransomware that runs itself with AI, a tax-season spy campaign, and two critical flaws being actively exploited now.
Plus: the first AI-run ransomware attack, 108 North Korean malware packages targeting developers, a Linux kernel flaw hitting Android, and the FBI tears down a botnet hiding in 2 million smart TVs.
The FBI seized a proxy network that secretly turned millions of smart TVs into cybercrime relays — plus a Linux flaw that hands attackers root access, and North Korea's 108-package supply chain attack.
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.
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 hackers compromised 86,644 Fortinet firewalls using default passwords — CISA says change them now. Plus: an unpatchable exploit hits iPhones XS through 11, and international police clean 15,000 infected sites.
It's a record-breaking Patch Tuesday — 206 vulnerabilities fixed, including three zero-days already being used in attacks. Plus: China's 1,500-device botnet and critical Ivanti, Fortinet, and SAP patches you shouldn't skip.