“I hacked NASA”: Here’s why the space agency honoured a hacker’s contribution |

“I hacked NASA”: Here’s why the space agency honoured a hacker’s contribution |

An independent hacker has publicly revealed a second breach of NASA’s systems, uncovering significant security vulnerabilities. The hacker, who shared the news on X, claimed to have reported the issues directly to NASA, allowing the agency time to address these security concerns. NASA acknowledges hacker’s contributions with appreciation letter after vulnerability report He stated, “I … Read more

It’s time to take warnings about using airport public Wi-Fi seriously

It’s time to take warnings about using airport public Wi-Fi seriously

Over the years, travelers have repeatedly been warned to avoid public Wi-Fi in places like airports and coffee shops. Airport Wi-Fi, in particular, is known to be a hacker honeypot, due to what is typically relatively lax security. But even though many people know they should stay away from free Wi-Fi, it proves as irresistible to … Read more

WazirX: Hacker behind $234 million India crypto theft starts washing funds

WazirX: Hacker behind 4 million India crypto theft starts washing funds

The attacker behind India’s worst crypto hack has begun laundering some of the $234 million stolen in the incident from the WazirX exchange, acting the same day the platform briefed on efforts to recover funds. The perpetrator on Monday moved 2,500 Ether tokens worth about $6.3 million to Tornado Cash — a sanctioned service that … Read more

Iran accused of hacking into US account to influence 2024 election

Iran accused of hacking into US account to influence 2024 election

Microsoft researchers said on Friday that Iranian government-tied hackers tried breaking into the account of a “high-ranking official” on the US presidential campaign in June, weeks after breaching the account of a county-level US official. The breaches were part of Iranian groups’ increasing attempts to influence the US presidential election in November, the researchers … Read more

Israeli hacker group takes responsibility for collapse of Wi-Fi in Ira

Israeli hacker group takes responsibility for collapse of Wi-Fi in Ira

The Israeli hacker group, “We Red Evils Original”, took responsibility for reported WiFi outages in Iran, according to Israeli media on Thursday night. Shortly before reports in Iran, the group posted a message on their Telegram saying, ‘In the coming minutes, we will attack internet systems and providers in Iran. A severe blow is … Read more

AT&T paid $370K to hacker to delete stolen data, report says

AT&T paid 0K to hacker to delete stolen data, report says

AT&T Following AT&T’s admission on Friday that a security breach had impacted tens of millions of its customers, a new report claims that the carrier paid around $370,000 to the hacker to delete all of the stolen data. The payment was made in cryptocurrency in May, and as part of the deal the hacker had … Read more

Hacker group says it carried out Christie’s cyberattack

Hacker group says it carried out Christie’s cyberattack

A hacker group has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that targeted auction house Christie’s earlier this month, the New York Times reported on Monday. The attack, which disrupted the auction house’s website, took place just before the start of its high-profile spring sales event involving more than $850 million worth of art, forcing Christie’s to … Read more

North Korea hackers stole data from South Korea court computers: Police

North Korea hackers stole data from South Korea court computers: Police

SEOUL: North Korean hackers stole sensitive data, including individuals’ financial records, from a South Korean court computer network over two years, Seoul police said on Saturday (May 11). The nuclear-armed North is known to operate an army of thousands of hackers operating both inside the largely isolated country and apparently overseas, and has been blamed … Read more

China warns foreign hackers are infiltrating ‘hundreds’ of business and government networks

China warns foreign hackers are infiltrating ‘hundreds’ of business and government networks

It did not identify the hacking group’s name or location. US moves against cybersecurity ‘risk’ posed by China-made port infrastructure Beijing has expanded efforts in cybersecurity compliance in recent years amid a perceived increase in attacks by foreign agencies. China and the United States, in particular, have exchanged accusations of state-backed cyberattacks with targets ranging … Read more

Microsoft says Russian hacking group is still trying to crack its systems

Microsoft says Russian hacking group is still trying to crack its systems

Microsoft on Friday said that Russian group Nobelium, which the company refers to as Midnight Blizzard, has been trying to access its internal systems and source code repositories. “In recent weeks, we have seen evidence that Midnight Blizzard is using information initially exfiltrated from our corporate email systems to gain, or attempt to gain, unauthorized … Read more