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Spyware attacks on journalists, human rights defenders, and political dissidents are no longer rare or exotic. In early 2025, WhatsApp…

The merchandise website of FBI director Kash Patel was taken offline on Friday after reports that it had been hijacked…

Every year, millions of phones are stolen. While thousands of iPhones are shipped to China and broken down for parts,…

Earlier this year, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, a security researcher who investigates spyware attacks, found himself in an unusual position. For…

Electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, which makes devices and components for Apple, Google, Nvidia, and Sony, among other tech giants, confirmed…

Google is rolling out a new opt-in feature in Android that aims to help security researchers investigate spyware attacks. The…

A ransomware group is attempting to extort the electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, claiming that it stole 8 TB of data…

Cramming for finals is bad enough without the platform you use to do your schoolwork suddenly shutting down. Unfortunately for…

Peter Williams, a veteran cybersecurity executive who was the head of the hacking and surveillance tech division of U.S. defense…

Higher education has long been a target of ransomware gangs and data extortion attacks. But never before, perhaps, has a…

On Tuesday, education tech giant Instructure disclosed a data breach where hackers stole students’ private information, including their names, personal…

Regular internet users and corporations are not the only victims of malicious hackers. Sometimes, the hackers themselves get hacked. That…

AI evaluation startup Braintrust has urged customers to revoke and replace their API keys after an earlier breach of customer…

The complaint sounds familiar. “I’m disappointed that you are working to incorporate AI garbage into the site,” one annoyed person,…

Education tech giant Instructure has confirmed a data breach affecting students’ private information. The hacking and extortion gang ShinyHunters claimed…

Last year, WhatsApp and Apple notified several people in Italy, including journalists and activists, that they had been targeted with…