SecurityWeek

Hackers Accessed University of Hawaii Cancer Center Patient Data; They Weren’t Immediately Notified

Sensitive personal information from participants in a University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center study were exposed to computer hackers ...

BreachForums hacking forum database leaked, exposing 324,000 accounts

The latest incarnation of the notorious BreachForums hacking forum has suffered a data breach, with its user database table ...

Hackers target misconfigured proxies to access paid LLM services

Threat actors are systematically hunting for misconfigured proxy servers that could provide access to commercial large ...
SecurityWeek

Hacker Conversations: Katie Paxton-Fear Talks Autism, Morality and Hacking

Katie Paxton-Fear is neurodiverse (‘autistic’, she says). It’s a common, but not causal, condition among hackers. Autism ...

Founder of spyware maker pcTattletale pleads guilty to hacking and advertising surveillance software

Bryan Fleming, the founder of hacked stalkerware company pcTattletale, pleaded guilty to federal charges linked to the ...

Hackers use 'Blue Screen of Death' malware to target victims

This script downloads the malware and other malicious tools, disables Windows Defender, and displays the real booking website to throw the victim off. There doesn’t seem to be a specific name for the ...
The American Prospect

Ransomware Recovery Firms Share in the Hacking Spoils

Incident response firms negotiate with hackers while also processing payments to them, leading to potential betrayals of ...

Patients of premier UES plastic surgeon had hacked nude images posted online — and doc ‘ignored pleas for help’: suit

Dr. Richard Swift’s office, located on the monied Upper East Side, was hacked in an alleged malware attack last year, with a ...
Gameranx

Hacker Disputes: Ubisoft Was Not Hacked In The “Traditional Sense”

Hacker vx-underground has pointed out that Ubisoft wasn’t really hacked in the ‘traditional sense’. Rainbow Six Siege ’s ...
CNN

Federal report: Government computers pose security risks

Government computers pose security risks. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The government's computer systems remain "fraught with weaknesses," posing security risks at a host o ...