Endorsed by boxer Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled, the Centra Tech ICO debacle has led to the guilty plea of co-founder Robert Farkas.
Adobe drops slew of critical patches
Adobe released another set of patches for its products on Tuesday, a week after dropping its first set of fixes for the month.
Avon cosmetics suffers “cyber incident” – but was it ransomware?
Ah for the bad old days when a ransomware attack was simply that: a ransomware attack, beginning, middle and end.
More ad fraud apps found hiding on Google Play Store
Fraudulent Android app developers have been discovered trying to manipulate Google’s Play Store security by removing suspicious code before adding it back in to see what trips detection systems.
eBay staff charged with cyberstalking, sending fetal pig and spiders
6 execs and employees have been charged with cyberharassing a couple who published an e-commerce newsletter sometimes critical of the company.
Intel announces “exploit busting” features in its next processor chips
More bad news for cybercrooks… we hope.
‘Anonymous’ takes down Atlanta Police Dept. site after police shooting
Hackers affiliating themselves with the hacktivist label have joined the Black Lives Matter backlash after a fatal police shooting on Friday.
Eavesdroppers can use light bulbs to listen in from afar
Researchers have developed an ingenious way to eavesdrop from a distance without relying on planted bugs: they just stare at a light bulb.
You’ve heard of sextortion – now there’s “breachstortion”, too..
Sextortion again – but with “we hacked your website and stole all your data” instead of “we hacked your webcam and made a video”.
Congress wants to know who is using spyware against the US
A 2021 intelligence funding draft bill mandates a report on surveillance vendors and which countries or other actors are using spyware.