hacking
Public charging stations seem convenient when your phone is on its last legs, but the FBI notified consumers to be careful. The FBI and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) say that hackers have found a way to hijack public charging stations to intentionally upload malware and software that allows access to personal information on phones, […]
Following new findings of major spyware vulnerability, Apple has issued emergency security updates to its iOS, MacOS, and WatchOS products. According to The Hill, researchers at Citizen Lab describe the spyware as a “zero-day zero-click exploit” software targeted against iMessage specifically. “This spyware can do everything an iPhone user can do on their device and more,” […]
The blockchain site Poly Network said hackers found a way into its system and then stole thousands of digital tokens with an estimated value of more than $600 million, making it perhaps the biggest cryptocurrency heist ever. Poly Network is a Defi (meaning decentralized finance) provider that lets users move tokens on one blockchain to another network. The company posted […]
Federal prosecutors have decided that, for now, they will not charge a Canadian truck driver who was found with more than a ton of marijuana during a July arrest at the U.S. border, after his lawyer successfully argued he was the victim of a drug smuggling scam. The dropping of the charges is not necessarily permanent, but […]
The world’s largest meat supplier, JBS USA was the victim of an “organized cybersecurity attack” on Sunday, USA Today reports. A statement from JBS explained that the attack impacted some of the servers that support its North American and Australian IT systems. “The company took immediate action, suspending all affected systems, notifying authorities, and activating the […]
Personal information for more than 533 million Facebook users across 106 different countries was published over the weekend in what’s being described as a “low level hacking forum.” Of the more than 533 million reported users, more than 32 million of them are said to be based in the U.S. Information shared to the hacker-utilized site—as […]
On Monday officials in Pinellas County, Florida held a press conference in which they made an announcement that an unidentified hacker had remotely gotten into a panel that controls the water treatment system for the city of Oldsmar, and then greatly bumped up the amount of sodium hydroxide (a.k.a. lye) in the water supply. Pinellas County Sheriff […]
Apple would like you to update your iPhone and iPad software as soon as possible due to possible security problems. The iOS 14.4 update, which was made available on Tuesday, is aimed at patching what 9to5Mac notes was “a security vulnerability in the kernel” that potentially affected models iPhone 6s and later, as well as iPad […]
Despite claims from the White House that Donald Trump’s Twitter account was not hacked back in October, Dutch prosecutors have confirmed otherwise. Victor Gevers alleged he got into Trump’s account on Oct. 16 after he guessed the President’s password, which he claimed was “maga2020!” Both the White House and Twitter denied reports that Trump was hacked, […]
As the race to develop the COVID-19 vaccine continues, it appears that suspected North Korean hackers attempted to access AstraZeneca’s systems in the last weeks. Reuters reports that the hackers pretended to be job recruiters and used LinkedIn and WhatsApp to contact AstraZeneca employees with false job offers. Sources told the news outlet that the […]
