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Hacking is the use of technical methods to access, alter, disrupt, or examine computer systems and data, either with authorization or without it. In security reporting, the term usually covers unauthorized exploitation of software flaws, exposed services, weak credentials, misconfigurations, and sometimes human trust through phishing or other social engineering.
Its security significance depends on the attacker’s access and objective: a compromised internet-facing system may enable data theft, unauthorized changes, or movement into other systems, while a benign penetration test can reveal the same weaknesses before they are abused. Defenders reduce exposure through timely vulnerability management, secure configuration, strong authentication, network and endpoint monitoring, and tested incident-response procedures. Useful reporting distinguishes confirmed compromise from attempted or suspected activity and identifies the exploited entry point, affected assets, and whether access was contained.
Similar to what happened around the 2020 election, FBI warns that the Emennet Pasargad group is poised to target officials and companies with embarrassing hack-and-leak campaigns.
Crooks: Show us the money! Cops: How about you show us the decryption keys first?
A new version of the 'FurBall' Android spyware has been found targeting Iranian citizens in mobile surveillance campaigns conducted by the Domestic Kitten hacking group, also known as APT-C-50. [...]
The Federal Police of Brazil on Wednesday announced it had arrested an individual for purported links to the notorious LAPSUS$ extortionist gang
Today, the Brazilian Federal Police arrested a Brazilian suspect in the city of Feira de Santana, Bahia, believed to be part of the Lapsus$ extortion gang. [...]
A hacking group named 'DiceyF' has been observed deploying a malicious attack framework against online casinos based in Southeast Asia since at least November 2021. [...]
Law enforcement authorities in France, in collaboration with Spain and Latvia, have disrupted a cybercrime ring that leveraged a hacking tool to steal cars without having to use a physical key fob
Hotwiring is so 2021 Europol this week said it has arrested 31 people in a crackdown on a car-theft ring that developed and used a technique to steal keyless vehicles.…
HelpSystems, the company behind the Cobalt Strike software platform, has released an out-of-band security update to address a remote code execution vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take control of targeted systems
Wild story of a multinational law firm, cyber-mercenaries, a sheikh, and more A former Wall Street Journal reporter has sued a multinational law firm, some of its attorneys, and others for allegedly stealing his emails and spreading the messages to wrongly discredit him, leading to his firing.…
A threat actor is selling on hacking forums what they claim to be a new UEFI bootkit named BlackLotus, a malicious tool with capabilities usually linked to state-backed threat groups. [...]
Foreign nations continue to target various US public entities and private industries with cyberattacks, but the coming midterms are driving more disinformation than hacking, say experts.
Threat actors behind the relatively new Venus Ransomware are hacking into publicly-exposed Remote Desktop services to encrypt Windows devices. [...]