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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.
US authorities have charged a man for involvement in the SEC X account hack in January 2024, which falsely announced the approval of Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds
Also: Radiant Capital Hack and TD Bank Secrecy Act Guilty PleaThis week, an arrest in the U.S. SEC X account hack, a Radiant Capital hack, market manipulation charges on 18 entities, Bitfinex update, Forcount promoter sentenced, Mt. Gox pushed repayment, an alleged fraudster fled, SEC charged Cumberland and TD Bank pleased guilty to BSA violations.
An Alabama man was arrested today by the FBI for his suspected role in hacking the SEC's X account to make a fake announcement that Bitcoin ETFs were approved. [...]
A new Bugcrowd study shows 71% of ethical hackers now see AI boosting hacking value, up from 21% in 2023
The North Korean hacking group ScarCruft launched a large-scale attack in May that leveraged an Internet Explorer zero-day flaw to infect targets with the RokRAT malware and exfiltrate data. [...]
DigiCert says imminent crypto threat from quantum computing has been over-hyped
China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) has doubled down on claims that the threat actor known as the Volt Typhoon is a fabrication of the U.S. and its allies
Cisco has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it is investigating recent claims that it suffered a breach after a threat actor began selling allegedly stolen data on a hacking forum. [...]
Enough with the racist-sounding 'dragons' and 'pandas', Beijing complains – then points the finger at koalas Chinese authorities have published another set of allegations that assert the Volt Typhoon threat actor is an invention of the US and its allies, and not a crew run by Beijing.…
Texas-Based Gryphon Healthcare Says an Unnamed Third Party Was at Center of BreachA Texas-based revenue cycle management firm is notifying about 400,000 individuals of a hacking incident it says originated with another third party. The incident is among a growing list of major breaches implicating vendors and cumulatively affecting tens of millions of patients so far this year.
The gaming company reports that the server has been rebuilt after the leak, but has not confirmed what kind of information was compromised.
Lawmakers Demand Answers, Security Overhaul After Chinese Hack of Telecom NetworksCongress is demanding answers from AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen after reports revealed that Chinese hackers breached U.S. telecom infrastructure, targeting systems linked to court-authorized wiretaps, as the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency investigate the Salt Typhoon group.
The Iranian state-sponsored hacking group APT34, aka OilRig, has recently escalated its activities with new campaigns targeting government and critical infrastructure entities in the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf region. [...]