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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.
The Lapsus$ data extortion group leaked today a huge collection of confidential data they claim to be from Samsung Electronics, the South Korean giant consumer electronics company. [...]
Cyber criminals and hacktivist groups are increasingly using the Telegram messaging app for their activities, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict enters its eighth day
In the meantime, Ukrainian sites are being hacked to spread fake new
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) said today "enemy" hackers are using compromised local government and regional authorities' websites to push rumors that Ukraine surrendered and signed a peace treaty with Russia. [...]
Telegram, the free instant messaging service that promises secure end-to-end communications, has assumed a pivotal role in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as it's being massively used by hacktivists and cyber-criminals alike. [...]
Telegram, the free instant messaging service that promises secure end-to-end communications, has assumed a pivotal role in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as it's being massively used by hacktivists and cyber-criminals alike. [...]
Researchers say passwords with less than seven characters can be hacked "instantly."
American chipmaking company NVIDIA on Tuesday confirmed that its network was breached as a result of a cyber attack, enabling the perpetrators to gain access to sensitive data, including source code purportedly associated with its Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology
Roscosmos boss says such a provocation would be causus belli
UK company’s VPN could mitigate risk of quantum computer hacking
Russia will consider any cyberattacks targeting Russian satellite infrastructure an act of war, as the country's space agency director said in a TV interview. [...]
Details of a new nation-state sponsored phishing campaign has been uncovered setting its sights on European governmental entities in what's seen as an attempt to obtain intelligence on refugee and supply movement in the region
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks leveraging a new amplification technique called TCP Middlebox Reflection have been detected for the first time in the wild, six months after the novel attack mechanism was presented in theory
Attackers claim to have IP which could increase capacity for crypto-mining
It is predicted that 3.5 million jobs will be unfilled in the field of cybersecurity by the end of this year. Several of these jobs pay very well, and in most cases, you don't even need a college degree to get hired
Twitter account of former intelligence specialist, Reality Winner was hacked over the weekend by threat actors looking to target journalists at prominent media organizations. After taking over Winner's verified Twitter account, hackers changed the profile name to "Feedback Team" to impersonate Twitter staff and began sending out DMs. [...]
The Lapsus$ data extortion group has released what they claim to be data stolen from the Nvidia GPU designer. The cache is an archive that is almost 20GB large. [...]
Hacked Russian media sites broadcast messages decrying the invasion of Ukraine
Facebook (now known as Meta) says it took down accounts used by a Belarusian-linked hacking group (UNC1151 or Ghostwriter) to target Ukrainian officials and military personnel on its platform. [...]
Online chatter suggests chip giant “hacked back” at its attacker