Hacking the grid: How digital sabotage turns infrastructure into a weapon

The US used a cyberattack to turn off power in Caracas during the raid to seize Maduro. The US grid is also vulnerable to ...

Heroic former PC Gamer writer creates a script to banish all the AI features from Google Chrome

Just the Browser removes a bunch of AI cruft and telemetry garbage, and it's incredibly easy to use. It supports Firefox and Edge, too!
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DPRK Actors Deploy VS Code Tunnels for Remote Hacking

A spear-phishing campaign tied to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) uses trusted Microsoft infrastructure to ...

INC ransomware opsec fail allowed data recovery for 12 US orgs

An operational security failure allowed researchers to recover data that the INC ransomware gang stole from a dozen U.S.

Hacker who stole 120,000 bitcoins wants a second chance—and a security job

In 2023, Lichtenstein and his wife, Heather Morgan, pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy in a wild 2016 scheme to ...

Guilty plea in $380 million Ponzi scheme, feds say

A financial adviser in Georgia, Todd Burkhalter, has pleaded guilty in a Ponzi scheme that bilked more than 2,000 people out ...

SmarterMail auth bypass flaw now exploited to hijack admin accounts

Hackers began exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability in SmarterTools' SmarterMail email server and collaboration ...

Financial group CEO Todd Burkhalter admits to running $380M Ponzi scheme — largest in Georgia history — to fund lavish lifestyle

A financial group chief executive is accused of running the largest Ponzi scheme in Georgia’s history to fund a high-end lifestyle, which included purchasing a yacht, a multimillion-dollar condo in ...