"A Hacker Got All My Texts For $16"
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard, written by Joseph Cox: I didn't expect it to be that quick. While I was on a Google Hangouts call with a colleague, the hacker sent me screenshots of my Bumble and Postmates accounts, which he had.....»»
Hacker publishes alleged records of 20 million BigBasket users
An alleged database of about 20 million BigBasket users has leaked on a well-known cybercrime forum, months after the Indian grocery delivery startup confirmed it had faced a data breach. The database includes users’ email address, phone number.....»»
AI unlocks ancient Dead Sea Scrolls mystery
"Cutting edge technology" reveals how scribes foiled modern scholars with one of the Biblical texts......»»
Cracking the code of the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered some 70 years ago, are famous for containing the oldest manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and many hitherto unknown ancient Jewish texts. But the individual people behind the scrolls have eluded scientis.....»»
Quanta confirms ransomware attack
Quanta Computer has confirmed that its computer systems have been hacked, following reports that some of the ODM's files containing clients' notebook designs have been stolen by a hacker group that has demaned a ransom of XMR123,028 in cryptocurrency.....»»
Google Play apps steal texts and pepper you with unauthorized purchases
Google removes eight apps after receiving report from researchers. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Security researchers have uncovered a batch of Google Play apps that stole users’ text messages and made unauthorized purchases on users’ dim.....»»
A Hacker"s Nightmare: Programmable Chips Secured by Chaos
A complex network of randomly interconnected logic gates creates conditions that could thwart hackers Not all chaos is bad. In the case of programmable chips, chaos can be harnessed to create a unique digital identifier. Think of it as a finger.....»»
Facebook faces ‘mass action’ lawsuit in Europe over 2019 breach
Facebook is to be sued in Europe over the major leak of user data that dates back to 2019 but which only came to light recently after information on 533M+ accounts was found posted for free download on a hacker forum. Today Digital Rights Ireland (D.....»»
Source Engine bug could allow hacker to take over a PC with CS:GO Steam invite
According to a Motherboard report, the bug is found in Valve's Source Engine used by CS:GO, Dota 2, Team Fortress 2, and others. A security researcher who goes by the name of Florian said he reported the vulnerability to Valve via the bounty program.....»»
Gay dating site Manhunt hacked, thousands of accounts stolen
Manhunt, a gay dating app that claims to have 6 million male members, has confirmed it was hit by a data breach in February after a hacker gained access to the company’s accounts database. In a notice filed with the Washington attorney general&.....»»
500 million LinkedIn users" data is for sale on a hacker site
Information scraped from around 500 million LinkedIn user profiles is part of a database posted for sale on a website popular with hackers, the company confirmed Thursday......»»
Messaging platform Gupshup raises $100 million at $1.4 billion valuation
A startup that began its journey in India 15 years ago, helping businesses reach and engage with users through texts said on Thursday it has attained the unicorn status and is also profitable. San Francisco-headquartered Gupshup has raised $100 milli.....»»
Hack takes: A CISO and a hacker detail how they’d respond to the Exchange breach
One of us is a career attacker and the other is a CISO. Here's how we'd respond to an Exchange breach. Aaron Fosdick Contributor Share on Twitter Aaron Fosdick is CISO at Rando.....»»
How to delete and recover text messages in Android
With so many different Android devices in the wild, how to go about deleting and recovering texts isn't always clear. This guide shows you how in clear steps......»»
Hackers backdoor PHP source code after breaching internal git server
Code gave code-execution powers to anyone who knew the secret password: "zerodium." Enlarge (credit: BeeBright / Getty Images / iStockphoto) A hacker compromised the server used to distribute the PHP programming language and added a backdoor t.....»»
T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T Stop SMS Hijacks After Motherboard Investigation
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: All of the major carriers made a significant change to how SMS messages are routed to prevent hackers being able to easily reroute a target's texts, according to an announcement from Aerialink, a.....»»
FatFace tells customers to keep its data breach ‘strictly private’
Clothing giant FatFace had a data breach, but doesn’t want you to tell anyone about it. The company sent an email to customers this week disclosing that it first detected a breach on January 17. A hacker made off with the customer’s name,.....»»
Roll still doesn’t know how its hot wallet was hacked
Move fast, break things, get hacked. That’s what happened at Roll, the social currency platform that allows creators to mint and distribute their own Ethereum-based cryptocurrency known as social tokens. Last week, Roll disclosed a hacker had s.....»»
Teen "Mastermind" Behind the Great Twitter Hack Sentenced To Three Years in Prison
Teenage Twitter hacker Graham Ivan Clark has pleaded guilty to last summer's unprecedented bitcoin scam attack that involved the takeover of dozens of high-profile accounts on the social network, according to paperwork filed in Florida court on Tuesd.....»»
I was a teenage Twitter hacker. Graham Ivan Clark gets 3-year sentence
Florida teen pleads guilty to attack that took over Twitter's internal systems. (credit: Bob Jagendorf) A Florida teenager accused of orchestrating one of last year’s Twitter hacks—this one used celebrity accounts to make more than $100,00.....»»
$16 attack shows how easy carriers make it to intercept text messages
Reporter details problem in story titled, "A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16." Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Milan_Jovic) In a new article titled "A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16," Vice reporter Joseph Cox detailed how the white-hat hacker.....»»