Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has undergone another hacker attack. The attackers managed to withdraw BNB tokens worth about $570 million. Somewhat earlier it was reported that the attack allowed the hackers to steal about $110 million, but now it turned out that everything is much worse. At the same time, the...
A Florida district court has sentenced 34-year-old IT engineer Sebastien Vashon-Desjardins to 20 years in prison for carrying out at least 90 cyberattacks. It is noted that for several years of his activity, the hacker, using the NetWalker encryption virus, earned about $ 27 million. A search of Vashon-Desjardins revealed...
Recently, various vulnerabilities in processors have been talked about much less often, and users no longer worry about performance degradation due to patches. As it turns out, Ryzen 7000 processors generally benefit from such patches! At least this is true for Linux, since it was in this OS that the...
Nearly two years after the PlayStation 5 went on sale, modders have found a way to jailbreak the console, albeit with some restrictions. IGN notes that the modder, known as SpecterDev, disclosed an apparent jailbreak that is described as an experimental IPV6 kernel exploit exploiting a WebKit vulnerability. The jailbreak...
An unknown hacker was able to access the business publication Fast Company’s Apple News account and sent out a series of obscene and racist messages via push notifications. Subscribers are the victims. Fast Company confirmed the hack, and so did Apple. The incident is currently under investigation. “Fast Company’s Apple...
The 17-year-old hacker, who was previously arrested in the UK on suspicion of hacking Rockstar Games and Uber, has pleaded not guilty. According to police, he appeared in court over the weekend, but refused to plead guilty to PC misuse. At the same time, he admitted that he violated the...
Cloudflare has introduced a new solution that may be suitable for smartphone and mobile Internet users. We are talking about an eSIM card called Zero Trust SIM. Its peculiarity is that it provides an increased level of security, reducing the risk of number substitution. In technical terms, we are talking...
London police today announced the capture of a 17-year-old teenager suspected of cybercrime in Oxfordshire. At the moment, it is only reported that the arrested person is in custody. The police declined to say what caused the arrest, but a number of facts indicate that this particular teenager, associated with...
Security specialist Andy Nguyen was able to bypass the protection of the PS5 game console and “hack” it using an old vulnerability that he also used on the PS4. It concerns the features of the exFAT file system in Sony’s implementation. In 2020, Nguyen managed to jailbreak his PS4 using...
Group-IB digital forensics specialist Igor Mikhailov told the Prime agency why you should not use a fingerprint on your phone. According to him, locking a smartphone with a fingerprint reduces its security, as the fingerprint can be copied. In addition, it is possible to unlock the gadget with someone else’s...
Yesterday it became known that a hacker hacked Rockstar and leaked a huge amount of data on GTA 6. In particular, there was a partial source code of the game, videos from early builds and much more. However, he also reportedly hacked Uber, and he did it before. According to...
Samsung sent out a letter to customers, in which it told about a rather serious security breach that occurred recently. Samsung said that a security breach in its system led to the potential exposure of customers’ personal information. Although there are not many details about the attack itself, the company...
The head of the US Army Cyber School, Colonel Brian Weil, announced the recruitment of “state hackers” in the corresponding branch of the US armed forces. “Want to become a government hacker? We will develop your skills in offensive and defensive operations. Protect. To attack. Exploit vulnerabilities [противника],” Vile said...
At the Def Con conference, hacker and developer Michael Grover, known by the nickname MG, showed the O.MG Elite cable with a built-in web server, USB power, Wi-Fi access and a keylogger. It allows you to hack PCs and smartphones, and then monitor their work, imitate button presses or enter...
The final version of the Android 13 OS was released just a week ago (August 15), but cybercriminals have already found a way to hack it. According to information security experts, several viruses have already been discovered that bypass the new security measures introduced in Android 13. These malware are...
A vulnerability has been discovered in the operating systems of iPhones and iPads that could give hackers full administrative access to devices. It is in the core of the system and in the engine for displaying WebKit web pages. As noted, the problem has been fixed in the latest firmware...
