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US and EU police shut down LeakBase, a site accused of sharing stolen passwords and hacking tools
U.S. and European law enforcement have seized the database from LeakBase, which prosecutors have touted as “one of the world’s…
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A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses
One of the chief problems with “luxury surveillance” devices, like smart glasses with baked-in video recording cameras, is that they…
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Hacktivists claim to have hacked Homeland Security to release ICE contract data
A group of hacktivists calling themselves “Department of Peace” claimed to have hacked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), leaking…
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CISA replaces acting director after a bumbling year on the job
This week it was reported that U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is in dire shape, after a year of…
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US cybersecurity agency CISA reportedly in dire shape amid Trump cuts and layoffs
U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA is reportedly in dire shape, according to bipartisan lawmakers and industry leaders who fear that the…
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Former L3Harris Trenchant boss jailed for selling hacking tools to Russian broker
Peter Williams, a former U.S. defense contractor boss, was sentenced on Tuesday to seven years in prison for stealing and…
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Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker accused of buying exploits stolen from U.S. defense contractor
The U.S. government announced on Tuesday sanctions against two companies that acquire and resell zero-day exploits, as well sanctioning their…
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Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras
Brian Merchant, writing for Blood in the Machine, reports that people across the United States are dismantling and destroying Flock…
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Ukrainian man jailed for identity theft that helped North Koreans get jobs at US companies
A U.S. federal court has sentenced a Ukrainian man to five years in prison for his part in a long-running…
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FBI says ATM ‘jackpotting’ attacks are on the rise, and netting hackers millions in stolen cash
In 2010, the famed security researcher Barnaby Jack spectacularly hacked into an ATM cash machine on stage at the Black…
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Cellebrite cut off Serbia citing abuse of its phone unlocking tools. Why not others?
Last year, the phone hacking tool maker Cellebrite announced it had suspended Serbian police as customers, after human rights researchers…
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Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein
Def Con, one of the largest and longest-running hacking conferences in the world, announced on Wednesday that three people linked…
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