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Operation Cookie Monster: Feds seize “notorious hacker marketplace”

Enlarge / Domain seizure message at genesis.market. An international law enforcement operation shut down a "notorious hacker marketplace" that sold access to infected devices and stolen account credentials, the US Department of Justice…

Open garage doors anywhere in the world by exploiting this “smart” device

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A market-leading garage door controller is so riddled with severe security and privacy vulnerabilities that the researcher who discovered them is advising anyone using one to immediately disconnect it…

Users fume after My Cloud network breach locks them out of their data

Enlarge (credit: Western Digital) Users of the Western Digital My Cloud service are fuming after a network breach has locked them out of their data for more than 24 hours and has put…

These angry Dutch farmers really hate Microsoft

Enlarge (credit: Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images) As soon as Lars Ruiter steps out of his car, he is confronted by a Microsoft security guard, who is already seething with anger. Ruiter, a local councillor,…

Hackers exploit WordPress plugin flaw that gives full control of millions of sites

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in a widely used WordPress plugin that gives them the ability to take complete control of millions of sites, researchers said. The…

Trojanized Windows and Mac apps rain down on 3CX users in massive supply chain attack

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers working on behalf of the North Korean government have pulled off a massive supply chain attack on Windows and macOS users of 3CX, a widely used voice and…

Pro-Russian hackers target elected US officials supporting Ukraine

Enlarge / Locked out. (credit: Sean Gladwell / Getty Images) Threat actors aligned with Russia and Belarus are targeting elected US officials supporting Ukraine, using attacks that attempt to compromise their email accounts,…

AI-generated video of Will Smith eating spaghetti astounds with terrible beauty

Enlarge / Stills from an AI-generated video of Will Smith eating spaghetti that has been heating up the Internet. (credit: chaindrop / Reddit) Amid this past week's controversies in AI over regulation, fears…

3CX knew its app was flagged as malicious, but took no action for 7 days

Enlarge The support team for 3CX, the VoIP/PBX software provider with more than 600,000 customers and 12 million daily users, was aware its desktop app was being flagged as malware, but decided to…

Fearing “loss of control,” AI critics call for 6-month pause in AI development

Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a globe that has stopped spinning. (credit: Stable Diffusion) On Wednesday, the Future of Life Institute published an open letter on its website calling on AI labs…