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Conti cybergang gloated when leaking victims’ data. Now the tables are turned

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For months, members of Conti—among the most ruthless of the dozens of ransomware gangs in existence—gloated about publicly sharing the data they stole from the victims they hacked. Now,…

Google Play app downloaded more than 10,000 times contained data-stealing RAT

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A malicious app downloaded from Google Play more than 10,000 times surreptitiously installed a remote access trojan that stole users’ passwords, text messages, and other confidential data, a security…

DDoSers are using a potent new method to deliver attacks of unthinkable size

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Last August, academic researchers discovered a potent new method for knocking sites offline: a fleet of misconfigured servers more than 100,000 strong that can amplify floods of junk data…

Ukraine asks Musk for Starlink terminals as Russian invasion disrupts broadband

Enlarge / The new version of Dishy McFlatface. (credit: Starlink) SpaceX is sending Starlink user terminals to Ukraine after a request from a government official. Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's vice prime minister and minister…

After Ukraine recruits an “IT Army,” dozens of Russian sites go dark

Enlarge Cyberspace is feeling the strain of Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine: multiple sites tied to the Kremlin and its allies in Belarus have been unavailable to all or at least major parts…

Russia’s most cutthroat hackers infect network devices with new botnet malware

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers for one of Russia’s most elite and brazen spy agencies have infected home and small-office network devices around the world with a previously unseen malware that turns the…

Millions of WordPress sites get forced update to patch critical plugin flaw

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Millions of WordPress sites have received a forced update over the past day to fix a critical vulnerability in a plugin called UpdraftPlus. The mandatory patch came at the…

VMware Horizon servers are under active exploit by Iranian state hackers

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers aligned with the government of Iran are exploiting the critical Log4j vulnerability to infect unpatched VMware users with ransomware, researchers said on Thursday. Security firm SentinelOne has dubbed…

US says Russian state hackers lurked in defense contractor networks for months

Enlarge / What's happened to Russia's flag? (credit: Sean Gladwell / Getty Images) Hackers backed by the Russian government have breached the networks of multiple US defense contractors in a sustained campaign that…

Researchers find threat group that has been active for 5 years

Enlarge / Warning: Data transfer in progress (credit: Yuri_Arcurs/Getty Images) Researchers on Tuesday revealed a new threat actor that over the past five years has blasted thousands of organizations with an almost endless…