The hacker behind the 2016 Bitfinex breach says he was freed early under Donald Trump’s First Step Act, just over a year after receiving a five-year sentence. Ilya Lichtenstein, the hacker behind one ...

An HR advisor with a background in recruitment and HRIS functions, with a passion for video games and writing. Oliver grew up playing Call of Duty with his siblings and has garnered 1000s of hours ...

If you pay for Pornhub Premium, you’ve got more problems than someone seeing that charge show up on your credit card bill. According to a report from Bleeping Computer, a prominent hacking group is ...

Amazon users are always a prime target for hackers, every pun intended, although it is usually phishing attacks that make the headlines. But what if I were to tell you that your Kindle could be used ...

Now that AI can control your web browser, the next frontier might be to take over your entire computer. At least that’s what Seattle-based startup Vercept is trying to do with Vy, a currently free ...

TL;DR: Ethical hacker Ryan Montgomery exposes the 764 group, a large satanist cult targeting children online through grooming, extortion, and coercion to produce explicit and self-harm content. Using ...

At New Zealand's Kawaiicon cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO 2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived. Hacker conferences—like all ...

Data from Italy's national railway operator, the FS Italiane Group, has been exposed after a threat actor breached the organization's IT services provider, Almaviva. The hacker claims to have stolen 2 ...

Brett Johnson made millions committing identity theft for a living before joining the Secret Service as a consultant. The three rising cyber threats that alarm him most — deepfakes, scam farms, and ...

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China’s cybersecurity agency accused the American government of orchestrating the theft of about $13 billion worth of Bitcoin, representing China’s most recent attempt to attribute major cyberattacks ...

A Chinese cybersecurity watchdog is accusing the U.S. government of taking part in a major cryptocurrency heist, escalating tensions around a years-long mystery involving 127,000 stolen bitcoin, now ...