Suspected 4chan Hack Could Expose Longtime, Anonymous Admins
The anonymous image board 4chan has survived years of controversy. It weathered user and advertiser boycotts as well as damning accusations that it incubated hate…
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Microsoft’s Recall AI Tool Is Making an Unwelcome Return
Security and privacy advocates are girding themselves for another uphill battle against Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index,…
The Most Dangerous Hackers You’ve Never Heard Of
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Black Basta: The Fallen Ransomware Gang That Lives On
The pecking order of ransomware gangs is always shifting and evolving, with the most aggressive and reckless groups netting big payouts from vulnerable targets—but often…
Gamaredon: The Turncoat Spies Relentlessly Hacking Ukraine
Russian state hackers, perhaps more than those of any other nation, tend to show off. The notorious Sandworm unit within Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency,…
TraderTraitor: The Kings of the Crypto Heist
On February 21, the largest crypto heist ever started to unfold. Hackers gained control of a crypto wallet belonging to the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange,…
Brass Typhoon: The Chinese Hacking Group Lurking in the Shadows
As China continues its digital gambit around the world, researchers are warning that hacking activity from long-tracked groups is evolving and blending together. On top…
Smishing Triad: The Scam Group Stealing the World’s Riches
One of the most prominent of the smishing actors is often referred to as the Smishing Triad—although security researchers group Chinese-speaking threat actors and affiliates…
CyberAv3ngers: The Iranian Saboteurs Hacking Water and Gas Systems Worldwide
Around the same time, CyberAv3ngers also posted on Telegram that it had hacked into the digital systems of more than 200 Israeli and US gas…
Homeland Security Email Tells a US Citizen to ‘Immediately’ Self-Deport
The Trump administration has sought to revoke the parole of some 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans who entered the US under a Biden-era humanitarian…
China Secretly (and Weirdly) Admits It Hacked US Infrastructure
The Israeli spyware maker NSO Group has been on the US Department of Commerce “blacklist” since 2021 over its business of selling targeted hacking tools.…
Sex-Fantasy Chatbots Are Leaking a Constant Stream of Explicit Messages
All of the 400 exposed AI systems found by UpGuard have one thing in common: They use the open source AI framework called llama.cpp. This…