Security researchers and digital rights organizations believe the government of Azerbaijan used spyware produced by NSO Group to target a government worker, journalists, activists, and the human rights ombudsperson in Armenia, as part of a years long conflict that has at times broke out into an all-out war. The cyberattacks may be the first public […]
Researchers say they found spyware used in war for the first time by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch
The U.S. government announced new sanctions against North Korea related to its army of illicit IT workers that have fraudulently gained employment to finance the regime’s weapons of mass destruction programs. North Korea maintains thousands of “highly skilled” IT workers around the world, primarily in China and Russia, which “generate revenue that contributes to its […]
US government targets North Korea’s illicit IT workforce with new sanctions by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
A consulting firm founded and run by two well known cybersecurity veterans laid off six people last week, TechCrunch has learned. Krebs Stamos Group was founded in 2021 by former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos and Chris Krebs, the former director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, who was famously fired by tweet […]
Consulting firm Krebs Stamos Group lays off six employees by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch
The hackers who breached data storage giant Western Digital claim to have stolen around 10 terabytes of data from the company, including reams of customer information. The extortionists are pushing the company to negotiate a ransom — of “minimum 8 figures” — in exchange for not publishing the stolen data. On April 3, Western Digital […]
Hackers claim vast access to Western Digital systems by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch
On Friday, the U.S. Justice Department announced that the now-arrested alleged administrator of the infamous hacking forum BreachForums facilitated the sale and purchase of private information that belonged to “millions of U.S. citizens and hundreds of U.S. and foreign companies, organizations, and government agencies.” In a statement, prosecutors confirmed the arrest of Conor Fitzpatrick, 20, […]
How the FBI caught the BreachForums admin by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch
On December 4, hackers successfully phished an employee at the games giant Activision, giving them access to some internal employee and game data. This data breach was not disclosed until last weekend, when cybersecurity and malware research group vx-underground posted on Twitter screenshots of the stolen data, as well as the hackers’ messages on Activision’s […]
Activision did not notify employees of data breach for months by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch
Unknown hackers stole internal data from the games giant Activision. On Sunday, the cybersecurity and malware research group vx-underground published screenshots of data purportedly stolen from Activision, including the schedule of planned content to be released for the popular first-person shooter Call of Duty. On Monday, games blog Insider Gaming said it confirmed a data breach […]
Hackers steal Activision games and employee data by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch
