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Users Exploit a Twitter Remote Work Bot to Claim Responsibility for the Challenger Shuttle Disaster

Using an exploit in the AI language model, users have used a Twitter AI to post ASCII art and make ‘credible…

Kyle Barr

9/17/22 9:00AM

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Hackers Snuck Malware into an Image From the Webb Space Telescope

A piece of the malware is hidden within a copy of SMACS 0723, the first full-color image from the Webb Space…

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TikTok Might Know Your Every Button Press

Javascript found in the in-app browser has the capacity to keylog your every action.

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Hackers Attack UK Water Supplier, Apparently Send Ransom Demand to the Wrong Company

A cyber-attack hit South Staffordshire Water, which supplies 1.3 million people. But hackers claimed they had…

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Russian Hackers Are Escalating and Diversifying Their Attacks on Ukraine, Research Says

The Kremlin’s cyber-goons are sending mass texts to Ukrainian civilians threatening their lives if they don’t…

Dan Arel

8/12/22 1:00PM

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What to Do if a Big Tech Company Steals Your Code

A cybersecurity professional presented research at Black Hat about how his algorithm was co-opted by at least three…

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Meta Begins Default End-to-End Encryption Tests on Facebook Messenger

The company has reportedly said the privacy boost is unrelated to a widely publicized Nebraska abortion case, but…

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A Linux Zero-Day Was Finally Patched After Half a Decade of Inaction With Help From Google

Google said the exploit, located in a garbage collection mechanism within the Linux kernel, was first reported by…

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Researcher Hacks Starlink Terminal to Warn SpaceX of Dangerous Flaws

Lennert Wouters has apparently made the details of his hacking tool open source.

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Inside the Government's Fight Against Quantum Hackers—Which Don't Exist Yet

The NIST's “quantum-resistant” encryption standards, picked via contest, were designed to keep everybody one step…

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A College Student Discovered a Bug in Cloudflare Email Routing That Let You Read Any User's Emails

Cloudflare has patched the bug and says that it was never actually exploited, and Albert Pedersen earned $6,000.

Lucas Ropek

8/10/22 11:30AM

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Russian Hackers Are Escalating and Diversifying Their Attacks on Ukraine, Research Says

What to Do if a Big Tech Company Steals Your Code

A Linux Zero-Day Was Finally Patched After Half a Decade of Inaction With Help From Google

Users Exploit a Twitter Remote Work Bot to Claim Responsibility for the Challenger Shuttle Disaster

Hackers Snuck Malware into an Image From the Webb Space Telescope

TikTok Might Know Your Every Button Press

Hackers Attack UK Water Supplier, Apparently Send Ransom Demand to the Wrong Company

Russian Hackers Are Escalating and Diversifying Their Attacks on Ukraine, Research Says

What to Do if a Big Tech Company Steals Your Code

Meta Begins Default End-to-End Encryption Tests on Facebook Messenger

A Linux Zero-Day Was Finally Patched After Half a Decade of Inaction With Help From Google

Researcher Hacks Starlink Terminal to Warn SpaceX of Dangerous Flaws

Inside the Government's Fight Against Quantum Hackers—Which Don't Exist Yet

A College Student Discovered a Bug in Cloudflare Email Routing That Let You Read Any User's Emails