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Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in years-long account takeover attacks

Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government are using a botnet of thousands of routers, cameras, and other Internet-connected devices to perform highly evasive...

Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.

Both operating systems will display a list of apps and whether they are permitted access always, never, only while the app is in use, or...

Two accused of DDoSing some of the world’s biggest tech companies

Federal authorities have charged two Sudanese nationals with running an operation that performed tens of thousands of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against some...

Archive.org, a repository storing the entire history of the Internet, has a data breach

Archive.org, possibly one of the only entities to preserve the entire history of the Internet, was recently compromised in a hack that revealed data of...

Thousands of Linux systems infected by stealthy malware since 2021

This Reddit comment posted to the CentOS subreddit is typical. An admin noticed that two servers were infected with a cryptocurrency hijacker with the names...

Attackers exploit critical Zimbra vulnerability using cc’d email addresses

Attackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in mail servers sold by Zimbra in an attempt to remotely execute malicious commands that install a backdoor,...

Tails OS joins forces with Tor Project in merger

EnlargeThe Tor Project The Tor Project, the nonprofit that maintains software for the Tor anonymity network, is joining forces with Tails, the...

NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules

EnlargeGetty Images The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the federal body that sets technology standards for governmental agencies, standards organizations,...

Hacker plants false memories in ChatGPT to steal user data in perpetuity

EnlargeGetty Images When security researcher Johann Rehberger recently reported a vulnerability in ChatGPT that allowed attackers to store false information and malicious...

1.3 million Android-based TV boxes backdoored; researchers still don’t know how

EnlargeGetty Images Researchers still don’t know the cause of a recently discovered malware infection affecting almost 1.3 million streaming devices running an...

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