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Never-before-seen data wiper may have been used by Russia against Ukraine

EnlargeGetty Images Researchers have unearthed never-before-seen wiper malware tied to the Kremlin and an operation two years ago that took out more...

“Disabling cyberattacks” are hitting critical US water systems, White House warns

Enlarge / Aerial view of a sewage treatment plant.Getty Images The Biden administration on Tuesday warned the nation’s governors that drinking water...

ASCII art elicits harmful responses from 5 major AI chatbots

Enlarge / Some ASCII art of our favorite visual cliche for a hacker. Getty Images Researchers have discovered a new way to...

Member of LockBit ransomware group sentenced to 4 years in prison

EnlargeGetty Images | Charles O'Rear A dual Canadian-Russian national has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in infecting...

Never-before-seen Linux malware gets installed using 1-day exploits

EnlargeGetty Images Researchers have unearthed Linux malware that circulated in the wild for at least two years before being identified as a...

iMessage gets a major makeover that puts it on equal footing with Signal

EnlargeGetty Images iMessage is getting a major makeover that makes it among the two messaging apps most prepared to withstand the coming...

After years of losing, it’s finally feds’ turn to troll ransomware group

EnlargeGetty Images After years of being outmaneuvered by snarky ransomware criminals who tease and brag about each new victim they claim, international...

Ongoing campaign compromises senior execs’ Azure accounts, locks them using MFA

EnlargeGetty Images Hundreds of Microsoft Azure accounts, some belonging to senior executives, are being targeted by unknown attackers in an ongoing campaign...

Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown

Enlarge / A Flipper Zero devicehttps://flipperzero.one/ Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has identified an unlikely public enemy No. 1 in his new...

Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits

Enlarge Linux developers are in the process of patching a high-severity vulnerability that, in certain cases, allows the installation of malware that...

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