Kevin Mitnick, the World’s Most Famous Hacker, Dies at 59
In a world where cyber boundaries are continuously challenged, one name stands out as the pioneer of computer hacking – Kevin Mitnick. His legendary life, [more…]
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Russian Hacker Faces U.S. Charges in Connection with LockBit Ransomware Attacks
A 20-year-old Russian national, Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for his alleged involvement in carrying out at least [more…]
Estonian Arrested for Buying Metasploit Pro to be Used in Russia
On March 28, 2023, Andrey Shevlyakov, a 45-year-old Estonian national, was arrested in Tallinn and charged with 18 counts of conspiracy and other charges. The [more…]
Thai Hacker Surrenders to Police
On Wednesday, a Thai computer hacker who is accused of stealing and attempting to sell the personal information of nearly every Thai citizen turned himself [more…]
Yearn Finance Hack: Lessons Learned for DeFi Security
A hacker took advantage of an outdated contract from Yearn Finance, a DeFi platform, and stole $11.6 million in stablecoins on Thursday. By exploiting a [more…]
CISA adds new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
On April 8, 2023, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) updated its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog with five new security flaws, including [more…]
NPM Open Source Package Repository Flooded with Bogus Packages
Recently, the npm open source package repository for Node.js was flooded with bogus packages that even resulted in a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. According to a [more…]
Minneapolis Public Schools Data Leaked By Medusa Hackers
In a recent cyber attack, the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) had their district data stolen by the notorious hacking group, Medusa. This security breach not [more…]
GoDaddy Suffers a Security Breach
GoDaddy, a leading web hosting company, has disclosed a breach in which its cPanel shared hosting environment was compromised by unknown attackers who stole source [more…]
Spain Orders Extradition of British Hacker to US
The National Court of Spain has approved the extradition of Joseph James O’Connor, a British national accused of involvement in computer attacks, which includes the [more…]
