China’s Elite Cyber Corps Hone Skills on Virtual Battlefields
The nation leads in the number of capture-the-flag tournaments sponsored by government and industry — a strategy from which Western nations…
Severe flaws in E2EE cloud storage platforms used by millions
Several end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) cloud storage platforms are vulnerable to a set of security issues that could expose user data…
Intel, AMD CPUs on Linux impacted by newly disclosed Spectre bypass
The latest generations of Intel processors, including Xeon chips, and AMD's older Zen 1, Zen 1+, and Zen 2 microarchitectures on…
Worried about Insider Risk? Pay More Attention to Offboarding
Discussions of insider risk inevitably conjure images of disgruntled IT employees stealing sensitive data from the comfort of an air-conditioned…
Ronin Network hacked, $12 million returned by “white hat” hackers
Gambling blockchain Ronin Network suffered a security incident yesterday when white hat hackers exploited an undocumented vulnerability on the Ronin…
Bug Bounty Programs, Hacking Contests Power China’s Cyber Offense
With the requirement that all vulnerabilities first get reported to the Chinese government, once-private vulnerability research has become a goldmine…
Crypto miner arrested for skipping on $3.5 million in cloud server bills
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the arrest and indictment of Charles O. Parks III, known as "CP3O," for…
US moves to recover $2.3 million from “pig butchers” on Binance
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) is recovering $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency linked to a "pig butchering" fraud scheme…
Malicious code in Tornado Cash governance proposal puts user funds at risk
Malicious JavaScript code hidden in a Tornado Cash governance proposal has been leaking deposit notes and data to a private…
Apple Beefs Up iMessage With Quantum-Resistant Encryption
The revamped iMessage app uses Apple's new PQ3 post-quantum cryptographic protocol, which its engineers say will make it the most…