T-Mobile confirms it was hacked in recent wave of telecom breaches
T-Mobile confirms it was hacked in the wave of recently reported telecom breaches conducted by Chinese threat actors to gain…
NSO Group used another WhatsApp zero-day after being sued, court docs say
Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group reportedly used multiple zero-day exploits, including an unknown one named "Erised," that leveraged WhatsApp vulnerabilities…
The Future of Cybersecurity: Predictions for 2025 and Beyond
by Gary S. Miliefsky, CISSP, fmDHS As the publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine, I have a great honor and pleasure…
Bitfinex hacker gets 5 years in prison for 120,000 bitcoin heist
A hacker responsible for stealing 119,754 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack on the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced to five…
An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker
In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity revealed the real-life identity of Rescator, the nickname used by a Russian cybercriminal who sold more…
Hacker gets 10 years in prison for extorting US healthcare provider
Robert Purbeck, a 45-year-old man from Idaho, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking at least 19…
US govt officials’ communications compromised in recent telecom hack
CISA and the FBI confirmed that Chinese hackers compromised the "private communications" of a "limited number" of government officials after…
Leaked info of 122 million linked to B2B data aggregator breach
The business contact information for 122 million people circulating since February 2024 is now confirmed to have been stolen from a…
US indicts Snowflake hackers who extorted $2.5 million from 3 victims
The Department of Justice has unsealed the indictment against two suspected Snowflake hackers, who breached more than 165 organizations using…
iPhones now auto-restart to block access to encrypted data after long idle times
Apple has added a new security feature with the iOS 18.1 update released last month to ensure that iPhones automatically…