Tag: Security

US Justice Dept announces $10 million bounty on at-large ‘hacker-for-hire’ cabal it says targeted China critics, religious missionaries, and the Treasury

US Justice Dept announces…

The US Department of Justice announced yesterday that it’s charging 12 alleged Chinese hackers over a string of cyber-attacks…
Have I Been Pwned adds over 284 million compromised passwords from latest breach

Have I Been Pwned…

Data breach news is reported with such regularity now that it’s easy to feel jaded by each new leak…
The Notepad++ website was hijacked by ‘malicious actors’ last year and security researchers are picking through the wreckage

The Notepad++ website was…

Popular open source text editor Notepad++ experienced a significant security breach last year, and now its developer has given…
The Notepad++ website was hijacked by ‘malicious actors’ last year and security researchers are picking through the wreckage

The Notepad++ website was…

Popular open source text editor Notepad++ experienced a significant security breach last year, and now its developer has given…
‘An unprecedented bombardment’: Cloudflare claims a new world record for a 31

‘An unprecedented bombardment’: Cloudflare…

Cloudflare has sent us a copy of its quarterly DDoS threat report, and it makes for hair-raising reading. The…
Telecoms hack on US government officials is ‘worst in nations history’ and ‘the barn door is still wide open’ says senator

Telecoms hack on US…

US authorities have recently revealed a US telecommunications hack that was said to have compromised the networks of multiple…
Hackers can wirelessly spy on your display by collecting HDMI signal leaks and churning them through an AI, but I wouldn’t break out the tin foil just yet

Hackers can wirelessly spy…

If you’re under the impression that the PC Gamer hardware team practices perfect cable management, I have some disappointing…
The best Valorant VPN in 2024

The best Valorant VPN…

As with many online games, using a VPN for Valorant can be a huge advantage. It will allow you…
It never rains, but it pours: A security bug with a maximum severity rating is putting many of the worlds’ servers at risk

It never rains, but…

It’s been a grim few months for the world of servers, cloud services, and hyperscalers. With AWS going AWOL…
Google sums up 2023’s security exploits: the good news is fixes are blocking some types of zero-day attack

Google sums up 2023’s…

2023 was a bumper year for zero-day exploits—50% more zero-day vulnerabilities were exploited last year compared to 2022—and the…