The FBI’s annual Internet Crime Report reveals staggering losses of $12.5 billion to cybercrime in 2023, marking a $2 billion increase from the previous year, with investment fraud and compromised email accounts as major contributors. The FBI evaluated all of the complaints submitted through its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
SiegedSec, a group of gay furry hackers, has hit a US nuclear lab in Idaho, purportedly in response to legislation prohibiting “gender-affirming” surgical procedures. The US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory, a center for nuclear research, announced on Wednesday that it had experienced a “massive data breach” on Sunday
A 700-page PDF spills the beans about the Eurofighter Typhoon DA7, an Italian version of a fighter jet used by various European and Middle Eastern countries. The post, now removed by War Thunder forum moderators, emerged in a thread over a month old, discussing whether the aircraft should join the
Kevin Mitnick was not just an ordinary name in the world of hacking; he was a virtuoso, a master manipulator of computer systems, and the epitome of a cyberpunk legend. With a reputation that precedes him, Mitnick is widely regarded as the world’s most famous hacker, a title earned through
A spokesperson has confirmed that hackers from the Russia-linked extortion group Cl0p are demanding a ransom from the U.S. Energy Department. The U.S. Department of Energy got ransom requests from the Russia-linked extortion group Cl0p at both its nuclear waste facility and scientific education facility that were recently hit in
Eric Goldstein, the Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity at the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, stated that US government agencies were hit in a global cyberattack. Several US federal government agencies have been hit in a global cyberattack by Russian cybercriminals that exploits a vulnerability in widely used software, according to
Microsoft was the first to identify a Chinese hacking group named Volt Typhoon, which targeted the US Navy. This finding has been subsequently confirmed by authorities in the US, UK, and other allied nations. An alleged campaign by Chinese state-sponsored hackers on targets in the US and Guam has raised
A mysterious Chinese malware has hit systems on Guam, which Microsoft said was installed by a Chinese government hacking group called Volt Typhoon. There are speculations that Taiwan may be the real target of these cyberattacks. Around the time that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was examining the equipment recovered
Thales’ offensive cybersecurity team, in collaboration with the Group’s Information Technology Security Evaluation Facility, conducted a cyberattack on a European spacecraft to observe how a hacker would take control of the satellite’s imaging sensors and jeopardize its data. In this era of space warfare, the objects in space must be
