Inside the story of the US defense contractor who leaked hacking tools to Russia

The former boss of a U.S. hacking tools maker was jailed for selling highly sensitive software exploits to a Russian broker.
PCMag

Google: This Chinese Hacking Group Hit 42 Countries to Spy on Specific Targets

The Chinese spying group, dubbed UNC2814, is quite prolific and has been targeting telecom firms, though it's separate from China's notorious Salt Typhoon.

Ethical AI Hacking Jobs Grow as Companies Add Chatbots

AI pentesting grows with chatbot adoption, with free Arcanum labs and Docker setups, a practical path for beginners. Ethical ...

ATMs are getting hacked the old-fashioned way: with keys and USB drives

Banks across the United States are grappling with a wave of physical malware attacks on their ATMs, according to a new cybersecurity alert from the Federal ...

Texas sues TP-Link over Chinese hacking risks, user deception

Texas sued networking giant TP-Link Systems, accusing the company of deceptively marketing its routers as secure while ...
Network World

Startup Amutable plotting Linux security overhaul to counter hacking threats

As attacks on the operating system grow more serious, the company is teasing a plan to bring “verifiable integrity” to Linux. If there’s one thing guaranteed to grab attention in the computer security ...
AV Club

Has The xx’s debut album always sounded this limp and dull?

Read any coverage of The xx around their debut and you’ll quickly learn that critics, media, and fans alike truly believed the soft-spoken then-four-piece to be Britain’s greatest export since ...
Ars Technica

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

Thirty years ago today, Netscape Communications and Sun Microsystems issued a joint press release announcing JavaScript, an object scripting language designed for creating interactive web applications ...