MGM Resorts Refused to Pay Ransom but Lost $100 Million in Wake of Cyberattack
MGM Resorts refused to pay a ransom to the group that hacked its systems last month which shut down its online hotel booking system, locked guests out of their hotel…
MGM Grand Cyberattack Allegedly Caused by 10-Minute Phone Call
The ransomware group, ALPHV also known as BlackCat, is reportedly behind the cyber attack that shut down MGM Grand casinos on Monday, according to a report by malware archive vx-underground.…
Court Finds That Teenage Hackers Were Central to Data Breaches of Uber, Nvidia, and Rockstar Games
It’s official: a band of British teenagers managed to hack some of the biggest companies on the planet last year, and they did it all using fairly basic hacking techniques.…
A New AI-Driven Cyberattack Can Steal Your Data Just By Listening to You Type
Photo: VALUA VITALY (Shutterstock) A new study published by a number of British researchers reveals a hypothetical cyberattack in which a hacker could leverage recorded audio of a person typing…
The Top 10 Countries Being Bombarded by Data Breaches
Image: wk1003mike (Shutterstock) Security breaches rose by a shocking 156% globally from the first quarter of 2023 to quarter two, according to a report published by VPN service SurfShark on…
RIP Kevin Mitnick, ‘World’s Most Famous Hacker’
Kevin Mitnick, once considered the “most wanted” cybercriminal in America, has passed away at the age of 59. An obituary states that Mitnick died on July 16th after a 14-month…
Former Amazon Security Engineer Arrested and Charged with Hacking Crypto Exchange
A top cybersecurity pro for Amazon appears to be in deep trouble. Federal prosecutors say Shakeeb Ahmed used his hacking skills to steal $9 million in assets from a cryptocurrency…
Supreme Court Ruling Will Make Online Harassment Harder to Prosecute
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court made prosecuting online harassment more difficult. In a 7-2 ruling on Tuesday, SCOTUS determined that a lower court’s decision to convict and imprison a…
This Malware-Laced Mario Fan Game Will Turn Your Computer Into an Unwitting Crypto Miner
Photo: Andrei Armiagov (Shutterstock) Security researchers recently discovered a trojanized version of Mario Forever that will make you wish you’d never been born. Teenage Cybercrime Gang LAPSUS$ Strikes Again Off…
Hacker sent to jail for huge 2020 Twitter breach
A British man who took part in a high-profile Twitter hack in 2020 was handed a five-year jail term by a New York federal court on Friday. Joseph O’Connor, 24,…