Positive emotions, such as empathy, curiosity, and a desire to help, are being manipulated as a common tactic in social engineering.

Peter Williams sold eight exploits to a Russian zero-day broker by smuggling them from his employer’s highly secured ...

Researchers exploit a SQLite memory corruption issue outside of a browser. LAS VEGAS – Researchers at Check Point have identified a new class of vulnerabilities targeting SQLite, outside the context ...

Hacking and cyber-espionage groups around the world are attempting to exploit recently disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server, before the window of opportunity closes as ...

Decentralized finance protocol Balancer outlined the root cause of the recent $116 exploit and its ongoing response to the ...

Each year, the Zero Day Initiative hosts a "Pwn2Own" hacking contest where security researchers can earn money for finding serious vulnerabilities in major platforms like Windows and macOS. This 2021 ...

Over two months after Italian surveillance software maker Hacking Team had its internal data leaked by hackers, vendors are apparently still fixing zero-day exploits from the company’s arsenal. On ...

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An American cybersecurity company was behind a 2016 iPhone hack sold to a group of mercenaries and used by the United Arab Emirates. When the United Arab Emirates paid over $1.3 million for a powerful ...