Andrew Hacker, Provocative Political Scientist, Dies at 96

In a host of books and articles, he attacked conventional ideas on subjects including the battle of the sexes and the ...
CoinDesk

Hack at Vercel sends crypto developers scrambling to lock down API keys

Breach tied to compromised AI tool may have exposed credentials used by app frontends, the user-facing layer that connects ...
CoinDesk

'DeFi is dead': crypto community scrambles after this year's biggest hack exposes contagion risk

Developers and traders warn of structural risks as a cross-chain exploit spreads fear and prompts billions to flee DeFi ...
Newser on MSN

AI-assisted hackers blamed for massive security breach

Hackers just showed how much damage a few people with AI tools can do. Cybersecurity firm Gambit Security says a small group ...
Gadget Review on MSN

Hacker used Claude and ChatGPT to breach multiple government agencies

Solo hacker used AI to breach 9 Mexican government agencies, exposing 195 million citizens' data in hours instead of weeks.
Bleeping Computer

Popular LiteLLM PyPI package backdoored to steal credentials, auth tokens

The TeamPCP hacking group continues its supply-chain rampage, now compromising the massively popular "LiteLLM" Python package on PyPI and claiming to have stolen data from hundreds of thousands of ...
Engadget

A new iPhone hacking tool puts some iOS 18 users at risk

Google and cybersecurity companies Lookout and iVerify have detailed a new hacking technique that potentially puts a significant portion of iPhone users in danger, just by visiting the wrong web page.
Wired

Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

A powerful iPhone-hacking technique known as DarkSword has been discovered in use by Russian hackers. It can take over devices running iOS 18 that simply visit infected websites. “A vast number of iOS ...
GitHub

A Python-based penetration testing toolkit that includes a port scanner to detect open ports and a brute force password simulator. The project demonstrates basic ethical ...

Penetration testing is an important part of cybersecurity that involves identifying vulnerabilities in systems, networks, and applications before attackers can exploit them. Ethical hackers and ...
Business Wire

Hack The Box Named a Leader in Independent Cybersecurity Skills and Training Platform Evaluation

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hack The Box (HTB), the global leader in AI-powered cybersecurity readiness, has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Cybersecurity Skills and Training Platforms, Q1 ...
plataformamedia

Iran War: Iranian hackers claim cyberattack against two US companies

An Iran-linked hacker group has claimed responsibility for cyberattacks against two US companies: medical equipment supplier Stryker and digital payments platform Verifone. On Wednesday, the group — ...
Business Wire

Hack The Box Benchmark Report Finds AI Boosts Cybersecurity Productivity 3-4x for AI-Augmented Elite Teams, but Cautions on a Talent Pipeline Risk

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hack The Box (HTB), the global leader in AI-powered cybersecurity readiness, today released findings from its A I-Augmented vs Human-Only Cybersecurity Performance Benchmark ...