7 were charged over Snapchat hacking, sexting. First guilty plea filed

Nearly 3 years after indictment in Erie federal court, first of 7 defendants pleads guilty to hacking Snapchat and sharing sexually explicit images.
PC Gamer

AI-assisted hacking group hits targets with a complicated 'social engineering' scam that involves deepfaked CEOs, spoofed Zoom calls and a malicious troubleshooting program

AI DeepSeek has reportedly denied Nvidia and AMD early access to its new V4 AI model, giving Huawei and other Chinese chipmakers a head start AI Reports claim an AWS outage last year was caused by an ...
Ars Technica

Hacker who stole 120,000 bitcoins wants a second chance—and a security job

On Thursday, Ilya Lichtenstein, who was at the center of a massive 2016 crypto heist worth billions at the time, wrote online that he is now out of prison and has changed his ways. “Ten years ago, I ...
TechCrunch

Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference

A hacktivist remotely wiped three white supremacist websites live onstage during their talk at a hacker conference last week, with the sites yet to return online. The pseudonymous hacker, who goes by ...
The New York Times

‘Chinese Peptides’ Are the Latest Biohacking Trend in the Tech World

The gray-market drugs flooding Silicon Valley reveal a community that believes it can move faster than the F.D.A. Credit...Hannah Agosta Supported by By Jasmine Sun Jayden Clark first heard about ...
techtimes

Signs of Hacking: How to Know If Your Computer Is Compromised and Essential Cybersecurity Tips

Spot signs of hacking early: Detect if computer compromised with key indicators, tools, and cybersecurity tips to secure your system fast. Pixabay, pixelcreatures Rising cyber threats make early ...
Inside Higher Ed

Helping Students Become Accident-Prone: a Review of ‘Hacking College’

Ned Scott Laff and Scott Carlson’s newish book Hacking College reminded me of a conversation I had with The Girl when she was trying to decide where to go to college. She was looking at a range of ...
Business Insider

An ex-hacker who worked with the Secret Service says the web's biggest threat isn't human anymore

Brett Johnson made millions committing identity theft for a living before joining the Secret Service as a consultant. The three rising cyber threats that alarm him most — deepfakes, scam farms, and ...
CNN

Russian alleged cyber-hacker faces extradition to US after arrest in Thailand

A Russian man wanted for extradition by the United States over cyber-crime allegations has been arrested on the Thai holiday island of Phuket, local police have announced. Denis Obrezko is allegedly ...
Boston Herald

Anthropic warns of AI-driven hacking campaign linked to China

WASHINGTON (AP) — A team of researchers has uncovered what they say is the first reported use of artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely automated fashion. US jobless claims ...
Computer Weekly

Bugcrowd brings Mayhem AI to bear on ethical hacking community

Crowdsourced cyber security firm Bugcrowd hopes to make good on a plan to “unite the hacker community and the power of AI” after acquiring Mayhem Security, an artificial intelligence (AI) and cyber ...
The Verge

Alleged U Penn hacker claims they’re in it for money, not ‘primarily “anti-DEI”’

A figure claiming to be one of the hackers says they plan to sell personal data before making it public. A figure claiming to be one of the hackers says they plan to sell personal data before making ...