Hacker faces three years in prison for child porn, Nintendo data breaches

Posted on 02/12/2020 by Engadget

Ryan Hernandez, the 21-year-old who spent years breaking into Nintendo servers, was sentenced to three years in prison today for his hacking exploits and possession of child pornography. The Palmdale, CA resident pleaded guilty to both charges in Jan...

Hackers briefly swap out a page on the Trump campaign site

Posted on 28/10/2020 by Engadget

With less than a week to go before the US presidential election, election security is a hot-button topic, and hackers have already struck. TechCrunch and the New York Times report that the About page on DonaldJTrump.com was briefly replaced by an unk...

US arrests two members of console hacking group Team Xecuter

Posted on 02/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Two members of Team Xecuter, a group that develops and sells devices that allow people to play pirated copies of games on their consoles, are in FBI custody. On Friday, the Department of Justice said Max Louarn, a 48-year-old French national, and Gar...

The switch to remote learning has made schools even bigger cyber targets

Posted on 15/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The rise of home schooling has seen a spike in hacking attempts against educational institutions, said third-party security researchers Check Point. Its latest paper claims that the USA has seen the biggest increase, with academic sector attacks risi...

Yubico’s latest security key uses NFC and USB-C for authentication

Posted on 09/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Yubico, the company that wants you to drop passwords and use a physical hardware key instead, has unveiled a new product that works with just about any device and authentication protocol. The YubiKey 5C NFC uses both USB-C and NFC, so it supports Win...

Former Uber security chief arrested for covering up 2016 hack

Posted on 20/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Federal prosecutors have charged Uber's former security chief, Joseph Sullivan, with obstruction of justice for attempting to hide the company's 2016 data breach from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The hack exposed the email addresses and phone...

Hackers defaced dozens of Reddit communities with pro-Trump messages

Posted on 08/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If your favorite Reddit community looked like a political billboard on August 7th, you can blame it on hackers. Both Motherboard and ZDNet report that hackers defaced dozens of subreddits with pro-Trump messages, including major subreddits like r/foo...

Canon is the latest to be hit by a possible ransomware attack

Posted on 06/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

After Garmin reportedly paid millions to get its systems online, Canon might also be victim to a ransomware attack, according to Bleeping Computer. More than 20 Canon domains, including its main US site, are affected or down, and attackers may have s...

Malware writer pleads guilty to helping $568 million cybercrime ring

Posted on 02/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Another key member of the massive Infraud cybercrime ring is likely heading to prison. Software writer Valerian Chiochiu has pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy for helping Infraud Organization develop and use FastPOS malware that helped the group stea...

OKCupid security flaws could have given hackers access to user accounts

Posted on 29/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The data contained in dating apps is both very personal and valuable to hackers, who can use it to make highly convincing cyberattacks. So it’s always disturbing to learn about dating app security flaws. In a report released today, security research...

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