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A disgruntled security researcher has made good on a threat. A security researcher going by the aliases Chaotic Eclipse and Nightmare-Eclipse published exploit code for a Windows privilege escalation ...

PCWorld reports on the ‘BlueHammer’ zero-day vulnerability that allows attackers to potentially take over Windows computers through privilege escalation. A frustrated security researcher published the ...

A six-month intelligence operation preceded the $270 million exploit of Drift Protocol and was carried out by a North Korean state-affiliated group, according to a detailed incident update published ...

Drift Protocol said with “medium-high confidence” that the recent attack was carried out by the same actors responsible for the $58 million Radiant Capital hack in October 2024. Drift Protocol, the ...

The Coruna exploit kit is an evolution of the framework used in the Operation Triangulation espionage campaign, which in 2023 targeted iPhones via zero-click iMessage exploits. The software has been ...

The security guard who appears to be at the center of a debacle involving pop star Chappell Roan and soccer player Jorginho’s stepdaughter took to social media to clarify that he was not part of ...

President Donald Trump this week said he is considering sending the National Guard to airports after long lines held passengers up for hours amid the partial government shutdown that has left TSA ...

iPhone users should be on alert: DarkSword spyware has been posted in the wild. Credit: Cheng Xin/Getty Images DarkSword, the web-based hacker tool that can be used to steal data from millions of ...

DarkSword, a serious iPhone exploit kit, just leaked on GitHub. If your device is running iOS 18.4 through 18.7 — or legacy versions 15.8.7 or 16.7.15 — you’re vulnerable. Contacts, messages, call ...

Last week, cybersecurity researchers uncovered a hacking campaign targeting iPhone users that used an advanced hacking tool called DarkSword. Now someone has leaked a newer version of DarkSword and ...

President Donald Trump said Monday that National Guard members deployed as part of his national crime initiative will begin receiving active-duty benefits. Trump announced the move during a visit to ...