JDownloader site hacked to replace installers with Python RAT malware

The website for the popular JDownloader download manager was compromised earlier this week to distribute malicious Windows ...
The New York Times

Andrew Hacker, Author Who Challenged Conventional Thinking, Dies at 96

In a host of books and articles as a political scientist, he attacked received ideas on the battle of the sexes, the usefulness of high school math and other subjects. By Robert D. McFadden Andrew ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Crypto Hack Sparks $9 Billion Outflows From Top DeFi Lender

A weekend hack that saw almost $300 million drained from a little-known crypto project has triggered a crisis of confidence among decentralized-finance investors, with users pulling billions of ...
CoinDesk

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

The $292 million exploit of Kelp DAO has set off a wave of reactions across the crypto industry, with developers and traders warning that the incident exposed deeper flaws in how decentralized finance ...
Live Science

Hackers used AI to steal hundreds of millions of Mexican government and private citizen records in one of the largest cybersecurity breaches ever

Artificial Intelligence 'I violated every principle I was given': AI agent deletes company's entire database in 9 seconds, then confesses Artificial Intelligence Google AI breakthrough means chatbots ...
ABC 10 News

‘I was addicted to hacking’: Cybercriminal responsible for PowerSchool breach speaks out

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The hacker responsible for breaching a software system used by several schools in San Diego County is opening up about how he got involved in a dark underworld when he was just 15. ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Gen Z hacker 'thankful that I got caught' after student data breach hits thousands in Chicagoland

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A massive data breach impacted thousands of students and their parents in Chicago's suburbs, and the man behind it was only 19 the time. Now, ABC News and the ABC7 I-Team are talking ...
Wired

The Dumbest Hack of the Year Exposed a Very Real Problem

In the wee hours of the night last April, someone stopped at roughly 20 street intersections across Silicon Valley and launched an unprecedented cyberattack that would eventually spread to multiple ...
Forbes

Angry Hacker Drops Microsoft Zero-Day Exploit, 1 Billion Users Warned

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
Kotaku

Rockstar Games Hacked, Team Behind It Threaten A Massive Data Leak If Not Paid Ransom [Update]

More bad news for Rockstar Games. This time, established hacker group ShinyHunters is claiming to have breached the company’s secured cloud servers and now claims to have their hands on a large ...
Electrek

Tesla cracks down on FSD hacking devices, remotely shuts down access

Tesla is hitting back at a growing gray market of unauthorized devices that unlock Full Self-Driving (FSD) in regions where the software hasn’t been approved. The automaker has been remotely disabling ...