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When you think of cyberattacks that compromise your account security, maybe you envisage Microsoft zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in your software, or perhaps a hacker using ...

Cybercriminals stole $2.7 billion in crypto this year, a new record for crypto-stealing hacks, according to blockchain-monitoring firms. This was the largest known loot of crypto of all time, and one ...

In June, U.S. insurance giant Aflac disclosed a data breach where hackers stole customers’ personal information, including Social Security numbers and health information, without saying how many ...

A Ukrainian national pleaded guilty on Friday to conducting Nefilim ransomware attacks that targeted high-revenue businesses across the United States and other countries. The defendant, 35-year-old ...

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North Korean hackers stole at least $2 billion in cryptocurrency this year, the most on record, pushing the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea's (DPRK) all-time haul to $6.75 billion, according to ...

Cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers are increasingly exploiting Microsoft’s legitimate OAuth 2.0 device authorization process to hijack enterprise accounts, bypassing multifactor authentication ...

VALORANT cheaters on PC have been given another obstacle as Riot Games reveals a Vanguard update that will be stricter on system boot security. Riot has continued to crack down on cheating and earlier ...

TEL AVIV—Israel is known worldwide as a cyber powerhouse. Yet hackers linked to its biggest adversary, Iran, have managed to pull off a series of successful breaches by using known vulnerabilities to ...

For the second year in a row, North Korea’s vast cryptocurrency hacking operation has broken its own record, stealing $2.02 billion in 2025, new research says. A report published Thursday by the ...