Europol takes down hackers who allegedly stole over $100 million in crypto from celebs

Posted on 10/02/2021 by Engadget

Eight men have been arrested in the UK for their role in a spate of hacks on US celebs, per Europol, after the criminals broke into the victims’ phones to steal over $100 million in cryptocurrencies. The suspects, aged 18 to 26, were part of a larger...

GoDaddy phishing ‘test’ teased employees with a fake holiday bonus

Posted on 24/12/2020 by Engadget

They were promised a $650 holiday bonus from their company. It wasn’t an act of corporate goodwill, though, but a particularly tone deaf phishing test. And instead of extra cash, those who failed were assigned extra work. That’s what happened to arou...

Hackers tricked GoDaddy into helping attacks on cryptocurrency services

Posted on 21/11/2020 by Engadget

GoDaddy’s 2020 security woes aren’t over. KrebsOnSecurity has found that hackers tricked GoDaddy employees into handing ownership or control of multiple cryptocurrency services’ web domains, inadvertently aiding attacks that brought sites down. It’s...

Chinese hackers impersonated McAfee to attack election campaign staffers

Posted on 17/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google warned in June that state-sponsored hackers were targeting 2020 US election campaigns, and now it’s outlining some of the methods those perpetrators used. APT31, a group linked to China, impersonated McAfee (the antivirus software, not its ind...

Iranian hackers’ Android malware spies on dissidents by stealing 2FA codes

Posted on 20/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It’s no secret that some countries have spied on their citizens through innocuous-looking apps, but one effort is more extensive than usual. Check Point Research has discovered (via ZDNet) that Rampant Kitten, an Iranian hacker group that has targete...

Google Drive flaw may let attackers fool you into installing malware

Posted on 22/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google Drive may have a way for hackers to trick you into installing rogue code. System administrator A. Nikoci has told The Hacker News about a flaw in Drive’s “manage versions” feature that could let attackers swap a legitimate file with malware. T...

Twitter pins its July 15th breach on a phone spear phishing attack

Posted on 31/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Two weeks after a massive breach saw hackers take over some of the most prominent accounts on Twitter — including Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Joe Biden and Bill Gates — the company has published more details about how it happened. While a number of peop...

Report finds many US election officials vulnerable to phishing attacks

Posted on 26/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The security risks around the 2020 presidential election aren’t limited to direct attacks on the voting systems. Research firm Area 1 Security has published a report (via Wall Street Journal) warning that many election officials are using email syste...

Hackers targeted the UK’s coronavirus vaccine research

Posted on 04/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

On top of everything else, add cybersecurity threats to the list of things the UK's National Health Service (NHS) has had to contend with during the coronavirus pandemic. In an interview with the Cheltenham Science Festival, Jeremy Fleming, the head...

Google says state-backed hackers are targeting Trump and Biden campaigns