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‘No face, no case… no more’ – US court jails crooks for online ID...

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Three men have been imprisoned for stealing the credentials of tens of thousands of victims and using these to fraudulently obtain credit and tax rebates on a massive scale,...

Hackers exploit Roblox’s scripting engine to install Trojan

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Hackers exploit a scripting engine used for Roblox to insert a Trojan file that can break applications, corrupt or remove data, and send information to malicious actors. Cybercriminals continue...

Lightning strikes twice: DeadBolt zaps QNAP again

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The advanced persistent threat (APT) ransomware group DeadBolt has struck again, and once more Taiwanese software developer QNAP is the victim. QNAP confirmed the second attack this year on Thursday...

Senate accuses ID firm of lying about privacy

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A biometric ID system used across state and federal governments in the US has drawn fire from the Senate, over concerns that it discriminates against non-white ethnicities and violates...

DOJ won’t prosecute white hat hackers

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Good-faith security researchers who probe or hack systems to point out vulnerabilities and help organizations patch them will no longer face charges. On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced...

Critical Vulnerability in Premium WordPress Themes Allows for Site Takeover

Privilege escalation flaw discovered in the Jupiter and JupiterX Core Plugin affects more than 90,000 sites. A critical privilege escalation flaw found in two themes used by more than 90,000...