Someone is trying to recruit security researchers in bizarre hacking campaign

Are you willing to hack and take control of Chinese websites for a random person for up to $100,000 a month? Someone is making precisely that tantalizing, bizarre, and clearly sketchy job offer. The person is using what looks like Read More …

UK: Parents arrested after making ‘disparaging’ comments about school in WhatsApp chat

A mother and father have said they were arrested in front of their young daughter and held in a cell for 11 hours after making “disparaging” comments about her school. Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine Hertfordshire Constabulary officers turned up Read More …

How to tell if your online accounts have been hacked

More and more hackers are targeting regular people with the goal of breaking into their bank accounts, stealing their crypto, or simply stalking them. These types of attacks are still relatively rare, so there’s no need for alarm. But it’s Read More …

Russian zero-day seller is offering up to $4 million for Telegram exploits

Operation Zero, a company that acquires and sells zero-days exclusively to the Russian government and local Russian companies, announced on Thursday that it’s looking for exploits for the popular messaging app Telegram, and is willing to offer up to $4 Read More …

Social media in Turkey restricted after Erdoğan rival detained

Following the detainment of Istanbul mayor and leading Turkish opposition politician Ekrem İmamoğlu, several social networks and short message services are only partially usable in the country. Many Turks described restrictions on X, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Whatsapp, Signal, Telegram and Read More …

AMOS and Lumma stealers actively spread to Reddit users

Malwarebytes Labs were alerted to Mac and Windows stealers currently distributed via Reddit posts targeting users engaging in cryptocurrency trading. One of the common lures is a cracked software version of the popular trading platform TradingView. The crooks are posting Read More …

DCRat backdoor returns

Since the beginning of the year, Kaspersky researchers have been tracking in their telemetry a new wave of DCRat distribution, with paid access to the backdoor provided under the Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) model. The cybercriminal group behind it also offers support Read More …

Elon Musk’s X hit by waves of outages in what he claims is ‘a massive cyberattack’

Elon Musk’s X has been hit by three waves of outages since this morning, which the billionaire claims was due to a cyberattack. According to outage tracking site DownDetector, the problems began around 6 am ET when up to 20,538 Read More …

Israel: IDF to impose social media restrictions after probe revealed posts assisted Hamas

The IDF is working to impose restrictions on soldiers and officials regarding their activity on social media, following the IDF probe published on Monday which showed markers left by IDF soldiers on social media granted Hamas a complete breakdown of Read More …

YouTube cracks down on gambling videos trying to lure viewers to unapproved sites

YouTube is cracking down on content related to gambling as sports betting and other online prediction markets have taken off in the United States. The platform announced Tuesday it will no longer allow content that directs users to “unapproved” gambling Read More …