Hacker News

In a stunning exhibition of concerted fraud that rocked North America, 25 Canadian suspects now stand before the courts charged with serious offences for allegedly orchestrating a highly complex “grandparent…

U.S. Treasury Department sanctions a Beijing-based cybersecurity firm for allegedly attacking the critical infrastructure of the United States multiple times, focusing attention on China-related state-sponsored cyber threats.Brandon Ned, in the…

In a frightening trend for U.S. national security, the U.S. Treasury Department revealed a “major” state-sponsored hacking incident by China. The hack, which took place earlier this month, provided the…

Junior Barros De Oliveira, a Brazilian national, is presently being seriously accused in the United States for his alleged involvement in a huge extortion racket. The indictment charges that he…

Experts in cybersecurity have discovered a new type of Android malware that can fraudulently transfer contactless payment information from actual credit and debit cards to a device under the control…

A hardware backdoor that could allow unauthorized access to hotel rooms, office doors, and other secure areas has been found in a particular model of MIFARE Classic contactless cards by…

An ex-NSA employee was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for trying to send classified documents to Russia, sending a clear message to those who protect sensitive data.FBI Director…

Due to a serious security flaw, almost one billion users of cloud-based pinyin keyboard applications have had their keystrokes compromised. An interdisciplinary research group at the University of Toronto called…

Last week law enforcement officers in Ukraine, in cooperation with officials from the United States and Australia shut down one of the biggest phishing providers in the world that had…

(The AEGIS Alliance) – A teenage student, age 16, was arrested for orchestrating a number of cyberattacks and network outages that happened in Florida’s largest county during the first week…