security
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Cow and Calf Die After Hackers Attack Farm
Posted by BeauHD on Friday August 09, 2024 @06:00PM from the nobody-is-safe-from-cyber-attacks dept. According to Agrarheute, hackers launched a cyberattack…
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How to ask Google to remove deepfake porn results from Google Search | TechCrunch
The internet is full of deepfakes — and most of them are nudes. According to a report from Home Security…
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Ecovacs home robots can be hacked to spy on their owners, researchers say | TechCrunch
Malicious hackers can take over control of vacuum and lawn mower robots made by Ecovacs to spy on their owners…
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ATM Software Flaws Left Piles of Cash for Anyone Who Knew to Look
There is a grand tradition at the annual Defcon security conference in Las Vegas of hacking ATMs. Unlocking them with…
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How a cybersecurity researcher befriended, then doxed, the leader of LockBit ransomware gang | TechCrunch
Earlier this year, an international coalition of law enforcement agencies took control of the dark web site of the notorious…
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‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections
Security flaws in your computer’s firmware, the deep-seated code that loads first when you turn the machine on and controls…
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How Hackers Extracted the ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ to Clone HID Keycards
HID Global’s keycards—the company’s radio-frequency-enabled plastic rectangles that are inside hundreds of millions of pockets and purses—serve as the front…
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USPS Text Scammers Duped His Wife, So He Hacked Their Operation – Slashdot
Posted by BeauHD on Friday August 09, 2024 @03:00AM from the this-time-it’s-personal dept. Security researcher Grant Smith uncovered a large-scale…
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Computer Crash Reports Are an Untapped Hacker Gold Mine
When a bad software update from the security firm CrowdStrike inadvertently caused digital chaos around the world last month, the…
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Security bugs in ransomware leak sites helped save six companies from paying hefty ransoms | TechCrunch
A security researcher says six companies were saved from having to pay potentially hefty ransom demands, in part thanks to…
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