Cooper Quintin has been tracking the activities of a cyber mercenary group called Dark Caracal for years. On July 28, 2022, he said he discovered traces of a new ongoing […]
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Back to news homeRackspace says hackers accessed customer data during ransomware attack
Cloud computing giant Rackspace has confirmed hackers accessed customer data during last month’s ransomware attack. The attack, which Rackspace first confirmed on December 6, impacted the company’s hosted Exchange email […]
Ransomware is a global problem that needs a global solution
This time last year, we were optimistic. It seemed like the tide was turning on ransomware after the U.S. government scored a handful of wins against the cybercriminals carrying out […]
Crime group hijacks hundreds of US news websites to push malware
A cybercriminal group has compromised a media content provider to deploy malware on the websites of hundreds of news outlets in the U.S., according to cybersecurity company Proofpoint. The threat […]
UK police arrest teenager suspected of Uber, GTA 6 hacks
Police in London have confirmed a 17-year-old teenager, who is suspected of involvement in high-profile breaches at ride-hailing giant Uber and Rockstar Games, has been charged with multiple counts of […]
Hackers stole passwords for accessing 140,000 payment terminals
Hackers had access to dashboards used to remotely manage and control thousands of credit card payment terminals manufactured by digital payments giant Wiseasy, a cybersecurity startup told TechCrunch. Wiseasy is […]
China’s next generation of hackers won’t be criminals. That’s a problem.
Dakota Cary Contributor Dakota Cary is a research analyst at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), where he works on the CyberAI Project. The TechCrunch Global Affairs Project examines the increasingly intertwined […]