The Twitter Hack Could Have Been Much Worse—and Maybe Was
The meltdown appears to be part of a bitcoin scam and not something more nefarious, but security experts are troubled that it happened at all. Powered by...
A New Gadget Stops Voice Assistants From Snooping on You
Meet LeakyPick, the low-cost audio spy detector for your Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and other network-connected devices. Powered by WPeMatico
Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking
IBM’s X-Force security team obtained five hours of APT35 hacking operations, showing exactly how the group steals data from email accounts—and who it’s targeting. Powered by WPeMatico
Bitcoin Investors Unfazed By Great Twitter Hack, as Volatility Remains Stable
Bitcoin traders seem unfazed by the massive Twitter hack on Wednesday, as the price of the top cryptocurrency has largely remained steady. Prominent U.S. figures including billionaires Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos were targeted by hackers in an apparent Twitter bitcoin (BTC) scam. The official accounts of former president Barack Obama as well as aspiring presidents Joe Biden and Kanye West were also hacked. According to data...
The Twitter Hack Fiasco: Compromised Internal Tool, Paid Insiders, Direct Message Fears
On Wednesday, a large number of Twitter accounts were compromised and the hackers used the accounts to tweet about a bitcoin doubling scam. According to multiple reports, a Twitter employee was paid to give the hackers an internal tool that let them leverage high-profile social media accounts. It was a crazy day in the world of cryptocurrencies, as a massive number of high-profile people and organizations like Bill Gates, Apple, Uber,...
