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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    The story behind the teen hacking of Nvidia, Rockstar, and Uber

    The story behind the teen hacking of Nvidia, Rockstar, and Uber At 21:00 on 22 September last year, a group of City of London police officers waited outside room M15 at the Travelodge Bicester, a one-star budget hotel in Oxfordshire, England, for the right moment to bust in. On the other side...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    How hackers are making AI models bad at math

    How hackers are making AI models bad at math Kennedy Mays has just tricked a large language model. It took some coaxing, but she managed to convince an algorithm to say 9 + 10 = 21. “It was a back-and-forth conversation,” said the 21-year-old student from Savannah, Georgia. [Bloomberg]
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Microsoft among targets in US investigation into government email hacking

    Microsoft among targets in US investigation into government email hacking A US cybersecurity advisory panel will investigate risks in cloud computing, including Microsoft Corp.’s role in a recent breach of government officials’ email accounts by suspected Chinese hackers, according to two...
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  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    MOVEit hacking sparks fears of major cyberattacks

    MOVEit hacking sparks fears of major cyberattacks Cybersecurity experts are bracing for a potential wave of extortion demands after a vulnerability was discovered in encrypted file-sharing software, a flaw that hackers have already used to target a string of high-profile victims, including...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Chinese hackers breached US Navy networks via home Wi-Fi routers

    Chinese hackers breached US Navy networks via home Wi-Fi routers An alleged campaign by Chinese state-sponsored hackers on targets in the US and Guam has raised fears that Beijing is preparing to disrupt communications in the Pacific in the event of a conflict. The hacking campaign was first...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Massive Twitter hacking carried out with fraudulent SIM swaps

    Massive Twitter hacking carried out with fraudulent SIM swaps A British man has admitted to his involvement in one of the most high-profile social media hacks, a plot that included the hijacking of top US political and business leaders’ Twitter accounts. Joseph James O’Connor pleaded guilty in...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    US wants hardware and software manufacturers held responsible for cyberattacks due to vulnerabilities

    US wants hardware and software manufacturers held responsible for cyberattacks due to vulnerabilities The Biden administration is set to release an aggressive new national cybersecurity strategy on Thursday that seeks to shift the blame from companies that get hacked to software manufacturers...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    2022 could be record year for crypto hackers

    2022 could be record year for crypto hackers Cryptocurrencies may have crashed this year but they remain a digital cash-machine for one potent constituency: hackers. At least $718 million has been stolen so far in October alone, taking the gross tally for the year past $3 billion (R54.9...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Uber probing suspected hack of internal systems

    Uber probing suspected hack of internal systems Uber Technologies Inc. has shut down internal Slack messaging as it investigates a cybersecurity breach by a hacker claiming to have accessed the company’s data. Employees on Thursday received a Slack message from an unknown person claiming “I am...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    UK emergency services system taken down by hackers

    UK emergency services system taken down by hackers A major cyber attack is delaying response times on the NHS 111 telephone service in the UK that’s used for medical emergencies, the Telegraph reported. The target of the breach was Advanced, which is owned by private equity companies. It...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Compromised password allowed hackers to break into Colonial Pipeline

    Compromised password allowed hackers to break into Colonial Pipeline The hack that took down the largest fuel pipeline in the U.S. and led to shortages across the East Coast was the result of a single compromised password, according to a cybersecurity consultant who responded to the attack...
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    We did not attack South African banks - City of Joburg hackers

    We did not attack South African banks - City of Joburg hackers Shadow Kill Hackers, the group which has claimed responsibility for the attack on City of Joburg’s computer systems, has stated that it was not involved with the DDoS attack on South African banks. The group also responded to...
  14. mercurial

    Hackers can summon Cortana to break into Windows 10 PCs

    Hackers can summon Cortana to break into Windows 10 PCs
  15. mercurial

    Hackers infect 500,000 consumer routers all over the world with malware

    Hackers infect 500,000 consumer routers all over the world with malware
  16. mercurial

    Hackers are using recent Microsoft Office vulnerabilities to distribute malware

    Hackers are using recent Microsoft Office vulnerabilities to distribute malware
  17. mercurial

    BitTorrent users beware: Flaw lets hackers control your computer

    BitTorrent users beware: Flaw lets hackers control your computer
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    Hackers Could Blow Up Factories Using Smartphone Apps

    Hackers Could Blow Up Factories Using Smartphone Apps
  19. mercurial

    Hackers could guess your phone PIN using its sensor data

    Hackers could guess your phone PIN using its sensor data
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  20. Newsfeed

    Hackers leak more Game of Thrones spoilers

    Hackers leak more Game of Thrones spoilers A group of hackers, which claims to have hacked HBO, has leaked more data from the breach and revealed its motive, Wired reported.
  21. Newsfeed

    Game of Thrones spoilers posted online after HBO hack

    Game of Thrones spoilers posted online after HBO hack Hackers who claim to have breached HBO’s internal network have posted the details of the next Game of Thrones episode.
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