SocksEscort sold proxy services on the open web, but was actually routing traffic through compromised routers and internet-connected devices.

Iran-linked MuddyWater hackers breached U.S. networks with new Dindoor malware as regional cyber attacks escalate amid Middle East conflict.

Researchers warn Iranian state-backed Seedworm hackers have infiltrated US–Israeli critical networks, raising fears of cyber attacks targeting US banking, airline, and tech sectors.

An AI-assisted hacker campaign breached over 600 FortiGate firewalls worldwide by exploiting weak credentials and public interfaces in a chilling demonstration of how generative AI ...

Microsoft has warned that information-stealing attacks are "rapidly expanding" beyond Windows to target Apple macOS environments by leveraging cross-platform languages like Python and abusing trusted ...

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Earlier this month, security guru Troy Hunt added a staggering two billion unique email addresses and 1.3 billion unique passwords to his Have I Been Pwned and Pwned Passwords databases. Aggregated by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. If you read my article here, you will already know that ...

Start by looking closely at the notice to understand exactly what kind of data was exposed. If the affected account uses a password, change it right away, even if the company says passwords weren’t ...

WiFi Password Cracker is a Python script that retrieves saved WiFi profiles and their passwords on a Windows machine. It uses the netsh command to access and display this information. The script uses ...

When it comes to cybersecurity, are we our own worst enemies? This past week showed us that you can patch software—but you can't patch human nature. I've been writing and editing stories for almost ...