SecurityWeek

Hacker Conversations: Isira Adithya, the Evolution of an Ethical Hacker

Hacker conversation with Sri Lanka-born Isira Adithya, a successful bug bounty hunter driven by the desire to bend systems to ...
AOL

Scammers are using a fake captcha hack to steal your personal information: ‘Verify you’re human.’ Here’s the big red flag to watch for

Clicking a captcha "I am not a robot" box and identifying images to prove it is second nature for many internet users. Now, cybercriminals are exploiting people's comfort with the routine to scam them ...
CNET on MSN

Hackers Conned a Chatbot to Hijack 20,000 Instagram Accounts

Hackers Conned a Chatbot to Hijack 20,000 Instagram Accounts ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Ditches SMS-Based 2FA Because It's Too Easy to Hack

Microsoft is phasing out SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) and SMS one-time passwords (OTPs) for personal Microsoft accounts. Calling SMS-based logins "a leading source of fraud," the company ...

Police boast of hacking VPN where criminals “believed themselves to be safe”

European law enforcement say they hacked into a VPN (virtual private network) service used for ransomware attacks and other crimes, and identified thousands of users before shutting the VPN down and ...

Dashlane explains how attackers managed to download encrypted password vaults

Dashlane said that attackers mounted a coordinated hacking campaign against a large base of its users in an attempt to ...

Microsoft’s open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers

Microsoft shut down dozens of GitHub code repositories for Azure and AI coding tools after a reported hack.
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Passwords, the trouble spot of internet security, are on the way out

TECHNOLOGY ROLLING OUT, AND EXPLAINS WHY WE SHOULD START USING IT RIGHT AWAY. DURING A RECENT LOGIN AT AMAZON, I WAS PROMPTED TO CREATE A PASSKEY, SOMETHING BEING ROLLED OUT AT SITES ACROSS THE WEB.