A study led by scientists from IMDEA Networks and the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) has conducted a large-scale examination of the volatility, content, and actual infrastructure of the hidden pages of the so-called Dark Web. This work has been one of the distinguished in the Research Awards of the Spanish Police Foundation 2025-2026....Read More
Miami has a cybercrime problem unlike any other city in the U.S. Wealth flows through it from around the world. Tourists arrive by the millions. And bad actors have taken notice. To fight back, FIU’s College of Engineering & Computing has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Cyber Crimes Bureau, pairing...Read More
Car maker Nissan began informing current and former employees late last week of a data breach driven by a vulnerability in the software used to manage staff data. According to a pair of letters filed with the California Attorney General’s Office – one to current staff and one to former workers – Nissan is one...Read More
AI Offensive Security Engineer AGAPI | UAE | On-site – View job details As an AI Offensive Security Engineer, you will leverage AI and LLMs to accelerate offensive security research, exploit development, vulnerability discovery, and security automation. You will validate AI-generated findings through manual testing, conduct authorized security assessments, and produce high-quality technical reports and...Read More
Sensitive lists of components and suppliers, and photos of Apple’s upcoming iPhone 18 Pro models are part of files posted on the dark web by the ransomware group that stole data from the US firm’s Indian supplier Tata Electronics, according to documents and a source. The exposure threatens the carefully negotiated business of building the...Read More
A sophisticated phishing campaign has been actively targeting hotel and hospitality organizations across Europe and Asia since April 2026, according to Microsoft. The attackers are using photo-themed ZIP files to deliver a Node.js implant, aiming to compromise front-desk machines. This campaign has been observed using techniques to bypass email security measures, The Hacker News reports.The...Read More
Hyderabad: As per a latest LocalCircles survey, 37 per cent of Indians surveyed say one or more individuals in their social group had a Facebook, WhatsApp or Instagram account hacked in the last three years. Only 16 per cent say the affected account was restored reasonably quickly, while 68 per cent found the process extremely...Read More
Nearly half of all cybersecurity roles globally remain unfilled as companies struggle to find professionals who possess both technical expertise and business acumen, according to a report by Accenture. The report titled ‘Reinventing the cyber workforce’ revealed that 46 per cent of cybersecurity positions are currently vacant. It noted that while 59 per cent of...Read More
Two in five scammed people don’t bother to complain because they doubt anything will change. Photo: Shutterstock Cybercrime declined in Australia last year, but fraud and scams bucked the trend and victims have given up complaining, the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has warned, as an audit found the government’s Scams Prevention Framework (SPF) is...Read More
As detailed in HackRead, Aubrey Cottle, a hacker linked to Anonymous, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for his role in a 2021 website defacement attack against the Republican Party of Texas. The sentencing took place on Friday in a Newmarket courtroom, with Justice Joseph Di Luca presiding.The attack, which occurred on September...Read More
