Tag: Cybersecurity
Ecovacs home robots can be hacked to spy on their owners, researchers say
Malicious hackers can take over control of vacuum and lawn mower robots made by Ecovacs to spy on their owners using the devices’...
How a cybersecurity researcher befriended, then doxed, the leader of LockBit ransomware gang
Earlier this year, an international coalition of law enforcement agencies took control of the dark web site of the notorious ransomware gang LockBit,...
Security bugs in ransomware leak sites helped save six companies from paying hefty ransoms
A security researcher says six companies were saved from having to pay potentially hefty ransom demands, in part thanks to rookie security flaws...
Hackers could spy on cell phone users by abusing 5G baseband flaws, researchers say
A group of researchers say they have uncovered a series of security flaws in different 5G basebands — essentially processors used by cell...
UK data watchdog fines NHS vendor Advanced for security failures prior to LockBit ransomware attack
U.K. data protection authorities have issued a provisional fine of more than £6 million to NHS vendor Advanced after finding that the company...
How the theft of 40M UK voter register records was entirely preventable
A cyberattack on the U.K. Electoral Commission that resulted in the data breach of voter register records on 40 million people was entirely...