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Hacker targets other hackers and gamers with backdoored GitHub code
A hacker targets other hackers, gamers, and researchers with exploits, bots, and game cheats in source code hosted on GitHub ...
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What TikTok’s virtual machine tells us about modern bot defenses
A recent Hacker News post looked at the reverse engineering of TikTok’s JavaScript virtual machine (VM). Many commenters assumed the VM was malicious, designed for invasive tracking or ...
BidenCash busted as Feds nuke stolen credit card bazaar
While BidenCash primarily trafficked in stolen credit card data, it also offered compromised login credentials that could grant remote access to servers, potentially enabling wider cyberattacks.
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District leaders linked school attendance to crime, but failure to reduce absenteeism in middle schools yielded the biggest youth crime surge in a generation.
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The Hole in Mexico’s Security Strategy
These are not isolated events; they happen because state officials in Mexico protect organized crime—not occasionally but ...
Custom Vs. Template Website Design: Making The Right Choice
A side-by-side look at how template and custom-designed websites differ in usability, security, cost, and SEO potential.
A history of the Internet, part 2: The high-tech gold rush begins
The ARPANET was a project started by the Defense Department’s Advanced Research Project Agency in 1969 to network different ...
Twenty years late, Canada hits the old NATO target, just in time to fall short of the new one
Had Carney not announced that Canada would make good on its past pledges, it’s doubtful they would have let him in the door ...
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Research co-led by IMDEA Networks discovers a privacy abuse involving Meta and Yandex bridging persistent identifiers to browsing histories
Native Android apps, such as Facebook or Instagram, silently listen on fixed local ports to receive web tracking data from their web tracking solutions without user consent IMDEA Networks/DICYT An ...
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Renewing the U.S.-Russian Deal Won’t Solve Today’s Nuclear Dilemmas
The looming expiration of the New START Treaty, the only remaining bilateral nuclear arms control agreement between the ...
With «Spiderweb» attack, Ukraine's drones expose vulnerabilities deep behind Russia's front lines
Ukraine secretly conveyed containers deep beind Russia's front lines. The drones inside were able to destroy Russian bombers ...
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Backdoored Open Source Malware Repositories Target Novice Cybercriminals
A threat actor has been creating backdoored open source malware repositories to target novice cybercriminals and game cheaters.