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Hackers are using unknown user accounts to target Zyxel firewalls and VPNs
Enlarge (credit: Zyxel) Network device maker Zyxel is warning customers of active and ongoing attacks that are targeting a range…
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John McAfee found dead by apparent suicide in Spanish prison cell
Enlarge / John McAfee on his yacht off the coast of Cuba in 2019. (credit: Adalberto ROQUE / AFP /…
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Altice is reducing cable-Internet upload speeds by up to 86% next month
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | buzbuzzer) Altice is slashing its cable-Internet upload speeds by up to 86 percent starting on…
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Ahoy, there’s malice in your repos—PyPI is the latest to be abused
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Counterfeit packages downloaded roughly 5,000 times from the official Python repository contained secret code that installed…
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A week after arrests, Cl0p ransomware group dumps new tranche of stolen data
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A week after Ukrainian police arrested criminals affiliated with the notorious Cl0p ransomware gang, Cl0p has…
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Monero emerges as crypto of choice for cybercriminals
Enlarge (credit: 53 Studios | Getty Images) For cybercriminals looking to launder illicit gains, bitcoin has long been the payment…
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Connecting to malicious Wi-Fi networks can mess with your iPhone
Enlarge (credit: Apple) There’s a bug in iOS that disables Wi-Fi connectivity when devices join a network that uses a…
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Ukraine arrests ransomware gang in global cybercriminal crackdown
Enlarge / A Colonial Pipeline facility in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Hackers last month disrupted the pipeline supplying petroleum to much…
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Newly discovered Vigilante malware outs software pirates and blocks them
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A researcher has uncovered one of the more unusual finds in the annals of malware: booby-trapped…
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Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit
Enlarge / Starlink satellite dish and equipment in the Idaho panhandle’s Coeur d’Alene National Forest. (credit: Wandering-coder) A Starlink beta…
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