The Justice Department and FBI announced court-authorized domain seizures today to deny malicious cyber actors access to two complementary hacking platforms known as “QScan” and “QTRouter,” used to target U.S. critical infrastructure and other sensitive networks.
Hello again, world! Hacker News has been pretty quiet on X. Time to fix that. Starting today, we'll be sharing interesting things people are building, discovering, and discussing on HN. And let us know what's caught your eye lately. There's always room for another great link!
Streamer Joshua Khane recently posted on X, claiming that the company deleted both his Microsoft account and the OneDrive linked to it after it was hacked.
The fear of hacking has made some people turn to other forms of technology ignored by new generations of cyber criminals.
Everything I personally know about the forum and news aggregator Hacker News spanning the site
Coverage of: Iranian hackers shut down UK power plant for 4 days
https://hnrss.org/frontpage If the firehose feeds are a bit too noisy for you, read below on filtering them with the points and/or comments parameters.
A supply-chain attack targeting Android-based car head units is using a legitimate device-update app to spread malware that enlists compromised devices in a proxy botnet or uses them for ad fraud.
A journalist wanted to go to a Flock Safety convention. Flock cancelled their registration AND got the hotel to cancel their room. Enter Benn Jordan and *some equipment*, 😉. I haven't had that much fun with a YouTube short in a while. https://youtube.com/shorts/GQoQkeMdvQM…
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40 years ago today, I tripped over a 75-cent accounting glitch in a Unix system. That tiny clue led to a year-long chase across networks, modem banks, and in...
40 years ago today, I tripped over a 75-cent accounting glitch in a Unix system. That tiny clue led to a year-long chase across networks, modem banks, and in...
A fascinating aspect in evolutionary biology is that of convergent evolution — whereby similar structures and functions evolve independently from each other. The highly advanced nervous syste…