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Former L3Harris Trenchant boss jailed for selling hacking tools to Russian broker
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (258+ words) Peter Williams, a former U.S. defense contractor boss, was sentenced on Tuesday to seven years in prison for stealing and selling his former company's hacking and surveillance tools to a Russian firm. Williams was the general manager of Trenchant, a division…...
Marquis sues firewall provider SonicWall, alleges security failings with its firewall backup led to ransomware attack
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (735+ words) Save up to $680 on your pass with Super Early Bird rates. REGISTER NOW. Save up to $680 on your Disrupt 2026 pass. Ends February 27. REGISTER NOW. Fintech giant Marquis is suing its firewall provider SonicWall, claiming that an earlier breach allowed hackers…...
Conduent data breach grows, affecting at least 25M people
9+ hour, 30+ min ago (520+ words) Save up to $680 on your pass with Super Early Bird rates. REGISTER NOW. Save up to $680 on your Disrupt 2026 pass. Ends February 27. REGISTER NOW. The spillover from a ransomware attack on one of the largest government contractors in the United…...
A Meta AI security researcher said an OpenClaw agent ran amok on her inbox
17+ hour, 42+ min ago (821+ words) Save up to $680 on your pass with Super Early Bird rates. REGISTER NOW. Save up to $680 on your Disrupt 2026 pass. Ends February 27. REGISTER NOW. The now-viral X post from Meta AI security researcher Summer Yu reads, at first, like satire....
Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of mining Claude as US debates AI chip exports
22+ hour, 42+ min ago (849+ words) Save up to $680 on your pass with Super Early Bird rates. REGISTER NOW. Save up to $680 on your Disrupt 2026 pass. Ends February 27. REGISTER NOW. Anthropic is accusing three Chinese AI companies of setting up more than 24,000 fake accounts with its…...
VPN flaws allowed Chinese hackers to compromise dozens of Ivanti customers, says report
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (427+ words) Save up to $680 on your pass with Super Early Bird rates. REGISTER NOW. Save up to $680 on your Disrupt 2026 pass. Ends February 27. REGISTER NOW. In February 2021, software giant Ivanti discovered that Chinese hackers had breached the network of Pulse Secure,…...
Ukrainian man jailed for identity theft that helped North Koreans get jobs at US companies
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (496+ words) Save up to $680 on your pass with Super Early Bird rates. REGISTER NOW. Save up to $680 on your Disrupt 2026 pass. Ends February 27. REGISTER NOW. A U.S. federal court has sentenced a Ukrainian man to five years in prison for his part…...
Cellebrite cut off Serbia citing abuse of its phone unlocking tools. Why not others?
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (613+ words) Save up to $680 on your pass with Super Early Bird rates. REGISTER NOW. Save up to $680 on your Disrupt 2026 pass. Ends February 27. REGISTER NOW. Last year, the phone hacking tool maker Cellebrite announced it had suspended Serbian police as customers,…...
Google says its AI systems helped deter Play Store malware in 2025
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (399+ words) Fewer bad actors are targeting Google Play with malicious apps, the company says, a shift that the tech giant credits with its increased investments in proactive security systems and AI technology. The annual report offers a look at how Google…...
Sex toys maker Tenga says hacker stole customer information
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (442+ words) Sex toy maker Tenga notified customers of a data breach on Friday, according to an email obtained by TechCrunch. The hacker also sent spam emails to the hacked employee's contacts, including customers, according to the email sent to customers. After…...