An Australian man on Wednesday pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme to steal powerful hacking tools from a US defense contractor and sell them to a buyer in Russia, the Justice Department said. The tools were “meant to be sold exclusively to the U ...

As computers and software become increasingly sophisticated, hackers need to rapidly adapt to the latest developments and devise new strategies to plan and execute cyberattacks. One common strategy to maliciously infiltrate computer systems is known as ...

Update 4/16/24: Updated story with more information on how previous mitigations do not protect devices. Exploit code is now available for a maximum severity and actively exploited vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS firewall software. Tracked as ...

Lockdown mode is looking increasingly necessary, although Apple has secured its systems against this iPhone-hacking exploit in iOS 26. A new iPhone-hacking exploit has exposed the uncomfortable truth that when governments build offensive attacks, they ...

An exploit kit known as Coruna has appeared on GitHub, bundling working attack code for several Apple iOS vulnerabilities that were patched in 2023 and early 2024. The kit chains together at least three distinct flaws affecting iOS versions prior to 17.3 ...

Darksword malware targets iPhones via Ukrainian websites Exploits can be used to steal data, cryptocurrency from millions of iPhones Researchers see robust market for iPhone-penetrating malware March 18 (Reuters) - A powerful software exploit capable of ...