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In the high-stakes world of cyber security, the term “hacking” often conjures up images of sophisticated cyber threats and data breaches orchestrated by skilled attackers. However, a lesser-known but ...

One North Korean group accounted for nearly half of all state-sponsored hacks on tech companies, a report found.

Cybercriminals, part of a gang known as Silent Ransom Group, have sent people pretending to be IT support employees to law ...

A fake Minecraft mod malware campaign has infected more than 116,000 players, stealing accounts, passwords, and even webcam ...

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A 26-year-old man from Alabama has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for his role in a social media hack that briefly sent the price of bitcoin BTC $62,645.18 soaring. Eric Council Jr. of ...