The former boss of a U.S. hacking tools maker was jailed for selling highly sensitive software exploits to a Russian broker.

The former head of Trenchant, a specialized U.S. defense contractor unit, was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in federal prison for stealing and selling zero-day exploits to a Russian ...

Foom Cash, a decentralized lottery protocol built on zero-knowledge proofs, said it has recovered the majority of funds lost in a $2.26 million exploit after ...

The unknown Claude user wrote Spanish-language prompts for the chatbot to act as an elite hacker, finding vulnerabilities in ...

Valuable tools for experienced attackers and researchers, LLMs are not yet capable of creating exploits at a prompt, researchers found in a test of 50 AI models — some of which are getting better ...

Sony’s weighed in on the question of whether its PlayStation Network online login was “hacked” yesterday. Its verdict: not a hack, just an “exploit.” “We temporarily took down the PSN and Qriocity ...

Cybercriminals are not only using fear and urgency to exploit their victims. Positive emotions, such as empathy, curiosity, and a desire to help, are also being exploited. “Emotional manipulation is a ...

This week, Step Finance shuts down, IoTeX bridge exploit, Russia-linked exchanges help evade sanctions, Australian charged in $3.5 million scam, a hacker returned ...

$1 million WhatsApp hack at Pwn2Own Ireland confirmed. October 23 should stick in the memory of smartphone users for some time to come. This is the day that the Samsung Galaxy S25 was hacked, ...

Losses to crypto scams, exploits and hacks totaled nearly $1.53 billion in February, with the $1.4 billion Bybit hack accounting for the lion’s share of losses, said blockchain security firm CertiK.