Spyware maker Paragon terminates contract with Italian government: media reports

Paragon Solutions, a startup that sells access to surveillance technologies including phone spyware, has cut ties…

IMI becomes the latest British engineering firm to be hacked

British engineering company IMI has disclosed a cybersecurity incident just days after rival firm Smiths reported…

Paragon spyware used to target citizens across Europe, says Italian government

The Italian government said in a press release on Wednesday that a spyware campaign revealed by…

New target of Paragon spyware comes forward

On Wednesday, Mediterranea Saving Humans, an Italian nonprofit with the mission of rescuing immigrants who try…

Router maker Zyxel tells customers to replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers

Taiwanese hardware maker Zyxel says it has no plans to release a patch for two actively…

Spyware maker Paragon confirms U.S. government is a customer

Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions confirmed to TechCrunch that it sells its products to the U.S.…

Journalist targeted on WhatsApp by Paragon spyware: “I feel violated”

On Friday, at 2:48 p.m., Francesco Cancellato received an ominous notification on his cellphone while he…

What PowerSchool won’t say about its data breach affecting millions of students

It’s only February, but the recent hack of U.S. edtech giant PowerSchool has the potential to…

WhatsApp says it disrupted a hacking campaign targeting journalists with Paragon spyware

WhatsApp said on Friday that it had disrupted a hacking campaign that targeted around 90 users,…

International police coalition takes down two prolific cybercrime and hacking forums

An international coalition of law enforcement agencies took down two hacking forums that had more than…

Vallance rejects latest charge to reform UK hacking laws

A second attempt in as many months to reform the outdated Computer Misuse Act (CMA) of…

Apple fixes zero-day flaw affecting all devices

Apple released the latest updates for its iPhone, iPad and Mac operating systems on Monday, which…

TalkTalk investigating data breach after hacker claims theft of customer data

U.K. telecoms giant TalkTalk has confirmed that it is investigating a data breach after a hacker…

Hidden Waymo feature let researcher customize robotaxi’s display

A security researcher found a hidden unreleased feature in the Waymo app that allowed her to…

What PowerSchool isn’t saying about its ‘massive’ student data breach

It’s only January, but the recent hack of U.S. edtech giant PowerSchool has the potential to…

HPE investigating security breach after hacker claims theft of sensitive data

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is investigating a data breach after a well-known hacker claimed to have stolen sensitive…

How victims of PowerSchool’s data breach helped each other investigate ‘massive’ hack

On January 7, at 11:10 p.m. in Dubai, Romy Backus received an email from education technology…

Treasury sanctions Salt Typhoon hacking group behind breaches of major US telecom firms

The U.S. government has announced sanctions against a Chinese organization with links to Salt Typhoon, the…

UK plans to ban public sector organizations from paying ransomware hackers

U.K. public sector and critical infrastructure organizations could be banned from making ransom payments under new…

UK domain giant Nominet confirms cybersecurity incident linked to Ivanti VPN hacks

Nominet, the U.K. domain registry that maintains .co.uk domains, has experienced a cybersecurity incident that it…

Meet the Chinese ‘Typhoon’ hackers preparing for war

Of the cybersecurity risks facing the United States today, few loom larger than the potential sabotage…

Facebook awards researcher $100,000 for finding bug that granted internal access

In October 2024, security researcher Ben Sadeghipour was analyzing Facebook’s ad platform when he found a…