By Zara Khan

A criminal network of copyright and infringing hackers called the Sparks Group has been dismantled.

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The group, which has been around since at least 2013, has impacted thousands of organizations, mostly in India.

Security leaders from Stanford, Ohio State, and the University of Chicago share challenges and response tactics from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The North Korean operatives have attempted to steal more than $2 billion since 2015 in a series of ongoing campaigns.

Nine bugs were patched, eight of which are rated ‘high’ severity.

By Sudais Asif

Empire market has been offline for more than 4 days.

This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Empire market exit scam- Admins allegedly steal $30 million worth of BTC

Risk levels are not steady states. Here are six indications that the danger posed by your supply chain is headed in the wrong direction.

At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as "Hieupc" was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service that siphoned consumer dossiers from some of the world's top data brokers. That is, until his greed and ambition played straight into an elaborate snare set by the U.S. Secret Service. Now, after more than seven years in prison Hieupc is back in his home country and hoping to convince other would-be cybercrooks to use their computer skills for good.

A well-written article on the APNIC blog has provoked a thoughtful response from the Chromium coders - and we can all learn from it!

The defendant allegedly planned to pay an employee $1 million to infect the company network with malware.