Using a bug patched in March, the attacks are starting to ramp up worldwide.

By Uzair Amir

Xbox enthusiasts can brace themselves to expect something big in 2019. Recently, Microsoft announced it plans to unveil the successor of Xbox One during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) scheduled to take place in the coming months. Microsoft revealed the Xbox Scarlett project at the last E3. Since then, the ardent fans of the gaming […]

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The Dark Web and Deep Web are not the same, neither is fully criminal, and more await in this guide to the Internet's mysterious corners.

From a creepy Airbnb incident to Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report, Threatpost editors break down the top privacy and security stories for the week ended May 10.

A number of reports show CVE-2019-0604 is under active attack, Alien Labs researchers say.

Eight Americans and an Irishman have been charged with wire fraud this week for allegedly hijacking mobile phones through SIM-swapping, a form of fraud in which scammers bribe or trick employees at mobile phone stores into seizing control of the target's phone number and diverting all texts and phone calls to the attacker's mobile device. From there, the attackers simply start requesting password reset links via text message for a variety of accounts tied to the hijacked phone number.

All told, the government said this gang -- allegedly known to its members as "The Community" -- made more than $2.4 million stealing cryptocurrencies and extorting people for restoring access to social media accounts that were hijacked after a successful SIM-swap.

The WannaCry attack proved pivotal, changing the way organizations go about securing their environments.

The WannaCry attack proved pivotal, changing the way organizations go about securing their environments.

Same-site cookie support arriving for Chrome later this year

Nvidia has patched three vulnerabilities in its Windows GPU display driver that could enable information disclosure, denial of service and privilege escalation.