Malware
Researchers cracked the encryption used by DarkBit ransomware

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Profero cracked DarkBit ransomware encryption, allowing victims to recover files for free. Good news for the victims of the DarkBit ransomware, researchers at cyb ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2025
Hacking
Chrome sandbox escape nets security researcher $250,000 reward

Researcher earns Google Chrome ’s top $250K bounty for a sandbox escape vulnerability enabling remote code execution. A researcher who goes online with the moniker ‘Micky’ earned $250,000 fr ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2025
Hacking
Smart Buses flaws expose vehicles to tracking, control, and spying

Researchers showed how hackers can exploit flaws in a bus’ onboard and remote systems for tracking, control and spying. Researchers Chiao-Lin ‘Steven Meow’ Yu of Trend Micro Taiwan and Kai-C ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2025
Hacking
MedusaLocker ransomware group is looking for pentesters

MedusaLocker ransomware gang announced on its Tor data leak site that it is looking for new pentesters. MedusaLocker is a ransomware strain that was first observed in late 2019, it encrypts files ...

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2025