Des Moines Con returns for its fifth year

Special guests this year include Alan Tudyk (Disney, "Firefly", "Rogue One"), Andrew Heath ("Adventure Time", "Ghostbusters", ...

Hackers are learning to exploit chatbot ‘personalities’

A prominent exploit was “DAN,” short for “Do Anything Now,” where users asked ChatGPT to roleplay as a rogue AI that was free ...
The New York Times

‘Life Hack’ Review: A Heist That Never Leaves the Screen

A group of teenagers seem to be targeting a cryptocurrency billionaire out of boredom, but they have a more sympathetic motive in this hacker film. By Chris Azzopardi When you purchase a ticket for an ...
CNN

Data stolen in Canvas hack that hit thousands of schools has been returned, company says

Data stolen in a cyberattack that shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US last week has been returned to the platform’s parent company, Instructure, ...
Mashable

Instructure Canvas hack update: Breach involved a specific teacher account type and interrupted finals

Students have struggled with Canvas downtime due to a data breach during school finals. Credit: Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The hacking collective ShinyHunters says it ...
Bleeping Computer

JDownloader site hacked to replace installers with Python RAT malware

The website for the popular JDownloader download manager was compromised earlier this week to distribute malicious Windows and Linux installers, with the Windows payload found deploying a Python-based ...
The Washington Post

Canvas hack exposes schools’ vulnerability to cyberattacks

The vast data breach at education platform Canvas this week exposed the vulnerability of student information as hackers increasingly target school systems, colleges and the tech companies they rely on ...
Mashable

Instructure breach update: ShinyHunters claim second hack, deface school websites

ShinyHunters apparently isn't done with edutech giant Instructure. The now-infamous hacking and extortion collective known as ShinyHunters has once again breached Instructure, the education technology ...
TechCrunch

Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and iCloud backups

Security researchers say they have identified a hack-for-hire group targeting journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa. The hackers used phishing ...
Wired

Men Are Buying Hacking Tools to Use Against Their Wives and Friends

Thousands of men are members of Telegram groups and channels that advertise and sell hacking and surveillance services that can be used to harass friends, wives and girlfriends, and former partners, ...
Wall Street Journal

The Axios Hack: What to Know

A breach Tuesday of the widely used Axios software library is the latest in a string of incidents exposing risks in the systems that underpin how modern software is built. Developers use Axios to ...
NBC News

Apple warns iPhone users to update software after hacking campaigns detailed by researchers

Apple is encouraging people to update their iPhones in light of new cybersecurity research that suggests that Russian intelligence, Chinese cybercriminals and other hackers have been using tools ...