A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale

GitHub is just the latest victim of TeamPCP, a gang that has carried out a spree of software supply chain attacks that has impacted hundreds of organizations...

A GPS Blackout Would Shut Down the World

GPS jamming and spoofing attacks are on the rise. If the global navigation system the US relies on were to go down entirely, it would send the world into unprecedented chaos...

Crypto Scammer Returns $9.27 Million Out of $24M Crypto Theft

Crypto scammer sensationally returns $9.27 million to a victim after $24 million theft. Unprecedented move in crypto crime.…...

EU Data Protection Watchdog Calls for Ban on Pegasus-like Commercial Spyware

The European Union's data protection authority on Tuesday called for a ban on the development and the use of Pegasus-like commercial spyware in the region, stating that the technology's "unprecedented level of intrusiveness" could endanger users' right to privacy. "Pegasus constitutes a paradigm...

News Wrap: Twitter Hack, Apple Under Fire and Global Privacy Finger Wags

In this week’s Threatpost news wrap podcast, editors Tara Seals and Lindsey O’Donnell-Welch break down the top security news stories, including: Hackers accessed direct messages DMs for 36 of the 130 high-profile users whose accounts were hacked in an unprecedented account breach last week, Twitt...

Mobile Payments: Is Security Taking a Back Seat?

As smartphone technology evolves so does the way we access and interact with the Internet. Today your smartphone is used both as a phone and a computer. For many users, in 3-5 years your smartphone will also become your wallet. With new applications being developed daily, the mobile payments mark...