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Hacker tries to spread malware to millions by hitting 'Axios NPM' software

A hacker has compromised a little-known, but popular 2.4MB software package that's downloaded over 100 million times per week and is widely used across apps. The IT security community is sounding the ...

A toy train club, a room-sized computer and a 1984 book; how MIT hackers helped create the culture behind open-source software

The roots of modern hacking and open-source culture can be traced to MIT's Tech Model Railroad Club and its students' ...
Washington Post

They hacked a TikTok user’s camera, with help from free AI

SAN FRANCISCO — When local cybersecurity start-up DepthFirst sought artificial intelligence software to help hunt computer bugs, it turned to a Chinese company, not the top U.S. AI labs in its ...
nytimes.com

A Hacking Tool Built With A.I. Can Breach Phones Without a Click

An attack discovered by A.I. researchers could have compromised hundreds of millions of devices within hours, experts said. By Dustin Volz Dustin Volz covers cybersecurity and intelligence, and ...
TechCrunch

Hackers are exploiting recently patched WordPress bugs, putting millions of websites at risk

Hackers are breaking into websites that run vulnerable versions of the popular blogging software WordPress, according to several cybersecurity firms. One estimate puts the number of vulnerable ...
CNN

North Korean hackers bug software used by thousands of US companies in potential crypto heist attempt

Suspected North Korean hackers have bugged a software package that has been used by thousands of US companies in a major supply-chain attack that could take months to recover from, security experts ...