Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

photo of Can an ‘ethical’ spyware maker justify providing its tech to ICE? image Analysis: In calling itself an ethical spyware vendor, Paragon has opened itself up to scrutiny of its government customers.

A top Democrat criticized the move to spend a billion on offensive hacking operations as the budget guts a billion from U.S. cyber defense.

photo of Trump administration to spend $1 billion on ‘offensive’ hacking operations image A top Democrat criticized the move to spend a billion on offensive hacking operations as the budget guts a billion from U.S. cyber defense.

The Trump administration, through the Department of Defense, plans to spend $1 billion over the next four years on what it calls “offensive cyber operations.”

Ukrainian hacktivist group BO Team has claimed to have hacked into the network of Russian drone maker Gaskar Group and disrupted its operations.

photo of US Army soldier pleads guilty to hacking telcos and extortion image Cameron Wagenius had already pleaded guilty to other charges earlier this year.

photo of Chinese authorities are using a new tool to hack seized phones and extract data image Researchers warned that Chinese residents, and visitors to China, should be aware of the tool's existence and the risks it poses.

The video game giant banned an unknown number of cheaters that were using one of the oldest-running cheats.

The bug in the modified messaging app can expose users' “plaintext usernames, passwords, and other sensitive data,” per GreyNoise.

In the last 30 years or so, cybersecurity has gone from being a niche specialty within the larger field of computer science, to an industry estimated