Canvas' parent company strikes deal with hackers to delete data stolen from educational platform

A hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the Canvas breach and threatened to leak data involving 275 ...

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, ...
TweakTown

Google finds hackers using AI to discover and develop a zero-day exploit for the first time for mass attacks

Google has not identified which LLM was used to develop the zero-day exploit, but has confirmed that its own Gemini AI was ...
Hosted on MSN

From Karel to picoCTF: You Can Win Your First Python CTF in 2026

The 2026 picoCTF competition has officially expanded with more challenges than ever before, yet the transition from the block-based logic of Karel to the raw Python scripting required for CTFs remains ...
Government Technology

A History of Global Hacking — and Where It’s Going Next

In the midst of recent battles with Iran and their global partners, U.S. public- and private-sector organizations are also battling to secure critical infrastructure in a time of war. Federal agencies ...
The New York Times

Suspect Accused of Hacking Climate Activists Appears in Court

Amit Forlit is accused of running a hacking operation that aimed to thwart climate litigation at the behest of a lobbying firm working for an oil giant. By Karen Zraick A private investigator accused ...
BGR

New Hacking Threat Could Steal Your Accounts And Passwords - Even Through 2FA

Researchers from cybersecurity firm Varonis have discovered an infostealer that collects browser credentials, including accounts and passwords, session cookies, and crypto wallets. An infostealer is a ...
KETV Omaha

'Combination of curiosity and technology': Omaha conference highlights hacking as a tool for cybersecurity innovation

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES STILL. JULIE AND OMAHA NONPROFIT WANTS TO TEACH YOU HOW TO HACK. KERNEL CON IS AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE HELD HERE IN OMAHA. HACKERS ARE TEACHING PROFESSIONALS FROM ACROSS THE METRO ...
The New York Times

Suspect in Hacking of Climate Activists Is Extradited to New York

Prosecutors say Amit Forlit ran a global hacking operation on behalf of a Washington lobbying group that aimed to thwart environmental lawsuits against oil companies. By Karen Zraick Amit Forlit, who ...
InfoWorld

PEP 816: How Python is getting serious about Wasm

WebAssembly, or Wasm, provides a standard way to deliver compact, binary-format applications that can run in the browser. Wasm is also designed to run at or near machine-native speeds. Developers can ...
TwinCities.com

Pro-Iranian hacking group claims credit for hack of FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal account

WASHINGTON (AP) — A pro-Iranian hacking group claimed Friday to have hacked an account of FBI Director Kash Patel and posted online what appear to be years-old photographs of him, along with a work ...