TL;DR: Notepad++ was compromised for six months, but it wasn't the software itself which the exploit leveraged, but its hosting provider. An investigation into the attack has just been concluded with ...

We all know just how versatile a supermarket-cooked chicken can be, but it turns out we’ve not been using it to its full potential. Every inch of the dinnertime staple has a purpose, including the ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. It was anything but a wonderful holiday season for Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Siege players. Following a massive hack that dumped billions of credits into ...

A growing number of companies are facing ransom demands from hackers who stole sensitive data through security flaws in widely-used Oracle business software nearly six months ago. The breach, which ...

News of more than 120,000 Korean home cameras being hacked recently can shake your confidence in connected devices. Stories like that make you picture cybercriminals breaking into homes with high-tech ...

Cybersecurity news this week was largely grim. On the bright side, you still have one week remaining to claim up to $7,500 from AT&T’s $177 million data breach settlement! I've been writing and ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Hackers stole a trove of data from a company used by major Wall Street banks for real-estate loans and mortgages, setting off a scramble to determine what was taken and which banks were affected, ...

An apparent mass data breach and document leak have disrupted the University of Pennsylvania over the past five days, sparking a lawsuit and a broader conversation about higher education’s security ...

Halloween’s scare came late for the crypto industry. Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Balancer (BAL) has been hit by one of the biggest crypto hacks of 2025, with more than $116 million stolen ...

Balancer, a decentralized finance protocol, has been hit by a major exploit that drained more than $100 million in digital assets, according to blockchain security firms. Security researchers at ...

The ClickFix social engineering tactic is rising in popularity. Microsoft said this initial access method was recorded in 47% of attacks. Traditional phishing protections won't work. Changing your ...