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The AI-Powered Hacking Spree Is Here

It turns out AI-coding tools are useful to criminals, too.
It looks like a cute little dolphin-themed toy, but the Flipper Zero is a surprisingly powerful learning tool for hacking. Here's how I mastered mine—and how you can, too.
Hackers exploited CVE-2025-64328, a FreePBX command injection vulnerability, to infect hundreds of instances with web shells.
Trojanized gaming tools and new Windows RATs like Steaelite enable data theft, ransomware, and persistent remote control.
Four executives who worked for a spyware company were convicted by a Greek court Thursday and sentenced to eight-year prison terms over a campaign of covert surveillance that eavesdropped on ...
North Korean hackers are deploying newly uncovered tools to move data between internet-connected and air-gapped systems, spread via removable drives, and conduct covert surveillance.
Spanish authorities have arrested four alleged members of a hacktivist group believed to have carried out cyberattacks targeting government ministries, political parties, and various public ...
The former Israeli intelligence officer’s spyware has helped some of the world’s most brutal regimes spy on journalists and political opponents.
The Chinese spying group, dubbed UNC2814, is quite prolific and has been targeting telecom firms, though it's separate from China's notorious Salt Typhoon.