As the U.S. deals with a nationwide swatting wave, Motherboard has traced much of the activity to a particular swatting-as-a-service account on Telegram. Torswats uses synthesized voices to pressure law enforcement to specific locations.
The group is blackmailing Ring on its site: "There's always an option to let us leak your data," they posted.
The list, which was discovered by a Swiss hacker, contains names and birth dates and over 1 million entries.
The “Augury” platform includes highly sensitive network data that Team Cymru, a private company, is selling to the military. “It’s everything. There’s nothing else to capture except the smell of electricity,” one cybersecurity expert said.
Attackers attempted to disrupt ride-hailing app service on Thursday, the company confirmed.
Google researchers said the app was designed to figure out who may want to use this kind of app.
Motherboard is publishing parts of the code for the Anom encrypted messaging app, which was secretly managed by the FBI in order to monitor organized crime on a global scale.
The data could be a potential first step to identifying the users of a specific app in a post-abortion rights America.
ISPs are quietly distributing "netflow" data that can, among other things, trace traffic through VPNs.
Motherboard obtained reports of stalking, harassment, and abuse using AirTags, targeting victims of intimate partner violence.
A Chinese security firm released a detailed report about what it says is malware created by Equation Group, a hacking group widely believed to be the NSA.
