Arxiv.org is experiencing a DDoS attack(blog.arxiv.org)

96 points by smcf 3 years ago | 32 comments

Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany's far-right AfD party(bitdefender.com)

92 points by speckx 3 days ago | 39 comments

Bitdefender blog post by Graham Cluley reporting that a hacker leaked 281 GB of internal emails and files from Germany's far-right AfD party via a torrent and AI-summary site.

Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database(news.risky.biz)

677 points by speckx 3 months ago | 380 comments

Risky Bulletin security newsletter reporting a hacker wiped Romania's land registry database, plus news on Graykey, Hugging Face hack, and WordPress RCE.

Hackers infect ISPs with malware that steals customers' credentials(arstechnica.com)

53 points by trelane 2 years ago | 16 comments

Linksys Velop routers send Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to US servers(stackdiary.com)

411 points by skilled 2 years ago | 179 comments

Stackdiary news article reporting that Linksys Velop mesh routers transmit Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to servers in the US.

Netlify's disingenuous survey-based attack on Next.js (and eleventy, too)(zachleat.com)

26 points by stigi 2 years ago | 26 comments

Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2024)

450 points by whoishiring 2 years ago | 440 comments

The monthly Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' thread for July 2024, where companies post job openings with location and remote details.

Email obfuscation: What works in 2026?(spencermortensen.com)

319 points by jaden 6 months ago | 93 comments

An article comparing email address obfuscation techniques for websites and their effectiveness against spam harvesters; the page returned a 403 Forbidden error.

Downfall Attacks(downfall.page)

1207 points by WalterSobchak 3 years ago | 306 comments

Website describing Downfall, a CPU vulnerability affecting billions of modern processors, with attack details, demo, FAQ, and vendor advisories.

New Linux udisks flaw lets attackers get root on major Linux distros(bleepingcomputer.com)

336 points by smig0 1 year ago | 227 comments

BleepingComputer news article about a udisks vulnerability that lets attackers gain root privileges on major Linux distributions.

Strengthening our defenses against distillation attacks(anthropic.com)

21 points by porridgeraisin 13 days ago | 38 comments

Anthropic research post dated Oct 12, 2026 describing how the company is strengthening defenses against distillation attacks on its models.

A brief history of the U.S. trying to add backdoors into encrypted data (2016)(atlasobscura.com)

502 points by whatever3 2 years ago | 174 comments

Atlas Obscura article from 2016 recounting the history of US government attempts, including by the NSA, to insert backdoors into encryption.