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Malware hidden in Minecraft mods gave hackers webcam access to 116,000 players for $5

Someone built a Minecraft hacking business with a leaderboard, a suggestion box, and a free tier. It has 116,000 victims.

Webcam-hacking Minecraft malware is disguising itself as mods, and it's infected thousands of PCs

The malware, built to look like Minecraft launchers and mods, gives hackers access to your screen, files, webcam, accounts, ...

Modders are turning Ray-Ban Meta glasses into spy gear for as little as $50

Modders are charging $50-$100 to physically destroy the LED on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and bypass privacy guardrails for ...

Teenagers are using a $5 Minecraft malware called WeedHack to target and cyberbully victims

As McAfee reports, many malware-as-a-service tools cost as much as hundreds of dollars per month, putting them out of reach ...
The New York Times

‘Life Hack’ Review: A Heist That Never Leaves the Screen

A group of teenagers seem to be targeting a cryptocurrency billionaire out of boredom, but they have a more sympathetic motive in this hacker film. By Chris Azzopardi When you purchase a ticket for an ...
CNET

Canvas Hack Aftermath: Congress Wants Instructure to Answer Questions

A hacker group stole data from more than 9,000 schools using an exploit in Instructure's service. Now the House Homeland Security Committee is getting involved. Tyler is a writer for CNET covering ...
CNN

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, ...
The Washington Post

Canvas hack exposes schools’ vulnerability to cyberattacks

The vast data breach at education platform Canvas this week exposed the vulnerability of student information as hackers increasingly target school systems, colleges and the tech companies they rely on ...
USA Today

'Hacks' stars dish on Deborah and Ava's pretend romance: 'So much fun'

Spoiler alert: This story contains details from Episode 7 of Season 5 of “Hacks” (now streaming) on HBO Max. Those who have shipped Deborah and Ava, your time has come. The episode “was so much fun,” ...
kcra.com

What we know about the Canvas hack impacting thousands of schools

MORNING, AND TODD FINAL EXAMS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED TODAY. ANTOINETTE AND DOUG. GOOD MORNING. THE FINALS THAT WERE SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE HERE ON CAMPUS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY. AS YOU SAID, ...
Wired

The Canvas Hack Is a New Kind of Ransomware Debacle

Higher education has long been a target of ransomware gangs and data extortion attacks. But never before, perhaps, has a cyberattack against a single software platform so thoroughly disrupted the ...
Mashable

Instructure breach update: ShinyHunters claim second hack, deface school websites

ShinyHunters apparently isn't done with edutech giant Instructure. The now-infamous hacking and extortion collective known as ShinyHunters has once again breached Instructure, the education technology ...