Windows Report

WeedHack Malware Campaign Infects 116,000 Minecraft Players Through Fake Mods

WeedHack malware has infected over 116,000 Minecraft players through fake mods, hacked clients, and malicious download links.
Forbes

After The Canvas Hack, Here’s What Students And Colleges Should Do Next

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Canvas hack left students scrambling to study for finals. Last Thursday, as students at ...

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, ...

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 ...
Mashable

Instructure Canvas hack update: Breach involved a specific teacher account type and interrupted finals

Students have struggled with Canvas downtime due to a data breach during school finals. Credit: Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The hacking collective ShinyHunters says it ...
NBC News

How a massive hack on school software disrupted classes across America

Universities across America hastily made new schedules on Friday in the wake of a massive cyberattack that has thrown final exam calendars and basic classroom activities into chaos. Subscribe to read ...
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 New York Times

Tired of Hacked Passwords? Help Is on the Way.

Apps from Apple, Google and others can assist in making your online accounts more secure, even as new ways of logging in continue to take off. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer writes about how to ...
Forbes

The Canvas Hack Shows Ransomware Isn’t Going Anywhere

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Instructure, the parent company of the popular online education platform Canvas, this week ...
collider

'Hacks' Creators Reveal Ava and Deborah's Wild Episode 7 Storyline Was a "Long Time" Coming

Emily Bernard is a Features Editor and Peer Mentor for Collider who studied History, Playwriting, and English at the University of Scranton. She’s a proud comedy nerd who loves getting into the nitty ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Canvas back up after ShinyHunters hack forced shutdown

This story has been updated with comments from the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Public Schools. Canvas, a cloud-based learning management platform used by thousands of schools and ...