Schneier on Security

JANUARY 29, 2024

The investigation indicates they were initially targeting email accounts for information related to Midnight Blizzard itself.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 27, 2023

The attack exposed personal information from pilot applicants, prompting both airlines to ditch their third-party provider and move services internally.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 9, 2020

FireEye was hacked by — they believe — “a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities”: During our investigation to date, we have found that the attacker targeted and accessed certain Red Team assessment tools that we use to test our customers’ security. That group dumped the N.S.A.’s operator put it.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 26, 2021

Hacking is as old as humanity. To date, hacking has exclusively been a human activity. After hacking humanity, AI systems will then hack other AI systems, and humans will be little more than collateral damage. Most of these hacks don’t even require major research breakthroughs in AI. Not for long.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

It’s a series of algorithms that takes an input—financial information for the year—and produces an output: the amount of tax owed. That’s not hacking the tax code. It’s hacking the processes that create them: the legislative process that creates tax law. A hack subverts the intent of a system.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Threat actors spread Atomic Stealer (AMOS) macOS information stealer via a bogus web browser update as part of the ClearFake campaign. Atomic Stealer (AMOS) macOS information stealer is now being delivered via a fake browser update chain tracked as ClearFake, Malwarebytes researchers warn.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Britain’s information commissioner has fined British Airways 20 million pounds for the 2018 hack that exposed data of 400,000 customers. In September 2018, British Airways suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of 400,000 customers. ” said Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 2, 2021

The first is from Microsoft, which wrote : As part of our investigation into this ongoing activity, we also detected information-stealing malware on a machine belonging to one of our customer support agents with access to basic account information for a small number of our customers. News article.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Recently the leak of a collection of files apparently stolen from the Chinese government hacking contractor, I-Soon, exposed Chinese hacking capabilities. Recently someone has leaked on GitHub [ 1 , 2 ] a collection of files apparently stolen from the Chinese hacking firm, I-Soon.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2021

Over the past few weeks, three of the longest running and most venerated Russian-language online forums serving thousands of experienced cybercriminals have been hacked. A note posted by a Verified forum administrator concerning the hack of its registrar in January. Pass this information to people you know. ” On Feb.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 31, 2022

This is a fun story, detailing the hack a group of high school students perpetrated against an Illinois school district, hacking 500 screens across a bunch of schools. During the call, Duong says, they talked through the hack and he provided more details on ways the school could secure its system.

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Bleeping Computer

APRIL 23, 2024

The National Police Agency in South Korea issued an urgent warning today about North Korean hacking groups targeting defense industry entities to steal valuable technology information. [.]

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

men have been charged with hacking into a U.S. ” “ViLE is collaborative, and the members routinely share tactics and illicitly obtained information with each other,” prosecutors charged. The complaint says once they obtained a victim’s information, Singh and Ceraolo would post the information in an online forum.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In a breach that's making headlines, hackers managed to steal data from the company, including sensitive employee information and upcoming game content. vx-underground also reported that a hacker managed to break into an Activision Slack channel, post offensive messages, and steal information related to upcoming "Call of Duty" releases.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 13, 2020

Interesting paper on recent hack-and-leak operations attributed to the UAE: Abstract: Four hack-and-leak operations in U.S. Although "hacking" tools enable easy access to secret information, they are a double-edged sword, as their discovery means the scandal becomes about the hack itself, not about the hacked information.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 13, 2020

Data Viper , a security startup that provides access to some 15 billion usernames, passwords and other information exposed in more than 8,000 website breaches, has itself been hacked and its user database posted online. The apparent breach at St. An online post by the attackers who broke into Data Viper. GNOSTIC PLAYERS, SHINY HUNTERS.

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Bank of America is warning customers of a data breach exposing their personal information after one of its service providers was hacked last year. [.]

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Graham Cluley

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The personal information of more than 815 million people in India has reportedly been leaked online. According to local media reports, hackers have offered for sale the personally identifiable information (PII) - including that found on Aadhaar identity cards - belonging to hundreds of millions of Indian residents.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2024

Acer Philippines disclosed a data breach after employee data was leaked by a threat actor on a hacking forum. In our commitment to full transparency, we wish to inform you of a recent security incident involving a third-party vendor managing employee attendance data.

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Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

A member of IBM's X-Force Red team hacked two CBS reporters for three weeks. Find out what information she gathered, as well as what phishing entails.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense claims that it hacked the Russian Ministry of Defense. “Now the Ukrainian special service has the information protection and encryption software used by the morph, as well as an array of secret service documents of the Russian Ministry of War.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Air Canada, the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada, announced that the personal information of some employees was exposed as a result of a recent cyberattack. Air Canada, the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada, announced that threat actors had access to the personal information of some employees during a recent cyberattack.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2024

Threat actors breached the Dropbox Sign production environment and accessed customer email addresses and hashed passwords Cloud storage provider DropBox revealed that threat actors have breached the production infrastructure of the DropBox Sign eSignature service and gained access to customer information and authentication data.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2024

The four Iranian nationals are Hossein Harooni, Reza Kazemifar, Komeil Baradaran Salmani, and Alireza Shafie Nasab — are accused of participating in a malware operation using spear-phishing and other hacking techniques to harvest hundreds of thousands of corporate employee accounts. entities while employed by MASN. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Amid extreme concerns related to cyber warfare from Russia, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a new information security strategy policy was launched and came into effect early this week. The post Ukraine President enforces Information Security Strategy appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

For almost the month the malware secretly exfiltrated personally identifiable information (PII) from the company's network. Towards the end of last year, malicious hackers broke into the systems of Pepsi Bottling Ventures, the largest privately-owned bottler of Pepsi-Cola beverages in the USA, and installed malware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The popular hacker IntelBroker announced that it had hacked the Los Angeles International Airport by exploiting a flaw in one of its CRM systems. IntelBroker announced the hack on BreachForumsm the post states that in February 2024, a user named ‘kwillsy’ breached a database of the Los Angeles International Airport.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 1, 2022

LastPass, a password management service offering company, has disclosed that it has suffered a data breach in an attack that might be linked to the August data leak where hackers stole vital information from the servers of the said company.

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is investigating a potential new breach after a threat actor put allegedly stolen data up for sale on a hacking forum, claiming it contains HPE credentials and other sensitive information. [.]

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Bleeping Computer

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Canadian government says two of its contractors have been hacked, exposing sensitive information belonging to an undisclosed number of government employees. [.]

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SecureWorld News

MAY 24, 2021

After so many data breaches in the news, many end-users begin to wonder if it really matters when their personal information or user credentials are taken. Well, a recent hacking case in Pennsylvania highlights how serious the consequences can be and what hackers can gain. Hack leads to stolen identities and fraud.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Black Basta ransomware gang claims the hack of the car maker Hyundai Motor Europe and the theft of three terabytes of their data. The data breach letter sent to the impacted individuals informs them that an unauthorized third party had access to the database of customers. The intrusion aimed at stealing automotive trade secrets.

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Bleeping Computer

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A group of cyber activists under the Ukrainian Cyber Alliance banner has hacked the servers of the Trigona ransomware gang and wiped them clean after copying all the information available. [.]

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

Threat actors stole sensitive information from the company, including military and government documents, revealed Taiwan’s Defense Ministry. Leaked data, including a contract between the Navy and Chunghwa Telecom, are available for sale on a dark web hacking forum, Broadcaster TVBS first reported. “The

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Heimadal Security

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Customers of SCUF Gaming, a global innovator and creator of high-performance gaming controllers are currently being informed that the company was the victim of a cyberattack that occurred this February. The post PC&Console Controllers Manufacturer SCUF Gaming Hacked to Steal Banking Information appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Heimadal Security

MAY 14, 2021

Cybercriminals have taken students’ information after they hacked Herff Jones, the company that sells caps and gowns for commencement ceremonies. Herff Jones was hacked and the payment information of students from multiple universities was taken. Officials declared in an email […].

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2024

Ukraine’s SBU revealed that Russia-linked threat actors hacked surveillance cameras to spy on air defense forces and critical infrastructure in Kyiv. Ukraine’s SBU announced they shut down two surveillance cameras that were allegedly hacked by the Russian intelligence services to spy on air defense forces and critical infrastructure in Kyiv.

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