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Hacking Automobile Keyless Entry Systems

Schneier on Security

Suspected members of a European car-theft ring have been arrested : The criminals targeted vehicles with keyless entry and start systems, exploiting the technology to get into the car and drive away. The article doesn’t say how the hacking tool got installed into cars.

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Governnment Software Vendor Tyler Technologies Announces Breach

Adam Levin

Tyler Technologies, a software and technology provider for U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies, announced that its internal systems were hacked last week. . The post Governnment Software Vendor Tyler Technologies Announces Breach appeared first on Adam Levin.

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When AIs Start Hacking

Schneier on Security

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. Okay, maybe this is a bit of hyperbole, but it requires no far-future science fiction technology.

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US Cyber Safety Review Board on the 2023 Microsoft Exchange Hack

Schneier on Security

US Cyber Safety Review Board released a report on the summer 2023 hack of Microsoft Exchange by China. It was a serious attack by the Chinese government that accessed the emails of senior U.S. government officials. From the executive summary: The Board finds that this intrusion was preventable and should never have occurred.

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US Citizen Hacked by Spyware

Schneier on Security

The New York Times is reporting that a US citizen’s phone was hacked by the Predator spyware. The disclosure is the first known case of an American citizen being targeted in a European Union country by the advanced snooping technology, the use of which has been the subject of a widening scandal in Greece.

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Data leak at fintech giant Direct Trading Technologies

Security Affairs

Sensitive data and trading activity of over 300K traders leaked online by international fintech firm Direct Trading Technologies. Direct Trading Technologies, an international fintech company, jeopardized over 300K traders by leaking their sensitive data and trading activity, thereby putting them at risk of an account takeover.

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DPRK hacking groups breach South Korean defense contractors

Bleeping Computer

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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