S3 Ep77: Bugs, busts and old-school PDP-11 hacking [Podcast]
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:24:59 +0000
Latest episode – listen now! Cybersecurity news and advice in plain English.
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The Original APT: Advanced Persistent Teenagers
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:55:38 +0000
Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection to a full blown data breach. But few organizations have a playbook for responding to the kinds of virtual “smash and grab” attacks we’ve seen recently from LAPSUS$, a juvenile data extortion group whose short-lived, low-tech and remarkably effective tactics are putting some of the world’s biggest corporations on edge.
Read moreLAPSUS$ hacks continue despite two hacker suspects in court
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:36:27 +0000
Do you know where in your company to report security anomalies? If you receive such reports, do you have an efficient way to process them?
Read moreLAPSUS$ hacks continue despite two UK hacker suspects in court
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:36:27 +0000
Do you know where in your company to report security anomalies? If you receive such reports, do you have an efficient way to process them?
Read moreA week in security (March 28 – April 3)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 10:08:24 +0000
The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.
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Read moreGlobant suffers network breach due to LAPSUS$ compromise
Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 18:56:37 +0000
LAPSUS$ is a young group believed to be ran by teenagers. In their latest heist, they leaked data from Globant, a software firm.
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Read moreFake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 22:54:45 +0000
On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S. Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers said he was troubled by the report and is now asking technology companies and federal agencies for information about the frequency of such schemes.
Read moreHackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:07:27 +0000
There is a terrifying and highly effective “method” that criminal hackers are now using to harvest sensitive customer data from Internet service providers, phone companies and social media firms. It involves compromising email accounts and websites tied to police departments and government agencies, and then sending unauthorized demands for subscriber data while claiming the information being requested can’t wait for a court order because it relates to an urgent matter of life and death.
Read moreA week in security (March 21 – 27)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:17:58 +0000
The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.
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Read moreUK police arrest 7 hacking suspects – have they bust the LAPSUS$ gang?
Credit to Author: Naked Security writer| Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 01:48:28 +0000
Seven alleged hackers have been arrested in the UK. But who are they, and which hacking crew are they from?
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