Teenagers Face Trial for Hacking BT, Nvidia, Rockstar Games, Revolut, Uber

By Waqas Both teenagers, who are on trial in the United Kingdom, have been accused of being associated with the infamous Lapsus$ hacking group. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Teenagers Face Trial for Hacking BT, Nvidia, Rockstar Games, Revolut, Uber...

Are Source Code Leaks the New Threat Software vendors Should Care About?

Less than a month ago, Twitter indirectly acknowledged that some of its source code had been leaked on the code-sharing platform GitHub by sending a copyright infringement notice to take down the incriminated repository. The latter is now inaccessible, but according to the media, it was accessibl...

Threat Source newsletter (Feb. 16, 2023) — Recapping what we may have missed so far this year

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. I am back after more than three months away from Talos on parental leave. Having a baby really resets your expectations for "keeping up" with the world. From November through mid-January or so I had no idea what was going on with the...

Okta breached last month, no customers compromised

Some of Oktas source code fell into the hands of an unauthorized party. The code was stolen from GitHub in the first part of December, according to a statement issued by the company. In the same statement the company reassured users that there was no impact to any customers. Okta Okta is an acces...

Hackers Breach Okta's GitHub Repositories, Steal Source Code

Okta, a company that provides identity and access management services, disclosed on Wednesday that some of its source code repositories were accessed in an unauthorized manner earlier this month. "There is no impact to any customers, including any HIPAA, FedRAMP, or DoD customers," the company sa...

A week in security (October 17 - 23)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Thermal cameras could help reveal your password How to spot a scam Warning: "FaceStealer" iOS and Android apps steal your Facebook login Criminal group busted after stealing hundreds of keyless cars Fake tractor fraudsters plague online transactions DeadBolt...

Suspected LAPSUS$ group member arrested in Brazil

The Brazilian Federal Police have arrested a suspect after an investigation into last year's breach of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Responsibility for the breach was claimed by the LAPSUS$ group, when users found a message stating that system data had been copied and deleted and was in the...

Brazilian Police Arrest Suspected Member of Lapsus$ Hacking Group

The Federal Police of Brazil on Wednesday announced it had arrested an individual for purported links to the notorious LAPSUS$ extortionist gang. The arrest was made as part of a new law enforcement effort, dubbed Operation Dark Cloud, that was launched in August 2022, the agency noted. Not much ...

Intel Confirms Leak of Alder Lake BIOS Source Code

Chipmaker Intel has confirmed that proprietary source code related to its Alder Lake CPUs has been leaked, following its release by an unknown third-party on 4chan and GitHub last week. The published content contains Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI code for Alder Lake, the company's 12...

The Dire Warnings in the Lapsus$ Hacker Joyride

The fun-loving cybercriminals blamed for breaches of Uber and Rockstar are exposing weaknesses in ways others aren't...

London Police Arrested 17-Year-Old Hacker Suspected of Uber and GTA 6 Breaches

The City of London Police on Friday revealed that it has arrested a 17-year-old teenager from Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking. "On the evening of Thursday 22 September 2022, the City of London Police arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking," the agency said, adding "he...

Uber Blames LAPSUS$ Hacking Group for Recent Security Breach

Uber on Monday disclosed more details related to the security incident that happened last week, pinning the attack on a threat actor it believes is affiliated to the notorious LAPSUS$ hacking group. "This group typically uses similar techniques to target technology companies, and in 2022 alone ha...

Samsung Admits Data Breach that Exposed Details of Some U.S. Customers

South Korean chaebol Samsung on Friday said it experienced a cybersecurity incident that resulted in the unauthorized access of some customer information, the second time this year it has reported such a breach. "In late July 2022, an unauthorized third-party acquired information from some of...

Vulnerabilities & Threats that Matter 08 – 14th Aug

Published Vulnerabilities Interesting Vulnerabilities Active Threat Groups Targeted Countries Targeted Industries ATT&CK TTPs 563 14 3 69 08 71 For a detailed threat digest, download the pdf file here Summary The second week of August 2022 witnessed the discovery of 563 vulnerabilities out of whi...

Who is behind the Cisco attack?

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed advisory, download the pdf file here Summary Cisco has revealed that they have faced a breach carried out by threat actors, the UNC2447, the Lapsus$, and the Yanluowang ransomware gang. They stole around 2.8 GB of data, which included non-disclosure...

Cisco Confirms It's Been Hacked by Yanluowang Ransomware Gang

Networking equipment major Cisco on Wednesday confirmed it was the victim of a cyberattack on May 24, 2022 after the attackers got hold of an employee's personal Google account that contained passwords synced from their web browser. "Initial access to the Cisco VPN was achieved via the successful...

Cisco Confirms Network Breach Via Hacked Employee Google Account

Cisco Systems revealed details of a May hack by the Yanluowang ransomware group that leveraged a compromised employee’s Google account. The networking giant is calling the attack a “potential compromise” in a Wednesday post by the company’s own Cisco Talos threat research arm. “During the...

DEA Investigating Breach of Law Enforcement Data Portal

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration DEA says it is investigating reports that hackers gained unauthorized access to an agency portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases. KrebsOnSecurity has learned the alleged compromise is tied to a cybercrime and online harassment...

Everything We Learned From the LAPSUS$ Attacks

In recent months, a cybercriminal gang known as LAPSUS$ has claimed responsibility for a number of high-profile attacks against technology companies, including: T-Mobile April 23, 2022 Globant Okta Ubisoft Samsung Nvidia Microsoft Vodafone In addition to these attacks, LAPSUS$ was also able to...

Lapsus$ Hackers Stole T-Mobile’s Source Code and Systems Data

By Deeba Ahmed T-Mobile has acknowledged the breach which occurred before police arrested some of the Lapsus$ members last month. The… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lapsus$ Hackers Stole T-Mobiles Source Code and Systems Data...