The names, birthdays and Social Security numbers of millions of T-Mobile customers were stolen by hackers, the cellphone carrier said Tuesday as it continues to investigate a data breach disclosed earlier this week.
Though the company's preliminary analysis offered a sense of the cyberattack's scale, T-Mobile did not disclose how hackers accessed its systems or who was behind the breach.
Chinese Hackers Used Cyber-disguising Technology Against Israel, Report Finds | Voice of America
WASHINGTON - A major cybersecurity firm says it believes Beijing-backed hackers carried out cyberattacks on Israel while pretending to be operating from Israel's archrival, Iran.
FireEye data, along with information shared by Israel's defense agency, show that starting in January 2019, UNC215 carried out a number of concurrent attacks "against Israeli government institutions, IT providers, and telecommunications entities," according to the report.
Call of Duty: Warzone hackers are running out of cracked accounts to sell | PC Gamer
Call of Duty: Warzone account sellers are reportedly running out of stock thanks to new account security protections, Motherboard reports.
Like many online games, an underground market has circulated around acquiring and reselling valuable Warzone accounts.
In one of the Discord servers investigated by Motherboard, an announcement suggests hackers are starting to pivot towards unlocking tools for existing accounts rather than selling stolen ones outright.
Ford confirms customer, employee information protected from hackers
Ford Motor Co. has kept both customer and employee records safe from leaking after cybersecurity researchers alerted the automaker that its internal system filled with sensitive proprietary information was not secure against hostile forces, the Free Press confirmed Tuesday.
"Based on evidence provided to Ford and our internal investigation, we don't believe any sensitive personal information about employees or customers was accessed or compromised in this instance, which was identified and addressed nearly six months ago," Ford spokesman T.R. Reid said.
Does a VPN Protect You from Hackers?
A virtual private network (VPN) is the perfect solution for a lot of issues you might experience online- accessing blocked sites, hiding your browsing activity, getting rid of internet throttling, finding better deals, and much more.
But does a VPN protect you from hackers? Is your private information and files safer on the internet with a VPN? How much of a difference does it make in terms of data protection?
Hackers are getting better at their jobs, but people are getting better at prevention -
Karen Roby: What concerns you the most with companies nowadays and those that you're working with and in general?
Robert Braun: I think that the thing that I'm concerned about, the things that my clients are most concerned about or should be, is the increasing sophistication of the bad actors in the field. For a long time, we had people who were relatively noisy, we'd call it, easier to spot.
Pin reset resolved but hackers keep coming ⌨️
:strip_exif(true):strip_icc(true):no_upscale(true):quality(65)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/G66CQBMYHRFP7G6MWBXRPH45CU.jpg)
Well, it looks like the "force reset" security strategy that left thousands of Connect account holders blocked from their unemployment accounts is slowly getting resolved.
The reemployment team for the Department of Economic Opportunity is reviewing the accounts to figure out why the old PINs were working, but as of this newsletter there is no explanation.
Poly Network: Crypto platform asks hacker to become security advisor
The cryptocurrency platform targeted in a massive heist is now inviting the hacker behind it to become an advisor to the firm, and promising a $500,000 reward for the restoration of user funds.
Poly Network, a so-called decentralized finance or "DeFi" project, was hit with a major attack last week which saw the hacker, or hackers, make off with more than $600 million worth of tokens.
Hackers Raid Liquid Crypto Exchange, Seizing up to $74 Million: Report
Liquid confirmed that bitcoin, ether, XRP, and TRX coins were stolen in the hack. The exchange said it was tracing the movement of the assets and working with other exchanges to freeze the stolen funds and recover them.
Johnny Lyu, the CEO of crypto exchange KuCoin, confirmed it was aware of the hack and KuCoin had frozen the addresses of the hacker.
Hackers using Morse code to avoid detection, Microsoft says
Microsoft said hackers are using Morse code to conduct phishing attacks and evade security detection, according to an Aug. 13 Tech Times report.
This is an uncommon method because most hackers use advanced systems to bypass enhanced security features, according to the report.
Happening on Twitter
T-Mobile says a data breach has exposed the names, SSNs and other sensitive information of 40 million former and pr… https://t.co/6NNy9aUKj4 NPR Wed Aug 18 14:38:03 +0000 2021
T-Mobile now says a "highly sophisticated" attack led to the theft of SSN/DOB and driver's license info on > 40 mil… https://t.co/vI4D1TyYtY briankrebs (from krebsonsecurity @ gmail.com) Wed Aug 18 16:28:00 +0000 2021
New: T-Mobile has confirmed millions of current and former customers' information was taken in a data breach, follo… https://t.co/SogmdL4K0g zackwhittaker (from New York, NY) Wed Aug 18 13:02:41 +0000 2021
No comments:
Post a Comment