Hackers listed FIFA 21 and Frostbite engine source code and developer tools for sale on an underground hacking forum following the successful Electronic Arts data breach.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
Microsoft says the suspected Russian hackers behind SolarWinds supply chain attack exploited Microsoft vendors’ access to target more potential victims including CrowdStrike.
Hackers breached Brazil’s emergency alert system and used the government’s civil defense platform to send millions of highest-level alerts across multiple regions.
A joint cybersecurity alert warned that hackers breached multiple federal agencies via remote monitoring and management software in a widespread helpdesk-themed phishing campaign.
Nintendo has admitted to a data breach of 160,000 Nintendo accounts after users had repeatedly complained on social media of the payment information being misused to make purchases.
Vulnerability allows hackers to extract private encryption keys hardcoded in Siemens industrial devices to execute sophisticated attacks or take over whole product lines.
Hackers compromised carding site Card Mafia exposing 300,000 user account credentials. A hacker later offered the stolen data for free on a different hacking forum.
Hackers injected trojan code into the Roblox scripts by compromising the Synapse X engine, allowing them to install DLL libraries capable of breaking applications and destroying data.
Hackers stole and published the login credentials of major tech and Fortune 500 companies, accessed CCTV cameras, and probed portals after breaching two large data centers in Asia.
Hackers demanded $10 million after executing a ransomware attack on a French hospital, disrupting operations and forcing the deferral of appointments and referral of patients to other facilities.










