Security leak of manufacturing keys from major device producers (such as LG and Samsung) allows signing of malware apps, providing full access to an Android device, as the operating system trusts any signed app with complete system-level access.
Just days before the inauguration ceremony, the outgoing Biden administration issued a sweeping cybersecurity executive order aimed primarily at improving the defenses of federal agencies and their contractors.
Uber cybersecurity incident was the result of social engineering by teenage hacker. Network breach was a total compromise and that the attacker had full access to Uber's systems.
Social Data, a data broker that appears to have been scraping social media sites for information, has exposed 235 million personal profiles in a data leak.
Major Japanese Defense Contractors Admit to Data Breach Incidents Dating Back to Over Four Years Ago
Two major Japanese defense contractors recently admitted to data breaches back in 2015 and 2018 when they were infected with malware and possibly had their files stolen.
The infrastructure for the Qakbot malware botnet that has been a plague since 2007 has been dismantled by an FBI-led law enforcement action. The botnet was composed of over 700,000 infected computers, and is responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages worldwide during its run.
The CircleCI security breach leaves most of its CI/CD platform clients with a pile of time-consuming cleanup of assorted keys, tokens and variables as they are forced to immediately rotate secrets.
A supply chain attack on a business partner will cost semiconductor giant Applied Materials $250 million in the coming quarter due to disruption of upcoming shipments. Ransomware attack on MKS Instruments is suspected to be the cause.
A cyber attack has compromised UK fashion retailer JD Sports with 10 million records of customer data stolen from online purchases made between November 2018 and October 2020.
Ukraine's major internet provider Triolan suffered two severe cyber attacks disrupting internet services in what it described as the "vile strategy of the enemy."
