games, hacking, Security technology, Uncategorized
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breaches, cell phones, data breaches, hacking, Security technology, T-Mobile, Uncategorized
Seems that 47 million customers were affected. Surprising no one, T-Mobile had awful security. I’ve lost count of how many times T-Mobile has been hacked. Powered by WPeMatico
crime, cybercrime, hacking, phishing, Security technology, Uncategorized
It’s a big one: As first reported by Motherboard on Sunday, someone on the dark web claims to have obtained the data of 100 million from T-Mobile’s servers and is selling a portion of it on an underground forum for 6 bitcoin, about $280,000. The trove includes not only names, phone numbers, and physical addresses … Read More “T-Mobile Data Breach” »
BitLocker, hacking, microsoft, Security technology, Uncategorized
This is a really interesting story explaining how to defeat Microsoft’s TPM in 30 minutes — without having to solder anything to the motherboard. Researchers at the security consultancy Dolos Group, hired to test the security of one client’s network, received a new Lenovo computer preconfigured to use the standard security stack for the organization. … Read More “Defeating Microsoft’s Trusted Platform Module” »
academic papers, artificial intelligence, hacking, machine learning, malware, Security technology, Uncategorized
Interesting research: “EvilModel: Hiding Malware Inside of Neural Network Models”. Abstract: Delivering malware covertly and detection-evadingly is critical to advanced malware campaigns. In this paper, we present a method that delivers malware covertly and detection-evadingly through neural network models. Neural network models are poorly explainable and have a good generalization ability. By embedding malware into … Read More “Hiding Malware in ML Models” »
cybersecurity, hacking, iran, phishing, Security technology, Uncategorized
Interesting attack: Masquerading as UK scholars with the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), the threat actor TA453 has been covertly approaching individuals since at least January 2021 to solicit sensitive information. The threat actor, an APT who we assess with high confidence supports Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence collection … Read More “Iranian State-Sponsored Hacking Attempts” »
cybersecurity, hacking, malware, microsoft, russia, Security technology, Uncategorized
Two reports this week. The first is from Microsoft, which wrote: As part of our investigation into this ongoing activity, we also detected information-stealing malware on a machine belonging to one of our customer support agents with access to basic account information for a small number of our customers. The actor used this information in … Read More “More Russian Hacking” »
cyberweapons, hacking, key logging, malware, Security technology, spyware, Uncategorized
Wired is reporting on a company called Mollitiam Industries: Marketing materials left exposed online by a third-party claim Mollitiam’s interception products, dubbed “Invisible Man” and “Night Crawler,” are capable of remotely accessing a target’s files, location, and covertly turning on a device’s camera and microphone. Its spyware is also said to be equipped with a … Read More “Mollitiam Industries is the Newest Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer” »
certificates, cloud computing, cyberattack, cyberespionage, essays, externalities, hacking, russia, Security technology, Uncategorized
Russia’s Sunburst cyberespionage campaign, discovered late last year, impacted more than 100 large companies and US federal agencies, including the Treasury, Energy, Justice, and Homeland Security departments. A crucial part of the Russians’ success was their ability to move through these organizations by compromising cloud and local network identity systems to then access cloud accounts … Read More “The Misaligned Incentives for Cloud Security” »
china, cybersecurity, hacking, rsa, Security technology, supply chain, Uncategorized
Really good long article about the Chinese hacking of RSA, Inc. They were able to get copies of the seed values to the SecurID authentication token, a harbinger of supply-chain attacks to come. Powered by WPeMatico