Former Uber Security Chief Found Guilty of Data Breach Coverup
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
A U.S. federal court jury has found former Uber Chief Security Officer Joseph Sullivan guilty of not disclosing a 2016 breach of customer and driver records to...
19-Year-Old Teen Arrested for Using Leaked Optus Breach Data in SMS Scam
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has arrested a 19-year-old teen from Sydney for allegedly attempting to leverage the data leaked following the Optus data breach late last...
Telstra Telecom Suffers Data Breach Potentially Exposing Employee Information
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Australia's largest telecommunications company Telstra disclosed that it was the victim of a data breach through a third-party, nearly two weeks after Optus reported a breach of...
Optus Hack Exposes Data of Nearly 2.1 Million Australian Telecom Customers
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
Australian telecom giant Optus on Monday confirmed that nearly 2.1 million of its current and former customers suffered a leak of their personal information and at least...
Five Steps to Mitigate the Risk of Credential Exposure
By: The Hacker News
Every year, billions of credentials appear online, be it on the dark web, clear web, paste sites, or in data dumps shared by cybercriminals. These credentials...
Hacker Behind Optus Breach Releases 10,200 Customer Records in Extortion Scheme
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Monday disclosed it's working to gather "crucial evidence" and that it's collaborating with overseas law enforcement authorities following the hack of...
North Korea’s Lazarus Hackers Targeting macOS Users Interested in Crypto Jobs
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The infamous Lazarus Group has continued its pattern of leveraging unsolicited job opportunities to deploy malware targeting Apple's macOS operating system.
In the latest variant of the campaign...
Ukraine Says Russia Planning Massive Cyberattacks on its Critical Infrastructures
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
The Ukrainian government on Monday warned of "massive cyberattacks" by Russia targeting critical infrastructure facilities located in the country and that of its allies.
The attacks are said...
Researchers Identify 3 Hacktivist Groups Supporting Russian Interests
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
At least three alleged hacktivist groups working in support of Russian interests are likely doing so in collaboration with state-sponsored cyber threat actors, according to Mandiant.
The Google-owned...
London Police Arrested 17-Year-Old Hacker Suspected of Uber and GTA 6 Breaches
By: Ravie Lakshmanan
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...
