Apr 03, 2024NewsroomData Breach / Incident Response The U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) has criticized Microsoft for a series of security lapses that led to the breach of nearly two dozen companies across Europe and the U.S. by a China-based nation-state group called Storm-0558 last year. The findings, released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday, … [Read more...] about U.S. Cyber Safety Board Slams Microsoft Over Breach by China-Based Hackers
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MongoDB Suffers Security Breach, Exposing Customer Data
Dec 17, 2023NewsroomCyber Attack / Data Security MongoDB on Saturday disclosed it's actively investigating a security incident that has led to unauthorized access to "certain" corporate systems, resulting in the exposure of customer account metadata and contact information. The American database software company said it first detected anomalous activity on December 13, 2023, … [Read more...] about MongoDB Suffers Security Breach, Exposing Customer Data
Crypto Hardware Wallet Ledger’s Supply Chain Breach Results in $600,000 Theft
Dec 15, 2023NewsroomCryptocurrency / Malware Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger published a new version of its "@ledgerhq/connect-kit" npm module after unidentified threat actors pushed malicious code that led to the theft of more than $600,000 in virtual assets. The compromise was the result of a former employee falling victim to a phishing attack, the company said in a … [Read more...] about Crypto Hardware Wallet Ledger’s Supply Chain Breach Results in $600,000 Theft
Okta’s Recent Customer Support Data Breach Impacted 134 Customers
Nov 04, 2023NewsroomData Breach / Cyber Attack Identity and authentication management provider Okta on Friday disclosed that the recent support case management system breach affected 134 of its 18,400 customers. It further noted that the unauthorized intruder gained access to its systems from September 28 to October 17, 2023, and ultimately accessed HAR files containing … [Read more...] about Okta’s Recent Customer Support Data Breach Impacted 134 Customers
Kinsing Actors Exploiting Recent Linux Flaw to Breach Cloud Environments
Nov 03, 2023NewsroomCloud Security / Linux The threat actors linked to Kinsing have been observed attempting to exploit the recently disclosed Linux privilege escalation flaw called Looney Tunables as part of a "new experimental campaign" designed to breach cloud environments. "Intriguingly, the attacker is also broadening the horizons of their cloud-native attacks by … [Read more...] about Kinsing Actors Exploiting Recent Linux Flaw to Breach Cloud Environments
Okta’s Support System Breach Exposes Customer Data to Unidentified Threat Actors
Oct 21, 2023NewsroomData Breach / Cyber Attack Identity services provider Okta on Friday disclosed a new security incident that allowed unidentified threat actors to leverage stolen credentials to access its support case management system. "The threat actor was able to view files uploaded by certain Okta customers as part of recent support cases," David Bradbury, Okta's … [Read more...] about Okta’s Support System Breach Exposes Customer Data to Unidentified Threat Actors
New 2023 SEC Breach Disclosure Rules
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week voted to adopt new rules for how companies inform investors about cybersecurity concerns. The vote comes after years of gradually increasing guidance and scrutiny over companies’ handling of cybersecurity events and follows a lengthy comment period where companies, including CrowdStrike, provided input. The new rules, … [Read more...] about New 2023 SEC Breach Disclosure Rules
Microsoft Bug Allowed Hackers to Breach Over Two Dozen Organizations via Forged Azure AD Tokens
Jul 15, 2023THNCyber Attack / Enterprise Security Microsoft on Friday said a validation error in its source code allowed for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tokens to be forged by a malicious actor known as Storm-0558 using a Microsoft account (MSA) consumer signing key to breach two dozen organizations. "Storm-0558 acquired an inactive MSA consumer signing key and used it … [Read more...] about Microsoft Bug Allowed Hackers to Breach Over Two Dozen Organizations via Forged Azure AD Tokens
Lazarus X_TRADER Hack Impacts Critical Infrastructure Beyond 3CX Breach
Apr 22, 2023Ravie LakshmananSupply Chain / Cyber Threat Lazarus, the prolific North Korean hacking group behind the cascading supply chain attack targeting 3CX, also breached two critical infrastructure organizations in the power and energy sector and two other businesses involved in financial trading using the trojanized X_TRADER application. The new findings, which come … [Read more...] about Lazarus X_TRADER Hack Impacts Critical Infrastructure Beyond 3CX Breach
Reddit Suffers Security Breach Exposing Internal Documents and Source Code
Feb 10, 2023Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Source Code Popular social news aggregation platform Reddit has disclosed that it was the victim of a security incident that enabled unidentified threat actors to gain unauthorized access to internal documents, code, and some unspecified business systems. The company blamed it on a "sophisticated and highly-targeted phishing attack" … [Read more...] about Reddit Suffers Security Breach Exposing Internal Documents and Source Code