Business Security Hacktivism is nothing new, but the increasingly fuzzy lines between traditional hacktivism and state-backed operations make it a more potent threat 19 Jun 2024 • , 5 min. read Hacktivism surged back into mainstream consciousness with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Less than two years later, politically-motivated groups and individuals were…
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David Vance, a senior analyst from ESG Global, offers an explanation, and it has to do with MadPot, the network of honeypots AWS has built into the system. “Since Sonaris leverages a tremendous amount of threat intelligence gathered from AWS’ threat sensor framework, called MadPot, I believe it can be an effective front-line tool to…
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T-Mobile has denied it was breached or that source code was stolen after a threat actor claimed to be selling stolen data from the telecommunications company. “T-Mobile systems have not been compromised. We are actively investigating a claim of an issue at a third-party service provider,” T-Mobile shared in a statement to BleepingComputer. “We have…
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There’s a wee data breach with unhealthy implications in Scotland, privacy has gone off the rails in the UK, and a cheater blames Apple for his expensive divorce. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week…
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Image: DigitalIceAge Forklift manufacturer Crown Equipment confirmed today that it suffered a cyberattack earlier this month that disrupted manufacturing at its plants. Crown is one of the largest forklift manufacturers in the world, employing 19,600 people and having 24 manufacturing plants in 14 locations worldwide. Since approximately June 8th, Crown employees have been reporting that the company was…
Read MoreNew Blog Moderation Policy There has been a lot of toxicity in the comments section of this blog. Recently, we’re having to delete more and more comments. Not just spam and off-topic comments, but also sniping and personal attacks. It’s gotten so bad that I need to do something. My options are limited because I’m…
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Advance Auto Parts has confirmed it suffered a data breach after a threat actor attempted to sell stolen data on a hacking forum earlier this month. Advance operates 4,777 stores and 320 Worldpac branches and serves 1,152 independently owned Carquest stores in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Mexico, and various…
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Microsoft has acknowledged the criticisms and recently outlined several privacy enhancements: Recall will now be switched off by default, and users are required to first enroll with Microsoft’s Windows Hello authentication system. In an update to a previous blog post on Thursday, Microsoft outlined plans to delay the full launch, which was due to be made available…
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“We can call it a backdoor, a front door, or ‘upload moderation’.” But whatever we call it, each one of these approaches creates a vulnerability that can be exploited by hackers and hostile nation states.” Amandine Le Pape, co-founder and COO of secure messaging platform Element, expressed similar privacy-focused concerns. “We’re disappointed in signs that…
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The controversial spyware Pegasus and its operator, the Israeli NSO Group, is once again in the news. Last week, in documents filed in a judgment between NSO and WhatsApp, they admitted that any of their clients can target anyone with their spyware, including government or military officials because their jobs are inherently legitimate intelligence targets.…
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