Samsung confirms hacker exposed UK customers through data breach

An undetermined number of Samsung Electronics customers in the UK have had their personal data exposed through a data breach. Samsung confirmed through a notification sent to customers in the UK that the issue did not impact user passwords or financial information. Seemingly, one hacker exploited a vulnerability that caused the data breach. In its […]

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Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach Ruin DLC is out now, just not for Xbox

What you need to know Five Nights at Freddy’s Security Breach was released on December 16, 2021, for PC and PS4/PS5.   The popular horror title eventually made its way to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.   The free Ruin DLC for Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach was released today only […]

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Apple Supplier TSMC Suffers Data Breach, Hackers Demand $70M

Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company today confirmed to TechCrunch that it recently suffered a data breach. TSMC is responsible for creating all of the A-series and M-series chips used in Apple devices. A TSMC spokesperson said that a “cybersecurity incident” caused data “pertinent to server initial setup and configuration” to leak, but TSMC customer […]

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Microsoft uncovers cryptojacking ploy used to breach Linux devices

What you need to know Linux-based and IoT devices are the latest victims of cryptojacking. Hackers are compromising these systems to access your device resources and generate cryptocurrency secretly. Attackers used custom and open tools to breach these systems. Microsoft recently discovered a new campaign being leveraged by attackers to breach and access Linux-based and […]

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LastPass security breach leaked encrypted customer password vaults

What you need to know Password management software LastPass suffered a breach to its cloud servers in August 2022. Customer data, including password vaults, names, IP and billing addresses, and phone numbers, are among the data recently confirmed stolen during the attack. LastPass explains its 256-bit AES encryption makes it unlikely for attackers to gain […]

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Microsoft breach may have affected 65,000 companies in 111 countries

What you need to know Microsoft was alerted by security researchers at SOCRadar about a misconfigured endpoint that had exposed some customer information. Microsoft had quickly acted to correct its mistake to secure its customers’ data. Though Microsoft would not reveal how many people were impacted, SOCRadar researchers claimed that 65,000 entities across 111 countries […]

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Samsung notifies affected customers of a July security breach

On Friday, Samsung sent a notification via email to its users in the US (I personally received a notice as well). The email arrived from Samsung USA with the subject line: “An important notice regarding customer information”. In late July 2022, an unauthorized party acquired information from some of Samsung’s U.S. systems. On or around […]

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Arm suing Qualcomm over alleged breach of licensing agreements, calls for destruction of Nuvia designs

What you need to know Arm Ltd has sued Qualcomm inc, claiming that the latter breached license agreements and committed trademark infringement. Arm aims to make Qualcomm destroy designs that were developed under Nuvia’s license agreement with Arm. Qualcomm purchased Nuvia for $1.4 billion in 2021. Arm Ltd has sued Qualcomm Inc regarding chip designs […]

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Plex Asks Users to Reset Passwords Following Data Breach

Popular media platform Plex has asked users to change their passwords “out of an abundance of caution” after it found a third-party had gained access to one of its internal systems. In a message to all users, Plex said that after discovering “suspicious activity” on one of its databases on Tuesday, the company ascertained that […]

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You’ll need to reset your Plex password because of a data breach

What you need to know Plex alerted customers on August 24, 2022, to a potential data breach. This security alert noted a database containing passwords, emails, and usernames may have been affected. While only a small subset of data (including encrypted passwords) may have been affected, Plex is requesting all customers change passwords. Plex is […]

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T-Mobile agrees to pay $500 million in class-action settlement for 2021 data breach

US carrier T-Mobile has agreed to pay out $500 million as part of a class action lawsuit settlement for a data breach that took place in 2021. Customer data of “approximately 76.6 million U.S. residents identified by T-Mobile” was compromised as per the court filing on Friday. A report from Motherboard back in August of […]

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Teens arrested in connection with Lapsus$ Microsoft breach

Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central What were you doing when you were 16 years old? Because, if a new report is to be believed, that’s the age of one of the teenager masterminds behind Lapsus$, the cybercriminal group that’s stolen from giants such as Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Samsung. It’s hard to name another group […]

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