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Friday Squid Blogging: Mayfly Squid
PRIVACY PRIVACY This is surprisingly funny. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Read More
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API security—and even visibility—isn’t getting handled by enterprises
PRIVACY PRIVACY A report released this week by OpinionMatters and commissioned by Noname Security found that more than three out of four senior cybersecurity professionals in the US and UK said that their organization had experienced at least one API-related security incident within the last 12 months. A similar number, 74%, said that they had…
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Botched Crypto Mugging Lands Three U.K. Men in Jail
PRIVACY PRIVACY Three men in the United Kingdom were arrested this month for attempting to assault a local man and steal his virtual currencies. The incident is the latest example of how certain cybercriminal communities are increasingly turning to physical violence in order to settle scores and disputes with their rivals. Shortly after 11 p.m.…
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Deadly Digital Dares: The Blackout Challenge on TikTok
PRIVACY PRIVACY The social network TikTok is chockfull of interesting, fun, laugh-out-loud videos shared by creators worldwide. Kids, as well as parents, can easily spend hours glued to the platform. But as with most popular platforms, the fun can eventually turn dark, even deadly, when viral challenges make their rounds. The latest viral challenge,…
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Starbucks Singapore warns customers after hacker steals data, offers it for sale on underground forum
PRIVACY PRIVACY 200,000 customers of Starbucks in Singapore have had their personal details put up for sale online, after a security incident at the coffee chain. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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Massive Data Breach at Uber
PRIVACY PRIVACY It’s big: The breach appeared to have compromised many of Uber’s internal systems, and a person claiming responsibility for the hack sent images of email, cloud storage and code repositories to cybersecurity researchers and The New York Times. “They pretty much have full access to Uber,” said Sam Curry, a security engineer at…
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Uber’s hacker *irritated* his way into its network, stole internal documents
PRIVACY PRIVACY Uber has suffered a security breach which allowed a hacker to break into its network, and access the company’s internal documents and systems. How did they do it? By bombarding an employee with a spate of multi-factor authentication (MFA) push notifications. Read More
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Uber responding to “cybersecurity incident” following reports of significant data breach
PRIVACY PRIVACY Ride-hailing giant Uber has confirmed that it is responding to a cybersecurity incident as reports emerge that the firm has suffered a significant network data breach forcing it to shut down several internal communications and engineering systems. Attacker announces Uber breach through compromised Slack account In a statement on Twitter, Uber wrote “We…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: 6 Things That Matter Right Now
PRIVACY PRIVACY Topics that are top of mind for the week ending Sept. 16 | How cybersecurity excellence boosts business | CISOs on a vendor-consolidation campaign | A quick check on converged OT/IT cybersecurity | Guides to help developers beef up on security | And much more! 1. Top-notch cybersecurity yields business gains Companies that…
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Allies Warn of Iranian Ransom Attacks Using Log4Shell
PRIVACY PRIVACY US authorities indict and sanction in fresh crackdown Read More