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Malware Passed Through 2K Games Helpdesk System Targeted Login Credentials, Crypto Wallets
Hacker breached 2K Games’ helpdesk system and sent fake follow-ups to customer support tickets with link to info-stealing malware that searches target systems for credentials and authentication.
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Did Lapsus$ Strike Again? Prolific Teenage Hackers Suspected in Cyber Attack on Rockstar, GTA6 Leak
Hacker posted videos of the yet released GTA6 game to a popular discussion forum, and followed that up with claims of stolen GTA5 source code and a demand for payment from Rockstar.
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Cyber Espionage Rhetoric Heats up as China Claims NSA Hacked a Research University
Public accusations of cyber espionage at a research university appear to be in response to Washington ramping up its own warnings to private industry about China’s hackers.
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Government of Portugal Loses NATO Documents to Dark Web Vendors
Hundreds of sensitive and classified NATO documents that were supposed to be stored in air-gapped systems were stolen from a Portugal military agency. It is unknown who (or how many) parties may have purchased them from the dark web.
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Uber Network Breach: Teenage Hacker Gained Access to Admin Credentials in Cybersecurity Incident
Teenage hacker targeted MFA fatigue for initial access in Uber network breach, and escalated the cybersecurity incident with plaintext administrator usernames and passwords found on the network.
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Albania Ends Diplomatic Ties With Iran Over Cyber Attack Damaging Critical Infrastructure
Diplomatic ties have now been formally dissolved as a cyber attack campaign attributed to Iran did damage to critical infrastructure and government websites. Albania says that the primary focus of the cyber attacks was to expose information on the dissidents that it is providing safe harbor to.
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IHG Hack Impacted Hotel Booking System, Cyber Attack May Have Exposed Customer Loyalty Data
IHG hotel loyalty program members began noticing difficulties with the hotel booking system toward the end of the first week of September. The cyber attack most likely involved ransomware.
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TikTok Hack That Enables Account Takeovers Raises New Safety Questions About the App
A TikTok hack that allows for account takeovers with just one click on a malicious link has been discovered by security researchers with Microsoft, and at least one hacker has already popped up on the dark web claiming to have stolen the data of over a billion users.
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Most Businesses Struggling to Maintain Adequate Cyber Insurance, Cover Potential Ransomware Payments
45% of organizations surveyed are not carrying any cyber insurance at all. A little over 80% have no more than $600,000 in coverage, which would likely only cover part of a ransomware payment.
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Cyber Insurance Coverage Continues To Tighten as Lloyd’s Backs off From Nation-State Attacks
Vague attribution of nation-state attacks could become an existential threat if the cost of a ransomware incident stretches into the tens of millions of dollars, as businesses struggle to maintain cyber insurance coverage.