Security Stories for 2022

FBI Investigating 3Commas Data Breach 25
Insurance Policy Does Not Cover Ransomware Attack on Software, Ohio Supreme Court Says 51
NetGear Warns Users To Patch Recently Fixed Wi-Fi Router Bug 7
Department of Homeland Security Can't Even Secure Its Buildings Against People It Fired 49
EarSpy: Spying On Phone Calls Via Ear Speaker Vibrations Captured By Accelerometer 27
The LastPass Disclosure of Leaked Password Vaults Is Being Torn Apart By Security Experts 78
Code-Generating AI Can Introduce Security Vulnerabilities, Study Finds 37
No More TikTok On House of Representatives' Smartphones 78
Hackers Stole Data From Multiple Electric Utilities in Recent Ransomware Attack 16
Cyber Attacks Set To Become 'Uninsurable,' Says Zurich Chief 96
Washington State Power-Station Attacks Are Latest Assault on Grid 116
Patched Windows Bug Was Actually a Dangerous Wormable Code-Execution Vulnerability 20
Seoul: North Korean Hackers Stole $1.2B in Virtual Assets 19
LastPass: Hackers Stole Customer Vault Data In Cloud Storage Breach 38
Fedora 38 To Prohibit Byte Swapped Xorg and Xwayland Clients 36
SEC Heightening Scrutiny of Auditors' Crypto Work 19
GodFather Android Malware Targets 400 Banks, Crypto Exchanges 7
Kremlin-Backed Hackers Targeted a 'Large' Petroleum Refinery In a NATO Nation 68
Anker's Eufy Breaks Its Silence on Security Cam Security 37
Okta's Source Code Stolen After GitHub Repositories Hacked 45
Two Men Accused of Hacking Into JFK Airport Cab Dispatch System 21
Android is Adding Support for Updatable Root Certificates Amid TrustCor Scare 19
DraftKings Warns Data of 67,000 People Was Exposed In Account Hacks 20
Swatters Used Ring Cameras To Livestream Attacks, Taunt Police, Prosecutors Say 98
To Protect Its Cloud, Microsoft Bans Crypto Mining From Its Online Services 5
66% of Cybersecurity Analysts Experienced Burnout This Year, Report Finds 31
Prosecutors Charge 6 People for Allegedly Waging Massive DDoS Attacks 16
NSA Says Chinese Hackers Are Exploiting a Zero-Day Bug in Popular Networking Gear 19
Microsoft Digital Certificates Once Again Abused To Sign Malware 23
FBI's Vetted Info Sharing Network 'InfraGard' Hacked 21
Apple Fixes 'Actively Exploited' Zero-Day Affecting Most iPhones 38
Poor Software Costs the US 2.4 Trillion 78
Xnspy Stalkerware Spied on Thousands of iPhones and Android Devices 3
Passkey Support Rolls Out To Chrome Stable 19
Spyware Hacks of Federal Workers Could Run Into Hundreds, Lawmaker Says 10
Cyberattack On Top Indian Hospital Highlights Security Risk 5
Samsung Galaxy S22 Hacked Again On Second Day of Pwn2Own 18
Samsung's Android App-Signing Key Has Leaked, is Being Used To Sign Malware 23
Apple Advances User Security With Three New Data Protections 22
New CryWiper Data Wiper Targets Russian Courts, Mayor's Offices 29
FBI, CISA Say Cuba Ransomware Gang Extorted $60 Million From Victims This Year 12
Florida State Tax Website Bug Exposed Filers' Data 12
Hive Social Turns Off Servers After Researchers Warn Hackers Can Access All Data 73
Google Reports Decline In Android Memory Safety Vulnerabilities As Rust Usage Grows 23
Hyundai App Bugs Allowed Hackers To Remotely Unlock, Start Cars 29
Australia Will Now Fine Firms Up To $33.4 Million for Data Breaches 19
Lastpass Says Hackers Accessed Customer Data In New Breach 81
Chrome, Defender and Firefox 0-days Linked To Commercial IT firm in Spain 13
OnePlus Beats Google With Four Years of Major OS Updates 14
Anker's Eufy Cameras Caught Uploading Content To the Cloud Without User Consent 33
Google Says Google and Other Android Manufacturers Haven't Patched Security Flaws 19
US Authorities Seize iSpoof, a Call Spoofing Site That Stole Millions 38
Microsoft Says Attackers Are Hacking Energy Grids By Exploiting Decades-Old Software 60
Microsoft: Hackers Using 'Concerning' Tactic To Dodge Multi-Factor Authentication 74
Nearly 50% of macOS Malware Comes From One App 74
1Password Embraces a Passwordless Future 40
Iranian Hackers Breached Federal Agency Using Log4Shell Exploit 27
Netflix Gives Account Holders the Ability To Kick Freeloaders 30
Australia To Consider Banning Ransomware Payments 86
A Simple Android Lock Screen Bypass Bug Landed a Researcher $70,000 20
NVIDIA Security Team: 'What if We Just Stopped Using C?' 239
Introducing Shufflecake: Plausible Deniability For Multiple Hidden Filesystems on Linux 90
Google Says Surveillance Vendor Targeted Samsung Phones With Zero-Days 5
NSA Urges Organizations To Shift To Memory Safe Programming Languages 196
Mysterious Company With Government Ties Plays Key Internet Role 67
Lenovo Driver Goof Poses Security Risk for Users of 25 Notebook Models 46
Swiss Re Proposes Government Bail Out as Cybercrime Insurance Costs Spike 27
AstraZeneca Password Lapse Exposed Patient Data 16
Red Cross Seeks 'Digital Emblem' To Protect Against Hacking 50
Ukraine War, Geopolitics Fuelling Cybersecurity Attacks - EU Agency 32
Google Ad For GIMP.org Served Info-Stealing Malware Via Lookalike 19
OpenSSL 3 Patch, Once Heartbleed-level 'Critical,' Arrives as a Lesser 'High' 21
US Banks Spent $1 Billion on Ransomware Payments in 2021, Treasury Says 18
White House Invites Dozens of Nations For Ransomware Summit 19
FTC Accuses Ed Tech Firm Chegg of 'Careless' Data Security 20
White House Invites Dozens of Nations for Ransomware Summit 21
Security Certification Body (ISC)2 Defends Proposed Bylaw Changes 12
Could Data Destruction + Exfiltration Replace Ransomware? 40
OpenSSL Warns of Critical Security Vulnerability With Upcoming Patch 31
Thomson Reuters Collected and Leaked at Least 3TB of Sensitive Data 13
Systemd Supremo Proposes Tightening up Linux Boot Process 123
Australia's Medibank Says Data of All 4 Million Customers Accessed By Hacker 21
Passkeys Are Finally Here 96
PayPal is Getting More Secure Passkey Logins 25
FTC Brings Action Against CEO of Alcohol Delivery Company Over Data Breach 7
UK Fines Outsourcer For Failing To Stop Cyberattack 29
Hacktivists Breach Email System of Company Operating Iran's Nuclear Plant 25
Is There a Lack of Market Incentives for Cybersecurity? 160
Zeek Becoming Part of Microsoft Windows 21
US To Launch 'Labeling' Rating Program For Internet-Connected Devices In 2023 36
Microsoft Disputing Just How Big Its Customer Data Leak Was 5
Germany Fires Cybersecurity Chief 'Over Russia Ties' 28
Over 45,000 VMware ESXi Servers Just Reached End-of-Life 57
Former WSJ Reporter Says Law Firm Used Indian Hackers To Sabotage His Career 25
Visa, Mastercard Draw New Government Scrutiny Over Debit-Card Routing 7
iOS 16 VPN Tunnels Leak Data, Even When Lockdown Mode Is Enabled 35
Shein Owner Fined $1.9 Million For Failing To Notify 39 Million Users of Data Breach 5
SIM Card Swindler 'Baby Al Capone' Agrees To Pay Back $22 Million To Hacked Crypto Investor 5
Signal To Phase Out SMS Support From the Android App 54
How Wi-Fi Spy Drones Snooped On Financial Firm 52
Android Leaks Some Traffic Even When 'Always-On VPN' Is Enabled 30
Google is Bringing Passkey Support To Android and Chrome 63
Toyota Discloses Data Leak After Access Key Exposed On GitHub 9
Germany's Cybersecurity Chief Faces Dismissal, Reports Say 33
Russian-Speaking Hackers Knock Multiple US Airport Websites Offline 41
Pro-Russian 'Hacktivists' Temporarily Disrupted Some US State Government Web Sites 20
Ransomware Attack Delays Patient Care at Several Hospitals Across the US 30
Utility Security Is So Bad, US DoE Offers Rate Cuts To Improve It 18
Facebook Warns 1 Million Users Whose Logins Were Stolen By Scam Mobile Apps 15
Game Firm 2K Says Users Info Stolen 2
Binance-linked Blockchain Hit By $570 Million Crypto Hack, Binance Says 34
Former Amazon Worker Gets Probation For Massive Capital One Hack 76
Hackers Leak 500GB Trove of Data Stolen During LAUSD Ransomware Attack 32
Covert CIA Websites Could Have Been Found By an 'Amateur,' Research Finds 22
High-Severity Microsoft Exchange 0-Day Under Attack Threatens 220,000 Servers 42
Games Are Starting To Require a Phone Number To Play 62
Suspected Chinese Hackers Tampered With Widely Used Canadian Chat Program, Researchers Say 11
Microsoft Says Two New Exchange Zero-Day Bugs Under Active Attack, But No Immediate Fix 12
Mystery Hackers Are 'Hyperjacking' Targets for Insidious Spying 32
Fast Company Hackers Sent Out Obscene Push Notifications To Apple News Users 21
Microsoft Exchange Online Users Face a Key Security Deadline Saturday 43
Russia Plans 'Massive Cyberattacks' On Critical Infrastructure, Ukraine Warns 83
Cloudflare Launches an eSIM To Secure Mobile Devices 29
Ask Slashdot: What High-End Smartphone Is Best For Privacy? 196
Microsoft Edge Found Serving Malicious Tech Support Scam Ads 30
UK Police Arrest Alleged 'GTA VI' Hacker 20
Australia Phones Cyber-Attack Exposes Personal Data 5
Twitter Discloses It Wasn't Logging Users Out of Accounts After Password Resets 12
Ask.FM Database With 350 Million User Records Allegedly Sold Online 8
Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome Enhanced Spellcheck Feature Exposes Passwords 28
Uber Says Lapsus$-Linked Hacker Responsible For Breach 1
Kiwi Farms Breached; Assume Passwords, Emails, IP Addresses Have Leaked 76
GPS Jammers Are Being Used to Hijack Trucks and Down Drones 83
Trojanized Version of PuTTY Distributed By Fake Amazon Job Phishers on WhatsApp 22
Twitter Pranksters Derail GPT-3 Bot With Newly Discovered 'Prompt Injection' Hack 11
LastPass Says Hackers Had Internal Access For Four Days 27
Uber Says 'No Evidence' User Accounts Were Compromised in Hack 6
Chrome for Android Gets Fingerprint-Protected Incognito Tabs 13
Ether's New 'Staking' Model Could Draw SEC Attention 28
Uber Investigating Breach of Its Computer Systems 27
Iranians Hacked US Companies, Sent Ransom Demands To Printers, Indictment Says 12
TikTok Won't Commit To Stopping US Data Flows To China 61
Nearly One In Two Industry Pros Scaled Back Open Source Use Over Security Fears 60
Breach of Software Maker Used To Backdoor Ecommerce Servers 9
Microsoft Teams Stores Auth Tokens As Cleartext In Windows, Linux, Macs 32
US Cyber-Defense Agency Urges Companies To Automate Threat Testing 13
China Accuses the NSA of Hacking a Top University To Steal Data 82
Retbleed Fix Slugs Linux VM Performance By Up To 70 Percent 33
Powerful New Linux Malware Shikitega Uses Unusual Multi-Stage Stealth 22
Laying Off Five Security Staffers, Patreon Disputes Reports It's Their Entire Security Team 32
New Wave of Data-Destroying Ransomware Attacks Hits QNAP NAS Devices 23
Former Conti Ransomware Gang Members Helped Target Ukraine, Google Says 13
Albania Cuts Diplomatic Ties With Iran Over July Cyberattack 23
As Ex-Uber Executive Heads To Trial, the Security Community Reels 67
China Accuses US of 'Tens of Thousands' of Cyberattacks 42
Los Angeles School District Warns of Disruption As It Battles Ongoing Ransomware Attack 25
Google Chrome Emergency Update Fixes New Zero-Day Used in Attacks 15
TikTok Denies Reports That It's Been Hacked 26
Peter Eckersley, Co-Creator of Let's Encrypt, Dies at 43 35
How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability 53
Samsung Says Customer Data Stolen in July Data Breach 7
Major VPN Services Shut Down In India Over Anti-Privacy Law 9
Shopify Warns Merchants Against Using Amazon's 'Buy With Prime' Service 17
Someone Hacked Largest Taxi Service In Russia, Ordered All Available Taxis To the Same Location 64
Apple Releases Rare iOS 12 Update To Address Security Flaw On Older iPhones, iPads 22
Dashlane Is Ready To Replace All Your Passwords With Passkeys 37
Who Pays for an Act of Cyberwar? 34
Google's Open-Source Bug Bounty Aims To Clamp Down on Supply Chain Attacks 3
Eight-Year Study Finds 24,931 WordPress Sites Using Malicious Plugins 25
Criminals Posting Counterfeit Microsoft Products To Get Access To Victims' Computers 23
Twilio Hackers Breached Over 130 Organizations During Months-Long Hacking Spree 9
LastPass Hackers Stole Source Code 46
Websites Can Identify If You're Using iPhone's New 'Lockdown' Mode 55
Hackers Are Breaking Into and Emptying Cash App Accounts 39
Experts Warn of Widespread Exploitation Involving Hikvision Cameras 12
Plex Breach Exposes Usernames, Emails and Encrypted Passwords 43
Microsoft Finds Critical Hole In ChromeOS 31
Hackers Used Deepfake of Binance CCO To Perform Exchange Listing Scams 12
Hyundai Uses Example Keys For Encryption System 107
Israeli Spyware Company NSO Group CEO Steps Down 15
How Google Cloud Blocked the Largest Web DDOS Attack Ever 11
Hackers Are Stealing Session Cookies To Bypass Multi-factor Authentication 28
The New USB Rubber Ducky Is More Dangerous Than Ever 47
Erik Prince Wants To Sell You a 'Secure' Smartphone That's Too Good To Be True 86
PayPal Phishing Scam Uses Invoices Sent Via PayPal 17
Def Con Banned a Social Engineering Star - Now He's Suing 79
North Korean Hackers Use Signed macOS Malware To Target IT Job Seekers 14
Microsoft Employees Exposed Own Company's Internal Logins 8
1,900 Signal Users' Phone Numbers Exposed By Twilio Phishing 8
Update Zoom For Mac Now To Avoid Root-Access Vulnerability 24
Ransomware Causes 'Major', Long-Lasting Outage for UK Health Service's Patient Notes 26
Google's New Bug Bounties Include Their Custom Linux Kernel's Experimental Security Mitigations 5
The Hacking of Starlink Terminals Has Begun 48
Microsoft Urges Windows Users To Run Patch For DogWalk Zero-Day Exploit 15
Microsoft Sues Activation Key and Token Sellers For Enabling Customers' Piracy 41
Raspberry Pi-Powered Anti-Tracking Tool Checks If You're Being Followed 79
Researchers Find Vulnerability In Software Underlying Discord, Microsoft Teams, and Other Apps 23
Cisco Hacked By Yanluowang Ransomware Gang, 2.8GB Allegedly Stolen 21
One of 5G's Biggest Features Is a Security Minefield 42
DNSFilter Acquires iOS Firewall App Guardian 1
Curve Finance Front End UI Compromised In DNS Hack 12
Windows 11 Encryption Bug Could Cause Data Loss, Temporary Slowdowns On Newer PCs 28
SGX, Intel's Supposedly Impregnable Data Fortress, Has Been Breached Yet Again 23
7-Eleven Stores In Denmark Closed Due To a Cyberattack 32
Twilio Hacked by Phishing Campaign Targeting Internet Companies 10
Class Action Alleges Experian Didn't Stop Identity Thieves from Hijacking Accounts 16
'Huge Flaw' Threatens US Emergency Alert System, DHS Researcher Warns 26
Solana Hack Blamed on Slope Mobile Wallet Exploit 11
Over 3,200 Apps Leak Twitter API Keys, Some Allowing Account Hijacks 6
New Gmail Attack Bypasses Passwords and 2FA To Read All Email 37
Attacks on Taiwan Websites Likely Work of Chinese 'Hacktivists' 24
Forsage Crypto Executives Charged With Running $300 Million Ponzi Scheme 12
Post-Quantum Encryption Contender is Taken Out by Single-Core PC and 1 Hour 45
US Crypto Firm Nomad Hit By $190 Million Theft 30
Hackers Stole Passwords for Accessing 140,000 Payment Terminals 8
Anonymous Hacktivists Breach Russian Databases, Leak 'Massive' Amounts of Data 80
Australian Teenager Sold Remote-Access Spyware To 14,500 People, Earned $300,000 22
Proxy Service 911[.]re Closes After Disclosing Breach and Data Damage 4
0-Days Sold By Austrian Firm Used To Hack Windows Users, Microsoft Says 25
Justice Department Investigating Data Breach of Federal Court System 18
Axie Infinity CEO Moved Crypto Tokens Before the Company Revealed Hack 11
Discovery of New UEFI Rootkit Exposes an Ugly Truth: The Attacks Are Invisible To Us 118
Average Data Breach Costs Hit a Record $4.4 Million, Report Says 15
A Newly Discovered Malware Hijacks Facebook Business Accounts 7
China Targeted Fed To Build Informant Network and Access Data, Probe Finds 31
Source Code For Rust-Based Info-Stealer Released On Hacker Forums 22
Google Chrome Security Update Fixes 'High Risk' Flaws 10
To Thwart Ransomware, Microsoft's Windows Gets New Defaults Limiting Brute-Force Password Guessing 54
T-Mobile Announces $350M Settlement Over Data Breach - Plus $150M Security Upgrade 18
Twitter Data Breach Exposes Contact Details for 5.4M Accounts, on Sale for $30K 22
Microsoft Will Block Office Macros By Default Starting July 27 35
A Small Canadian Town Is Being Extorted By a Global Ransomware Gang 40
Hardcoded Password In Confluence Leaked On Twitter 30
UK Cybersecurity Chiefs Back Plan To Scan Phones for Child Abuse Images 73
Russian Hackers Behind SolarWinds Are Now Hiding Malware In Google Drive 10
Biden Administration Pushes To Close the Growing Cybersecurity Workforce Gap 104
Critical Flaws In GPS Tracker Enable 'Disastrous' and 'Life-Threatening' Hacks 38
Russia Released a Ukrainian App For Hacking Russia That Was Actually Malware 19
Hack the Pump: Rising Prices Lead To More Reports of Gas Theft 113
US 'Disrupted' North Korean Hackers Who Breached Health Sector 13
Homeland Security Records Show 'Shocking' Use of Phone Data, ACLU Says 47
Lenovo Patches UEFI Code Execution Vulnerability Affecting More Than 70 Laptop Models 20
Elden Ring Gaming Giant Bandai Namco Says Hackers May Have Stolen Customer Data 7
Almost Everyone Faced an Industrial Attack in the Last Year 9
New Working Speculative Execution Attack Sends Intel and AMD Scrambling 66
X.Org Server Hit By New Local Privilege Escalation, Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 24
PyPI Is Rolling Out 2FA For Critical Projects, Giving Away 4,000 Security Keys 19
Hackers Uncover Ways To Unlock and Start Nearly All Modern Honda-Branded Vehicles 40
Microsoft Still Plans To Block Office Macros By Default After Temporary Rollback 25
Experian, You Have Some Explaining To Do 60

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