SCARLETEEL hackers use advanced cloud skills to steal source code, data

An advanced hacking operation dubbed ‘SCARLETEEL’ targets public-facing web apps running in containers to infiltrate cloud services and steal sensitive data. SCARLETEEL was discovered by cybersecurity intelligence firm Sysdig while responding to an incident in one of their customers’ cloud Read More …

LastPass: DevOps engineer hacked to steal password vault data in 2022 breach

LastPass revealed more information on a “coordinated second attack,” where a threat actor accessed and stole data from the Amazon AWS cloud storage servers for over two months. LastPass disclosed a breach in December where threat actors stole partially encrypted Read More …

Telus investigating sale of alleged code, employee information

Someone on a criminal forum is selling what they claim is data on all Telus employees, as well as the Canadian telecommunications company’s GitHub software code repositories. In response to an IT World Canada reporter’s query about the posting, Telus Read More …

LAUSD says Vice Society ransomware gang stole contractors’ SSNs

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest school district in the United States, says the Vice Society ransomware gang has stolen files containing contractors’ personal information, including Social Security Numbers (SSNs). LAUSD also revealed that the threat actors were Read More …

37 million T-Mobile customers hacked in data breach

T-Mobile said a “bad actor” accessed personal data from 37 million current customers in a November data breach. In a regulatory filing Thursday, the company said the hacker stole customer data that included names, billing addresses, emails, phone numbers, dates Read More …

CircleCI’s hack caused by malware stealing engineer’s 2FA-backed session

Hackers breached CircleCi in December after an engineer became infected with information-stealing malware that their 2FA-backed SSO session cookie, allowing access to the company’s internal systems. Earlier this month, CircleCi disclosed that they suffered a security incident and warned customers Read More …

Hackers stole data from multiple electric utilities in recent ransomware attack

Hackers stole data belonging to multiple electric utilities in an October ransomware attack on a US government contractor that handles critical infrastructure projects across the country, according to a memo describing the hack obtained by CNN. Federal officials have closely Read More …

Louisiana: Lake Charles Memorial Health has possible cybersecurity incident

Some Lake Charles health care system patients may have had their information involved in a cybersecurity incident. The Lake Charles Memorial Health System on Friday mailed letters to some of its “patients whose information may have been involved in a Read More …

LastPass admits attackers have a copy of customers’ password vaults

Password locker LastPass has warned customers that the August 2022 attack on its systems saw unknown parties copy encrypted files that contains the passwords to their accounts. In a December 22nd update to its advice about the incident, LastPass brings Read More …