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Grand Theft Auto 6 gameplay videos and source code have been leaked after a hacker allegedly breached Rockstar Game's Slack server and Confluence wiki.Some of the videos contain voiced conversations between the protagonist and other NPCs. The hacker claims to have stolen "GTA 5 and 6 source code and assets, GTA 6 testing build," but is trying to extort Rockstar Games to prevent further data from being released.
Apple has released security updates to address the eighth zero-day vulnerability used in attacks against iPhones and Macs since the start of the year. In security advisories issued on Monday, Apple revealed they're aware of reports saying this security flaw "May have been actively exploited."
TikTok denies recent claims it was breached, and source code and user data were stolen, telling BleepingComputer that data posted to a hacking forum is "Completely unrelated" to the company. The user shared screenshots of an alleged database belonging to the companies, which they say was accessed on an Alibaba cloud instance containing data for both TikTok and WeChat users.
Electronics giant Samsung has confirmed a new data breach today after some of its U.S. systems were hacked to steal customer data. Samsung later discovered on August 4 that customer personal information was accessed and exfiltrated out of its network.
The attack infrastructure used to target Cisco in the May 2022 incident was also employed against an attempted compromise of an unnamed workforce management solutions holding company a month earlier in April 2022. Initial access to the company's IT network was made possible by using stolen Virtual Private Network credentials, followed by leveraging off-the-shelf tools for lateral movement and gaining deeper access into the victim's environment.
This is a fun story, detailing the hack a group of high school students perpetrated against an Illinois school district, hacking 500 screens across a bunch of schools. During the process, the group broke into the school's IT systems; repurposed software used to monitor students' computers; discovered a new vulnerability; wrote their own scripts; secretly tested their system at night; and managed to avoid detection in the school's network.
Food delivery firm DoorDash has disclosed a data breach exposing customer and employee data that is linked to the recent cyberattack on Twilio. In a security advisory released Thursday afternoon, DoorDash says that a threat actor gained access to the company's internal tools using stolen credentials from a third-party vendor that had access to their systems.
All users can rest assured that their message history, contact lists, profile information, whom they'd blocked, and other personal data remain private and secure and were not affected. For about 1,900 users, an attacker could have attempted to re-register their number to another device or learned that their number was registered to Signal.
Budget Android device models that are counterfeit versions associated with popular smartphone brands are harboring multiple trojans designed to target WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business messaging apps. So system library is used by any app, it triggers the execution of a trojan incorporated in libmtd.
The state-backed Russian cyberespionage group Cozy Bear has been particularly prolific in 2022, targeting Microsoft 365 accounts in NATO countries and attempting to access foreign policy information. Mandiant, who has been tracking the activities of Cozy Bear, reports that the Russian hackers have been vigorously targeting Microsoft 365 accounts in espionage campaigns.