Security News

Tesla Remotely Hacked from a Drone
2021-05-04 14:41

Security researchers Ralf-Philipp Weinmann of Kunnamon, Inc. and Benedikt Schmotzle of Comsecuris GmbH have found remote zero-click security vulnerabilities in an open-source software component used in Tesla automobiles that allowed them to compromise parked cars and control their infotainment systems over WiFi. It would be possible for an attacker to unlock the doors and trunk, change seat positions, both steering and acceleration modes - in short, pretty much what a driver pressing various buttons on the console can do.

Tesla Car Hacked Remotely From Drone via Zero-Click Exploit
2021-05-03 12:29

Two researchers have shown how a Tesla - and possibly other cars - can be hacked remotely without any user interaction. The analysis was initially carried out for the Pwn2Own 2020 hacking competition - the contest offered a car and other significant prizes for hacking a Tesla - but the findings were later reported to Tesla through its bug bounty program after Pwn2Own organizers decided to temporarily eliminate the automotive category due to the coronavirus pandemic.

First Horizon bank online accounts hacked to steal customers’ funds
2021-04-30 20:04

Bank holding company First Horizon Corporation disclosed the some of its customers had their online banking accounts breached by unknown attackers earlier this month. First Horizon Bank, the company's banking subsidiary, operates a network of hundreds of bank locations in 12 states across the Southeast.

Fourth time's a charm - OGUsers hacking forum hacked again
2021-04-28 18:35

Popular hacking forum OGUsers has been hacked for its fourth time in two years, with hackers now selling the site's database containing user records and private messages. OGUsers is a hacking forum known for the sale of stolen social media accounts hacked through SIM-swapping attacks, credential stuffing attacks, and other means.

Passwordstate password manager hacked in supply chain attack
2021-04-23 20:18

Click Studios, the company behind the Passwordstate enterprise password manager, notified customers that attackers compromised the app's update mechanism to deliver malware in a supply-chain attack after breaching its networks. Passwordstate is an on-premises password management solution used by over 370,000 security and IT professionals at 29,000 companies worldwide, as the company claims.

Signal Says Cellebrite Mobile Device Analysis Products Can Be Hacked
2021-04-22 13:10

Cellebrite's forensic applications do not include the type of security protections one would expect from a parsing software, which renders them susceptible to attacks, according to privacy-focused messaging service Signal. Cellebrite claims to have thousands of customers in over 140 countries.

Signal CEO gives mobile-hacking firm a taste of being hacked
2021-04-21 23:13

Software developed by data extraction company Cellebrite contains vulnerabilities that allow arbitrary code execution on the device, claims Moxie Marlinspike, the creator of the encrypted messaging app Signal. The researcher found that Cellebrite's software had outdated open-source code that had not been updated in almost a decade, despite security updates being available.

Hundreds of networks reportedly hacked in Codecov supply-chain attack
2021-04-20 07:49

In new reporting by Reuters, investigators have stated that hundreds of customer networks have been breached in the incident, expanding the scope of this system breach beyond just Codecov's systems. As reported by BleepingComputer last week, Codecov had suffered a supply-chain attack that went undetected for over 2-months.

Hundreds of customer networks hacked in Codecov supply-chain attack
2021-04-20 07:49

In new reporting by Reuters, investigators have stated that hundreds of customer networks have been breached in the incident, expanding the scope of this system breach beyond just Codecov's systems. As reported by BleepingComputer last week, Codecov had suffered a supply-chain attack that went undetected for over 2-months.

Popular Codecov code coverage tool hacked to steal dev credentials
2021-04-16 14:44

Codecov online platform for hosted code testing reports and statistics announced on Thursday that a threat actor had modified its Bash Uploader script, exposing sensitive information in customers' continuous integration environment. Codecov provides tools that help developers measure how much of the source code executes during testing, a process known as code coverage, which indicates the potential for undetected bugs being present in the code.