Jonathon Ambarian provides an update on a breach previously reported on DataBreaches.net: In October, MTN reported on a major data breach involving customers with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana. Now, as a state investigation into the breach continues, the next steps could be playing out in court. BCBSMT, the largest health insurance provider in Montana, said…
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a series of now-patched security vulnerabilities in Apple’s AirPlay protocol that, if successfully exploited, could enable an attacker to take over susceptible devices supporting the proprietary wireless technology. The shortcomings have been collectively codenamed AirBorne by Israeli cybersecurity company Oligo. “These vulnerabilities can be chained by
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Daryna Antoniuk reports: A Dutch appeals court sentenced a 44-year-old man to seven years in prison for hacking a major port company in Belgium to help smuggle cocaine into the Netherlands. The Amsterdam Court of Appeal ruled Friday that the man played a central technical role in a criminal network that exploited port computer systems in 2020……
Demi Huang reports: Luxury assets worth more than $4.5 million have been forfeited after being linked to a previously convicted Queensland hacker. The haul, including a beachfront mansion, a 2019 black Mercedes-Benz sedan, and nearly 25 Bitcoin, was seized in April following a years-long investigation into stolen cryptocurrency and cyber hacking. The AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) secured the…
NISOS’s new blog post is on one of DataBreaches’ favorite topics — the insider threat. Here are some snippets from their blog post: The surge in insider threats is alarming. The 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) reveals that insider-related incidents constitute nearly 60% of all data breaches, underscoring the pressing need for robust internal security…
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of four security flaws in OpenSynergy’s BlueSDK Bluetooth stack that, if successfully exploited, could allow remote code execution on millions of transport vehicles from different vendors. The vulnerabilities, dubbed PerfektBlue, can be fashioned together as an exploit chain to run arbitrary code on cars from at least three major…
