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Western Digital suffered network breach that led to data being stolen
The company suffered a breach last month, losing data in the process.
Every month, we seem to hear about a new data breach, showing us that not even large companies are immune to having its information or systems compromised. Today, Western Digital has released a statement, sharing that it experienced a "network security incident involving some of its systems" on March 26.
AT&T data breach compromises roughly nine million accounts, here's what you need to know
AT&T experienced a data breach through one of its vendors, exposing the data of roughly nine million customers.
It looks like AT&T experienced a data breach, leaving roughly 9 million customers data exposed. The data breach didn't come directly from the wireless carrier, but occurred with one of its vendors.
Reddit was hacked and here's what you need to know
Reddit has shared details about a recent hack that occurred on its platform, explaining to users what kind of information was compomised.
Over the years, we've seen a number of websites and companies that have had its data compromised. When it happens, it's a scary event, and sometimes can lead to critical and private information being leaked. Over the weekend, Reddit had a security incident, and it's now sharing the full details of what occurred, how it was handled, and what users need to know.
How a version of Doom running on a John Deere tractor champions the right-to-repair movement
A researcher showed off a version of Doom running on a John Deere Universal Display while also championing the right-to-repair movement.
Right to repair has been a hot topic over the past several years. As products have become more complicated, so has the process of repairing them. Thankfully, some companies, Samsung, Google, and Apple, just to name a few, are leaning into the movement, offerings parts and repair manuals for some of their products. But there are still so many other brands unwilling to participate, making it as difficult as possible to repair their products. John Deere, the tractor company, falls in the latter category. Now it looks like things might be changing, as a security researcher has recently shared his efforts to crack open John Deere's tractor software, giving operators new hope.
New Unisoc vulnerability affects the Moto G20, Moto E30, and Moto E40
A new vulnerability has been found that could affect smartphones featuring the Unisoc T700 SoC. The models affected are Moto G20, Moto E30, and Moto E40.
Check Point Research (CPR), a cyber threat intelligence group has provided information about a vulnerability that it has discovered. The vulnerability was found in phones powered by a Unisoc Tiger T700 SoC. While you might not be familiar with the processor, it powers a number of phones from Motorola including the Motorola Moto G20, Moto E30, and Moto E40.
Verizon data breach contains personal data of its employees
Verizon experienced a data breach. The data contained personal information about employees. The company refused to engage with the fraudster.
Verizon has experienced a data breach, where the full names, email addresses, corporate ID numbers, and phone numbers of Verizon employees were compromised, according to a report from Motherboard. Verizon has also confirmed the data breach, though the company has said it will not engage with the hacker because Verizon does not believe the information is sensitive.
NFC smartphones enabled researchers to hack point of sale systems and ATMs
Smartphones with NFC enabled allowed researchers to hack point of sale systems and ATMs, gaining custom code execution on some of them.
Despite being one of the only ways to get money out from your bank account on the go, ATMs have notoriously had a litany of security issues over the years. Even now, there's not a whole lot stopping a hacker from placing a card skimmer on an ATM, as most people will never notice that it's there. There have, of course, also been a number of other attacks over the years that are more complex than that, but by and large, you should always be careful when using an ATM. Now there's a new way to hack an ATM, and all it requires is a smartphone with NFC.
Popular Android app store "Aptoide" suffers major data breach
Portugal-based popular third-party app store Aptoide has suffered a major data breach which has leaked the personal information of 20 million of its users.
Portugal-based third-party Android app store Aptoide, which has previously been in the headlines for accusing Google of unfair treatment, has now suffered a major data breach. According to a recent report from ZDNet, the data breach affects 20 million users of the app store, whose personal information has now been shared on a renowned hacking forum. The publication was able to acquire a copy of the leaked data, in collaboration with data breach monitoring service Under the Breach, which consists of information like the user's email address, hashed password, real name, sign-up date, sign-up IP address, device details, and date of birth (if provided).
New Rowhammer Exploits use Hardware Vulnerabilities to Root LG, Samsung, and Motorola Devices
New Rowhammer exploit successfully roots LG, Samsung, and Motorola devices using bit-flips. The exploit was previously thought to be unviable.
Google is constantly at war with hackers seeking to maliciously exploit security vulnerabilities in their products. Back in the middle of 2014, Google assembled a team of security analysts called 'Project Zero' to report zero-day exploits to the company so they can be patched before any nefarious third-party can take advantage of the undisclosed security hole. One such vulnerability, dubbed the 'Rowhammer' exploits, involves repeatedly accessing a row of memory to cause 'bit-flips' in adjacent rows of memory. This exploit occurs in some DRAM devices and can be used to gain read-write privileges to all of physical memory even within a user-space process.
Much has been said about the overheating and subsequent throttling issues surrounding the Snapdragon 810, but XDA forum member schecter7 thinks he may have found a simple fix.
Listen, don't cheat in your games. So don't use the information you are about to learn to win by cheating. Winners never cheat, and cheaters never lose. But in a purely academic exercise, XDA Developer TV Producer AdamOutler shows you how one would cheat at a game so that you can detect someone who is cheating and report them to the proper authorities.