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The Original APT: Advanced Persistent Teenagers

April 6, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, advanced persistent teenagers, amit yoran, APT, cisa, FBI, lapsus$, microsoft, Ne'er-Do-Well News, nvidia, Okta, Samsung, Tenable, The Coming Storm, twitter hack, vishing, voice phishing, wired

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:55:38 +0000

Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection to a full blown data breach. But few organizations have a playbook for responding to the kinds of virtual “smash and grab” attacks we’ve seen recently from LAPSUS$, a juvenile data extortion group whose short-lived, low-tech and remarkably effective tactics are putting some of the world’s biggest corporations on edge.

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Globant suffers network breach due to LAPSUS$ compromise

April 1, 2022 admin cybercrime, globant, lapsus$, LG, microsoft, nvidia, Okta, ransomware, ransomware gang, Samsung, teen hackers

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 18:56:37 +0000

LAPSUS$ is a young group believed to be ran by teenagers. In their latest heist, they leaked data from Globant, a software firm.

The post Globant suffers network breach due to LAPSUS$ compromise appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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A week in security (March 21 – 27)

March 28, 2022 admin a week in security, avoslocker, elden ring, esports, Facebook, hp printer vulnerability, lapsus$, microsoft exchange server, Okta, phishing, protestware, ransomware, rootkit, White House

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:17:58 +0000

The most important and interesting security stories from the last seven days.

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Okta admits 366 customers may have been impacted by LAPSUS$ breach

March 23, 2022 admin awareness, breach, lapsus$, Okta

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:42:34 +0000

The LAPSUS$ group claims to have breached access management provider Okta.

The post Okta admits 366 customers may have been impacted by LAPSUS$ breach appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Potential consequences of Okta hack | Kaspersky official blog

March 22, 2022 admin authentication, hackers, Okta, Supply chain, Threats

Credit to Author: Editorial Team| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:09:35 +0000

Lapsus$ group claim they hacked Okta, a provider of authentication systems. We explain the possible consequences and how to protect your company.

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A Breach, or Just a Forced Password Reset?

December 4, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, Aite Group, auth0, Citrix, HaveIBeenPwned.com, Jamie Buranich, Julie Conroy, Okta, ShareFile, Troy Hunt

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2018 21:45:51 +0000

Software giant Citrix Systems recently forced a password reset for many users of its Sharefile content collaboration service, warning it would be doing this on a regular basis in response to password-guessing attacks that target people who re-use passwords across multiple Web sites. Many Sharefile users interpreted this as a breach at Citrix and/or Sharefile, but the company maintains that’s not the case. Here’s a closer look at what happened, and some ideas about how to avoid a repeat of this scenario going forward.