computer security
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Thousands of AT&T Subscribers Infected With Data-Pilfering Malware, Researchers Say
Unpatched, years-old vulnerabilities in networking devices have allowed a noxious malware to infect thousands of AT&T customers in the U.S., a new report from a Chinese cybersecurity company claims. The malware basically functions as a backdoor, one that could allow an attacker to penetrate networks, steal data, and other unsavoury activity.
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Robinhood Reveals Hackers Stole ‘Several Thousand’ Phone Numbers
More than a week after popular investment and trading platform Robinhood revealed that hackers had obtained access to a “limited amount” of its customers’ personal information, the company has now stated that some of the stolen information included thousands of phone numbers.
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Pretty Much All Computer Code Can Be Hijacked by Newly Discovered ‘Trojan Source’ Exploit
A new study shows that pretty much all of the world’s computer code is vulnerable to a sneaky kind of exploit, the likes of which could (in the worst-case scenario) result in large-scale supply chain attacks.
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Hackers Have Been Using a Rootkit That Somehow Got Microsoft’s Digital Seal of Approval
A recent report by cybersecurity firm Bitdefender shows that e-criminals have been using a particular rootkit, dubbed “FiveSys,” that bafflingly received a digital signature from Microsoft.