Tag: hacker
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Group linked to Russia is behind hacking of world’s largest meatpacking company
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Hacking group REvil is best known for attacking Quanta Computer, an Apple supplier, earlier this year. Read via Sky News.
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LuckyMouse Hackers Target Banks, Companies and Governments in 2020
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
An adversary known for its watering hole attacks against government entities has been linked to a slew of newly detected intrusions targeting various organizations in Central Asia and the Middle East. Read via The Hacker News.
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Hackers Breach Thousands of Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jails, Hospitals
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A group of hackers say they breached a massive trove of security-camera data collected by Silicon Valley startup Verkada Inc., gaining access to live feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras inside hospitals, companies, police departments, prisons and schools. Read the full story via Bloomberg.
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A hacker accessed a family’s Ring security camera
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Someone gained access to the Ring security camera of a Mississippi family and used the speaker feature to harass their 8-year-old daughter, telling her he was Santa Claus and encouraging her to destroy the room. Read via CNN.
Read MoreDo poachers always turn gamekeeper? Employing hackers – a look at the risks
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Looking at some survey results recently, it struck me how the trend for employing hackers or ex hackers has really taken off. Perhaps more so in the US that the UK but Stateside trends often emerge here. With this in mind, I asked our consultants for opinions on how this works and what problems may […]
Read MoreRailway system hacking
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
Earlier this week, The Times reported on apparent cyber attacks on our rail networks. Advent IM Security Consultant, Chris Cope, gives us his opinion. Hacking attacks against rail infrastructure should come as no surprise. The move to connect industrial control systems to corporate networks has opened up a range of vulnerabilities. Many industrial control systems […]
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