Cyber Threat Report: Cyber Security News for 07/25/2024

Hackers leak documents stolen from Pentagon contractor Leidos
Leidos serves prominent clients including the US Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), NASA, and various other US and foreign agencies. Read More

CrowdStrike Explains Why Bad Update Was Not Properly Tested
CrowdStrike has shared a preliminary incident review, explaining why the update that caused global chaos was not caught by testing. Read More

Microsoft Says 8.5 Million Windows Devices Impacted by CrowdStrike Incident, Publishes Recovery Tool
Roughly 8.5 million Windows devices were impacted by the faulty software update from CrowdStrike, and published a tool to help admins through the recovery process. Read More

KnowBe4 Hires Fake North Korean IT Worker, Catches New Employee Planting Malware
KnowBe4 chief executive Stu Sjouwerman: “We sent them their Mac workstation, and the moment it was received, it immediately started to load malware.” Read More

US Data Breach Victim Numbers Surge 1170% Annually
Through the first half of the year, the ITRC tracked 1571 data compromises, putting H1 2024 14% higher than H1 2023. Read More

BreachForums v1 database leak is an OPSEC test for hackers
It is a treasure trove of data, including members' information, private messages, cryptocurrency addresses, and every post on the forum. Read More

UK arrests suspected Scattered Spider hacker linked to MGM attack
The teenager was arrested on suspicion of violating the Blackmail and Computer Misuse Act and was subsequently released on bail while the police completed their investigation. Read More

Google Criticized for Abandoning Cookie Phase-Out
Instead, Google have proposed an alternative approach that it claims will elevate user choice. Read More

Sunburst: US Judge Dismisses Most SEC Charges Against SolarWinds
The judge also dismissed most SEC claims concerning statements predating the attack, in which the Commission accused the company of hiding cybersecurity weaknesses in its products before the attack. Read More

The FCC reveals what was behind the AT&T outage — faulty network update is the embarrassing cause
AT&T has been referred to FCC’s Enforcement Bureau. Read More

HEADLINE PRIVACY & IT SECURITY COMPLIANCE NEWS

Hackers have breached the systems of Leidos Holdings, a major contractor for the US government, and leaked stolen internal documents online, Bloomberg News reported. The leak is believed to be tied to a previously disclosed breach of a Diligent Corp system that Leidos used.

Virginia-based Leidos recently became aware of the breach and is currently investigating the issue, the report said, citing anonymous sources. The company used the Diligent system to host information from internal investigations, as indicated in a June 2023 filing in Massachusetts.

“This incident did not affect our network or any sensitive customer data,” the report said quoting the company.

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