InfoSec News Nuggets 11/17/2023

Samsung Data Breach: Hackers Steal Data of UK Customers  Samsung has notified its customers in the United Kingdom that a data breach has exposed the personal information of thousands of individuals. The breach impacted customers who made purchases on the company’s UK online store between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020. The company discovered the breach on November 13, 2023, and determined that an unauthorized individual exploited a vulnerability in a third-party business application to…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 05/12/2023

Australian software giant won’t say if customers affected by hack  Australian enterprise software company TechnologyOne has halted trading after confirming it was hit by a cyberattack. In a stock exchange filing on Wednesday, the Brisbane-based software maker said it had detected that “an unauthorized third-party acted illegally to access its internal Microsoft 365 back-office system.” TechnologyOne said the company’s customer-facing platform is not connected to the affected Microsoft 365 system and “therefore has not been impacted,” but when reached, the company would…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 03/01/2022

Beware: new IRS rules will lead to a wave of phishing frauds Thanks to new legislation that went into place at the beginning of this year, I predict that a lot of unsuspecting small business owners are about to fall victim to a fresh scam. The scam will relate to legislation around new tax reporting rules that will affect millions of freelancers and small businesses. As I explained in an earlier column, beginning for the 2022…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 06/24/2021

Toyota trains its robots to wipe down tables while taking selfies Apparently, transparent and reflective surfaces are confusing for robots, and that's a problem companies designing machines for household chores need to overcome. Toyota has developed a solution for the issue and has released a video demonstrating its robot wiping down tables and other surfaces — all while taking the video itself. As the company explains, "most robots are programmed to react to the objects and geometry…
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InfoSec News Nuggets 05/21/2021

1 - Toyota rear-ended by twin cyber attacks that left ransomware-shaped dents Toyota has admitted to a pair of cyber-attacks. The first hit the European operations of its subsidiary Daihatsu Diesel Company, a Toyota-owned company entity that designs engines. In a statement [PDF] dated May 16th, Daihatsu said it “experienced a problem in accessing its file server in the internal system on 14 May 2021.” “After a brief investigation, a cyber-attack by an unauthorized access…
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