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Thailand’s mobile network operator Advanced Info Service (AIS) has managed to secure the database of around 39 million customers after it was brought to its attention that the information had started to “leak”. This database was 1st observed as exposed & publicly accessible on May 1, 2020. The hole was discovered by a rainbowtabl.es expert on May 7, 2020. Report: TechCrunch
Hackers entered the internal network of Czech cybersecurity company Avast & tried to attack CCleaner.
Yandex tells this Website that this particular attack “was detected at an early stage by the Yandex security team.” It was fully neutralized before any damage to Yandex customers’ data was done.
A report in the Wall Street Journal drove the final nail in Google’s failed experiment with a social network. It has decided to shutter Google+ after the WSJ report claimed that a flaw had exposed the private data of thousands of users. What was worse, claimed the report, that Google had not disclosed this, “in part because of fears that doing so would draw regulatory scrutiny.”
Reports: WSJ, Android Central, The Verge, Variety, News Nation, PCMag, Middle East, Vanity Fair, San Diego Union-Tribune, NBC Connecticut
Many Sites, including ones run by the US & UK Govts were infected on Sunday with the code.
2 critical vulnerabilities found in Intel & ARM chips allows attackers steal data from the memory of running apps, such as data from password managers, browsers, emails,etc. Researchers who discovered the vulnerabilities, dubbed “Meltdown” & “Spectre,” said that “almost every system,” since 1995, including computers & phones, was affected by the bug.
Reports: 9to5Google, iTnews, AZFamily, Central Telegraph