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Samsung confirms data breach as Lapsus$ hackers leak its source code

In total, Lapsus$ hackers have leaked 189 GB worth of sensitive data, while Samsung has confirmed the incident; it claimed that the leak does not involve customers’ or employees’ data. The South Korean technology and smartphone giant, Samsung Electronics, has become a victim of a cyberattack involving 189 GB of sensitive data, which the hackers have leaked online. The data is now being traded on Telegram and several hacking and cybercrime forums, especially active Russian language ones.   Read more about it here.

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Antlion: Chinese APT uses custom backdoor to target financial institutions in Tawain

Chinese state-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) group Antlion has been targeting financial institutions in Taiwan in a persistent campaign over the course of at least 18 months. The attackers deployed a custom backdoor we have called xPack on compromised systems, which gave them extensive access to victim machines. The backdoor allowed the attackers to run WMI commands remotely, while there is also evidence that they leveraged EternalBlue exploits in the backdoor.   Read more about it here.