Foreign-Backed Hackers Breached Port of Houston's Computer Networks
Apple fixes zero-day flaw used to hack iPhones and Macs, Microsoft flaw that exposes plaintext credentials discovered, Apps still tracking users on iPhones using fingerprinting, much more
A Coast Guard analysis showed that suspected foreign government-backed hackers last month breached a computer network as part of a broader espionage operation at the Port of Houston. Early detection of the incident stopped the bad actors from disrupting shipping operations.
CISA head Jen Easterly told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee during a hearing that she believed a foreign government-backed hacking group was responsible. The intrusion was part of a campaign to exploit Zoho’s ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus that CISA warned about last week. Although the campaign aligns with activity by Chinese APT actors, no security researchers have attributed it to them. (Sean Lyngaas / CNN)
Related: TribLIVE, Slashdot, Associated Press Technology, The Independent, The Hill, The Record
Apple released security updates to fix a zero-day vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2021-30869) exploited in the wild by attackers to hack into iPhones and Macs running older iOS and macOS…
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