Smashing Security podcast #290: Uber, Rockstar, and crystal balls

Researchers reveal how your eyeglasses could be leaking secrets when you’re on video conferencing calls, we take a look at the recent data breaches involving Uber and Grand Theft Auto 6, and we cast an eye at what threats may be around the corner…

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Uber Downplays Data Breach Impact, Claims No Sensitive Data Stolen

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Uber is downplaying a data breach that occurred on Thursday, saying that no sensitive data was exposed.
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Uber investigating security breach of several internal systems

Communications and engineering systems were taken offline after hacker sends images of repositories to cybersecurity researchers and The New York Times.
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Uber hacked, attacker tears through the company’s systems

Uber has been hacked, again – this time by an 18-year-old (allegedly). According to The New York Times, the breach happened on Thursday. The hacker claims to have gotten in by social-engineering an Uber employee: Apparently there was an internal … Continue reading Uber hacked, attacker tears through the company’s systems

Massive Data Breach at Uber

It’s big:

The breach appeared to have compromised many of Uber’s internal systems, and a person claiming responsibility for the hack sent images of email, cloud storage and code repositories to cybersecurity researchers and The New York Times.

“They pretty much have full access to Uber,” said Sam Curry, a security engineer at Yuga Labs who corresponded with the person who claimed to be responsible for the breach. “This is a total compromise, from what it looks like.”

It looks like a pretty basic phishing attack; someone gave the hacker their login credentials. And because Uber has lousy internal security, lots of people have access to everything. So once a hacker gains a foothold, they have access to everything…

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