Lapsus$
Understanding Illicit Ecosystems: The Hybrid Threat of “The Com”
In this post, we dive into the decentralized architecture of “The Com,” exposing its hybrid ecosystem of hacking, extortion, and real-life violence—and how it fuels a ruthless pipeline of cyber-fraud cycles and ...
AstraZeneca Data Breach Claim Involves Alleged LAPSUS$ Access to Internal Data
What happened The LAPSUS$ hacking group has allegedly claimed responsibility for a data breach involving pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, stating it accessed internal systems and exfiltrated a 3GB archive of internal data. According ...
Jaguar Land Rover Admits to Longer Shutdown as Childish Hackers Troll Carmaker
JLR vs. SLH: Jaguar Land Rover woes worse than previously thought ...
Threat Group Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters Says It’s Shutting Down
The bad actors behind the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters threat group say they are shutting down operations and retiring, but cybersecurity pros say law enforcement pressure is a key reason for the decision ...
Lapsus$ Jury Says Teen Duo Did Do Crimes
Arion Kurtaj and anon minor: Part of group that hacked Uber, Nvidia, Microsoft, Rockstar Games and many more ...
Teenage Hackers Must be Stopped: US DHS’s CSRB Report
2FA SMS FAIL: Lapsus$ social engineers exploited weak two-factor authentication. Something must be done! (Well, this is something.) ...
What We Know About The Grand Theft Auto VI Data Breach
On September 18, a cyber threat actor named “teapotuberhacker” posted on GTAForums.com claiming to have hacked Rockstar Games, the creator of the popular and controversial Grand Theft Auto (GTA) series. The post ...
DEA Investigating Breach of Law Enforcement Data Portal
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says it is investigating reports that hackers gained unauthorized access to an agency portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases. KrebsOnSecurity has learned ...
Five Security Lessons From the Lapsus$ Attacks
Threat groups like Lapsus$ are increasingly targeting the blind spots in otherwise robust corporate cybersecurity programs ...
Leaked Chats Show LAPSUS$ Stole T-Mobile Source Code
KrebsOnSecurity recently reviewed a copy of the private chat messages between members of the LAPSUS$ cybercrime group in the week leading up to the arrest of its most active members last month ...

