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Another Hack: Uber Hacked By Teen 2022

The company has reported that it is investigating a cyber security incident and also alerted the law-enforcement authorities. Uber is on high alert after a hacker claimed that the ride-hailing giant has suffered a data breach. The alleged breach had reportedly forced Uber to take several internal communications and engineering systems offline. Screenshot from Twitter  vxunderground How this attack worked initially (According to news and Twitter): You all are thinking that how the attacker bypassed the MFA?  An extremely common misconception people have with standard forms of MFA (push/touch/mobile) is that it prevents social engineering. Although MFA can protect against an attacker who only has the victim's credentials, it is commonly still vulnerable to MiTM attacks. Check the analysis of the Uber attack, he has explained it clearly https://mobile.twitter.com/BillDemirkapi/status/1570602097640607744 Some mitigation to avoid these hacks: Regular phishing awareness should be done in

Why the Older & Vulnerable Version in use Vulnerability should be of HIGH severity

Copied from Kaspersky ATM Hack ATM is a jackpot for criminals, it is a metal box that contains lots of cash. ATM is just a computer often a windows computer with an input device like a touch screen and buttons. It also has  cassettes which hold lots of cash. In older days and in today's time, the easy tactic is to steal the cassette. 😀 Check this video , how the security researcher hack the ATM  A true story of 2013: Bank & ATM Hack Just imagine, how you feel when ATM starts dispensing cash without your touch. It feels like magic. What we don't understand, we think it's magic or some supernatural phenomenon, but I think if we don't understand that doesn't mean that there is no science or technical process behind it, just we don't know about that.  This story is about ATM and bank hacking. In late 2013 an ATM started dispensing cash at random time more often at night. No one had touched or put in the card, the cameras capture that scene. A guy came with a du