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Hackers exploit 3-years old flaw to wipe Western Digital devices

Security Affairs

“When I couldn’t access any of the 4 Network drives I created, I went to Network and double clicked on the MyBookLive Icon, which took me to the GUI page. WD is investigating the mysterious wave of attacks launched and speculates that attackers have been exploiting a known vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-18472 , to wipe the devices.

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Trick or Treat: The Choice is Yours with Multifactor Authentication

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Fri, 10/29/2021 - 05:29. In 2018, the Timehop app suffered a serious breach that resulted in data belonging to 21 million users being compromised. Hackers used the compromised credentials to log in to Nintendo accounts, where they could access personal data about individuals, including their payment details.