Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Committee says Apple, Google, and Samsung could render stolen handsets worthless if compelled to act The UK's Home Secretary should use her powers to push the tech industry to deploy stronger technical measures against the surge in phone thefts, according to a House of Commons committee.…

Android devices from Google and Samsung have been found vulnerable to a side-channel attack that could be exploited to covertly steal two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, Google Maps timelines, and other sensitive data without the users' knowledge pixel-by-pixel

Stamp it out: Infostealer malware at German outfit may be culprit Britain's Royal Mail is investigating after a crew calling itself GHNA claimed it has put 144GB of the delivery giant’s data up for sale, perhaps after acquiring it with the same stolen credentials it used to crack Samsung Germany.…

OEMs including Samsung, LG and Mediatek named and shamed Compromised Android platform certificate keys from device makers including Samsung, LG and Mediatek are being used to sign malware and deploy spyware, among other software nasties.…

If you're gonna force everyone to register an account, at least protect that data, lawsuit argues A lawsuit has accused Samsung of failing to address a cyber-intrusion in early 2022, leading to the theft of US customers' personally identifiable information (PII) in a second attack months later in July.…

Electronics giant Samsung has confirmed a new data breach today after some of its U.S. systems were hacked to steal customer data. [...]

190GB worth of internal files, looks like source code for proprietary tech including Knox, Bootloader and more Samsung has acknowledged its data was stolen after the Lapsus$ extortion gang deposited what appears to be 190GB of the company's stolen internal files online.…

Tech company confirms source codes for Galaxy devices among data snatched in cyber-attack