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Interpol arrests 2000 criminals launching social engineering attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

In what appears as an operation first of its kind, Interpol has arrested over 2000 criminals who launched social engineering attacks worldwide. But in reality, they pose as others and perform acts in such a way that the victim reveals sensitive info, such as bank account details or e-wallet information disclosure.

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National Safety Council data leak: Credentials of NASA, Tesla, DoJ, Verizon, and 2K others leaked by workplace safety organization

Security Affairs

The National Safety Council has leaked nearly 10,000 emails and passwords of their members, exposing 2000 companies, including governmental organizations and big corporations. The National Safety Council leaked thousands of emails and passwords of their members, including companies such as NASA and Tesla.

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Russia-linked APT Sandworm was inside Ukraine telecoms giant Kyivstar for months

Security Affairs

The Sandworm group (aka BlackEnergy , UAC-0082 , Iron Viking , Voodoo Bear , and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). All mobile communications and internet access were temporarily interrupted.

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Russia-linked Sandworm APT compromised 11 Ukrainian telecommunications providers

Security Affairs

The Sandworm group (aka BlackEnergy , UAC-0082 , Iron Viking , Voodoo Bear , and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). ” reads the advisory published by the CERT-UA. “Note (!) .’ “Note (!)

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Experts warn of critical flaws in Flexlan devices that provide WiFi on airplanes

Security Affairs

These devices are installed in airplanes to offer internet connectivity to the passengers, the above vulnerabilities can be exploited by an attacker to compromise the inflight entertainment system and potentially conduct other malicious activities. “[CVE-2022-36159] – Use of weak Hard-coded Cryptographic Keys and backdoor account.

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19-Year-Old man arrested for misusing leaked record from Optus Breach

Security Affairs

” The arrest is the result of Operation Guardian led by AFP which became aware of a number of text messages demanding some Optus customers transfer $2000 to a bank account or face their personal information being used for financial crimes.

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Why 83 Percent of Large Companies Are Vulnerable to This Basic Domain Hack

Adam Levin

Far from being jealously guarded assets with Fort Knox-level security, a new study of Forbes Global 2000 Companies suggests many domain names are imminently hackable. A whopping 97 percent failed to use DNSSEC , a domain security protocol designed to address core vulnerabilities in the foundations of the internet itself.

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