Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Apple confirmed that at least one of the flaws was exploited by threat actors to infect the device with the NSO Pegasus spyware. and Macs with Security Update 2021-006 Catalina. The CVE-2021-30860 flaw can be triggered to execute arbitrary code by processing a maliciously crafted PDF. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2022

Finland Ministry for Foreign Affairs revealed that devices of Finnish diplomats have been infected with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs revealed that the devices of some Finnish diplomats have been compromised with the infamous NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2021

Pegasus Project investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware. Pegasus Project is the name of a large-scale investigation into the leak of 50,000 phone numbers of potential surveillance targets that revealed the abuse of NSO Group’s spyware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2021

Citizen Lab uncovered a new zero-click iMessage exploit that was used to deploy the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on devices belonging to Bahraini activists. Researchers from Citizen Lab spotted a zero-click iMessage exploit that was used to deploy NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on Bahraini activists’ devices.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The threat actors behind the campaigns used two Android spyware to spy on the victims and steal sensitive information. The campaigns involved a new piece of malware called BadBazaar and new variants of the MOONSHINE surveillance software discovered by Citizen Lab in 2019 and employed in attacks against Tibetan activists. .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2022

Researchers spotted several spyware campaigns targeting industrial enterprises to steal credentials and conduct financial fraud. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered multiple spyware campaigns that target industrial firms to steal email account credentials and carry out fraudulent activities. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2022

An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries resulted in the takedown of the FluBot Android malware. An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries led to the takedown of the infamous FluBot Android malware. ” reads the announcement published by Europol.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2021

Check Point Research (CPR) experts have spotted a cheap malware, dubbed XLoader variant, which was upgraded to target both Windows and macOS PCs. XLoader is a very cheap malware strain that is based on the popular Formbook Windows malware. Thus, a “Malware-as-a-Service” scheme is used. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

federal court for illegally targeting its customers with the surveillance spyware Pegasus. The complaint provides new information on how NSO Group infected victims’ devices with its Pegasus spyware. radian) November 23, 2021. Apple has sued NSO Group and its parent company Q Cyber Technologies in a U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2023

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered several exploit chains targeting Android, iOS, and Chrome to install commercial spyware. The exploit chains were used to install commercial spyware and malicious apps on targets’ devices. The experts pointed out that both campaigns were limited and highly targeted.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

CISA has added nine flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, including bugs exploited by commercial spyware on mobile devices. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added nine new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2022

Google blocked dozens of malicious apps from the official Play Store that were spreading Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families. Google has removed dozens of malicious apps from the official Play Store that were distributing Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families. ” reads the analysis published by Zscaler.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

More than 500,000 Huawei users have been infected with the Joker malware after downloading apps from the company’s official Android store. More than 500,000 Huawei users were infected with the Joker malware after they have downloaded tainted apps from the company’s official Android store. ” reads the post published by Dr. Web.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2022

The Donot Team threat actor, aka APT-C-35 , has added new capabilities to its Jaca Windows malware framework. In the past, the Donot Team spyware was found in attacks outside of South Asia. To understand which modules are used in the current infection, the malware communicates with another C2 server.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2021

The Joker malware is back, experts spotted multiple malicious apps on the official Google Play store that were able to evade scanners. The spyware is able to steal SMS messages, contact lists, and device information and to sign victims up for premium service subscriptions. ” states a post published by the experts.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Tens of thousands of devices worldwide, including many industrial control systems (ICS), have been hit by the PseudoManuscrypt spyware. Kaspersky researchers reported that tens of thousands of devices belonging to industrial and government organizations worldwide have been hit by the PseudoManuscrypt spyware.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2022

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that the Italian spyware vendor RCS Labs was supported by ISPs to spy on users. CVE-2021-30883 internally referred to as Clicked2, marked as being exploited in-the-wild by Apple in October 2021. CVE-2020-9907 internally referred to as AveCesare. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. The UK Security Service MI5 said 10,000 staff from every UK government department and from important UK industries have been lured by fake LinkedIn profiles.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

One of the vulnerabilities in Apple iOS that was previously exploited by the spyware developed by the Israeli company NSO Group was also separately used by another surveillance firm named QuaDream. Like NSO Group, QuaDream develops surveillance malware for government and intelligence agencies. as a zero-day.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Experts spotted a new variant of the FinFisher surveillance spyware that is able to hijack and replace the Windows UEFI bootloader to infect Windows machines. Kaspersky experts shared the results of an 8-months investigation into FinSpy spyware at the Security Analyst Summit (SAS) 2021.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2022

Experts spotted over 200 Android apps on the Play Store distributing spyware called Facestealer used to steal sensitive data. Trend Micro researchers spotted over 200 Android apps on the Play Store distributing spyware called Facestealer used to steal sensitive data from infected devices. SecurityAffairs – malware, Facestealer).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

Admin of the BreachForums hacking forum sentenced to 20 years supervised release Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard APT hacked Microsoft corporate emails VF Corp December data breach impacts 35 million customers China-linked APT UNC3886 exploits VMware zero-day since 2021 Ransomware attacks break records in 2023: the number of victims rose by 128% U.S.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2022

ransom and sued its insurance firm for refusing to cover this payment Crooks stole $375k from Premint NFT, it is one of the biggest NFT hacks ever Google is going to remove App Permissions List from the Play Store Security Affairs newsletter Round 374 by Pierluigi Paganini APT groups target journalists and media organizations since 2021.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2021

The Flubot Android malware is now leveraging fake security updates warning to trick users into installing the malicious code. Threat actors behind the Flubot Android malware are now leveraging fake security updates to trick victims into installing the malicious code. link] — CERT NZ (@CERTNZ) September 30, 2021.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The Hive ransomware operators have developed a new variant of their malware that can encrypt Linux and FreeBSD. 1/6 pic.twitter.com/dBw0E5pj6r — ESET research (@ESETresearch) October 29, 2021. 5/6 pic.twitter.com/tuwQKJpFml — ESET research (@ESETresearch) October 29, 2021.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Google fixed the ninth actively exploited Chrome zeroday this year A new Linux flaw can be chained with other two bugs to gain full root privileges Attack of drones: airborne cybersecurity nightmare Cuba Ransomware received over $60M in Ransom payments as of August 2022 Android Keyboard Apps with 2 Million downloads can remotely hack your device New (..)

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

One of the officials targeted with the infamous spyware there is Didier Reynders, a senior Belgian statesman who has served as the European Justice Commissioner since 2019. ” Security researchers said that Apple sent the warnings to its users targeted between February and September 2021. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2023

Someone is sending mysterious smartwatches to the US Military personnel CISA orders govt agencies to fix recently disclosed flaws in Apple devices VMware fixed five memory corruption issues in vCenter Server Fortinet fixes critical FortiNAC RCE, install updates asap More than a million GitHub repositories potentially vulnerable to RepoJacking New Mirai (..)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Italy’s Antitrust Agency fines Apple and Google for aggressive practices of data acquisition HAEICHI-II: Interpol arrested +1,000 suspects linked to various cybercrimes IKEA hit by a cyber attack that uses stolen internal reply-chain emails Marine services provider Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) hit by Clop ransomware Threat actors target crypto and (..)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

Experts found new MOVEit Transfer SQL Injection flaws The University of Manchester suffered a cyber attack and suspects a data breach Russians charged with hacking Mt.

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SecureList

JANUARY 18, 2023

The threat landscape is constantly updated through new malware and spyware, advanced phishing methods, and new social engineering techniques. Whereas we were seeing 200 to 300 posts in each of the first ten months of 2021, the number peaked at more than 500 monthly at the end of 2021 and the first half of 2022 [1].

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

COMB breach: 3.2B COMB breach: 3.2B COMB breach: 3.2B If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

US seizes $3.6 to replace Chinese equipment Hackers breached a server of National Games of China days before the event Russian Gamaredon APT is targeting Ukraine since October Israeli surveillance firm QuaDream emerges from the dark Argo CD flaw could allow stealing sensitive data from Kubernetes Apps. US seizes $3.6

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Bug bounty hacker earned $5,000 reporting a Stored XSS flaw in iCloud.com Experts warn of threat actors abusing Google Alerts to deliver unwanted programs FBI warns of the consequences of telephony denial-of-service (TDoS) attacks An attacker was able to siphon audio feeds from multiple Clubhouse rooms Georgetown County has yet to recover from a sophisticated (..)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2021

EskyFun data leak, over 1 million Android gamers impacted Boffins show PIN bypass attack Mastercard and Maestro contactless payments Phorpiex botnet shuts down and authors put source code for sale Atlassian released security patches to fix a critical flaw in Confluence An RCE in Annke video surveillance product allows hacking the device ChaosDB, a (..)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2021

If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Dark HunTOR: Police arrested 150 people in dark web drug bust ?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of fake warnings of cyberattacks sent from a hacked FBI email server GravityRAT returns disguised as an end-to-end encrypted chat app Intel and AMD address high severity vulnerabilities in products and drivers New evolving Abcbot DDoS botnet targets Linux systems Retail giant Costco discloses data breach, payment card data exposed (..)

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