Sat.Nov 12, 2022

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Weekly Update 321

Troy Hunt

What a week to pick to be in Canberra. Planned well before things got cyber-crazy in Australia, I spent a few days catching up with folks in our capital and talking to the Australia Federal Police for scam awareness week. That it coincided with the dumping of Medibank customer health records made it an especially interesting time to talk with police, politicians and industry leaders.

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Canadian supermarket chain giant Sobeys suffered a ransomware attack

Security Affairs

Sobeys, the second-largest supermarket chain in Canada, was he victim of a ransomware attack conducted by the Black Basta gang. Sobeys Inc. is the second largest supermarket chain in Canada, the company operates over 1,500 stores operating across Canada under a variety of banners. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Empire Company Limited , a Canadian business conglomerate.

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Android phone owner accidentally finds a way to bypass lock screen

Bleeping Computer

Cybersecurity researcher David Schütz accidentally found a way to bypass the lock screen on his fully patched Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 5 smartphones, enabling anyone with physical access to the device to unlock it. [.].

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$1 billion of FTX customer funds have vanished, Reuters reported

Security Affairs

Crypto exchange FTX appears to have been hacked, rumors state that attackers stole $600 million drained from the company’s wallets. Crypto exchange FTX is recommending users to delete FTX apps and avoid using its website, a circumstance that refutes the rumors that the rumors of a $600 million crypto heist. The owners of several wallets of the crypto exchange are also reporting that the have been emptied, experts also reported that FTX’s API were not available.

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The Importance of User Roles and Permissions in Cybersecurity Software

How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.

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Elon Musk Introduces Twitter Mayhem Mode

WIRED Threat Level

Plus: US midterms survive disinformation efforts, the government names the alleged Lockbit ransomware attacker, and the Powerball drawing hits a security snag.

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Malicious app in the Play Store spotted distributing Xenomorph Banking Trojan

Security Affairs

Experts discovered two new malicious dropper apps on the Google Play Store distributing the Xenomorph banking malware. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a couple of malicious dropper apps on the Play Store distributing the Xenomorph banking malware. Xenomorph was first spotted by ThreatFabric researchers in February 2022, at the time the malware was employed in attacks against 56 European banks to steal sensitive information from the devices of their customers.

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BSidesKC 2022 – Jason Killam’s ‘The Monica Bellucci Fanclub – Detection And Defense Lessons Learned From The Trickbot Forum’

Security Boulevard

Our sincere thanks to BSidesKC 2022 for publishing their outstanding conference videos on the organization's YouTube channel. Permalink. The post BSidesKC 2022 – Jason Killam’s ‘The Monica Bellucci Fanclub – Detection And Defense Lessons Learned From The Trickbot Forum’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.