Security Affairs newsletter Round 435 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2023

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LockBit ransomware gang hit the Commission des services electriques de Montréal (CSEM)
Social engineering attacks target Okta customers to achieve a highly privileged role
Talos wars of customizations of the open-source info stealer SapphireStealer
UNRAVELING EternalBlue: inside the WannaCry’s enabler
Researchers released a free decryptor for the Key Group ransomware
North Korea-linked APT Labyrinth Chollima behind PyPI supply chain attacks
Fashion retailer Forever 21 data breach impacted +500,000 individuals
Russia-linked hackers target Ukrainian military with Infamous Chisel Android malware
Akira Ransomware gang targets Cisco ASA without Multi-Factor Authentication
Paramount Global disclosed a data breach
National Safety Council data leak: Credentials of NASA, Tesla, DoJ, Verizon, and 2K others leaked by workplace safety organization
Abusing Windows Container Isolation Framework to avoid detection by security products
Chinese GREF APT distributes spyware via trojanized Signal and Telegram apps on Google Play and Samsung Galaxy stores
Threat actors started exploiting Juniper flaws shortly after PoC release
Why are we seeing such a huge demand for AI at the moment?
Critical RCE flaw impacts VMware Aria Operations Networks
FBI: Operation ‘Duck Hunt’ dismantled the Qakbot botnet
UNC4841 threat actors hacked US government email servers exploiting Barracuda ESG flaw
Hackers infiltrated Japan’s National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC) for months
FIN8-linked actor targets Citrix NetScaler systems
Japan’s JPCERT warns of new ‘MalDoc in PDF’ attack technique
Attackers can discover IP address by sending a link over the Skype mobile app
Researchers published PoC exploit code for Juniper SRX firewall flaws
Rhysida ransomware group claims the hack of Prospect Medical
Updated Kmsdx botnet targets IoT devices
Massive MOVEit campaign already impacted at least 1,000 organizations and 60 million individuals
Poland’s authorities investigate a hacking attack on country’s railways
Leaked LockBit 3.0 ransomware builder used by multiple threat actors
Cisco fixes 3 high-severity DoS flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software

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Agent Tesla – Building an effective decryptor  

   

  

   

      

Hacking

  

  

Hackers Can Silently Grab Your IP Through Skype. Microsoft Is In No Rush to Fix It

MalDoc in PDF – Detection bypass by embedding a malicious Word file into a PDF file 

         

      

  

 

Intelligence and Information Warfare

  

  

     

UK and allies support Ukraine calling out Russia’s GRU for new malware campaign  

Cybersecurity

  

Growing use of AI in cybersecurity reveals new possibilities  

  

     

NYC Subway Will Disable ‘Feature’ That Leaked Trip History After 404 Media Investigation  

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