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Security Affairs newsletter Round 332

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The Biden administration plans to target exchanges supporting ransomware operations with sanctions
Threat actor has been targeting the aviation industry since at least 2018
Expert discloses details and PoC code for Netgear Seventh Inferno bug
CVE-2021-26333 AMD Chipset Driver flaw allows obtaining sensitive data
Experts warn that Mirai Botnet starts exploiting OMIGOD flaw
German Election body hit by a cyber attack
New Go malware Capoae uses multiple flaws to target WordPress installs, Linux systems
A new Win malware uses Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to evade detection
FBI, CISA, and CGCYBER warn of nation-state actors exploiting CVE-2021-40539 Zoho bug
Microsoft warns of attacks exploiting recently patched Windows MSHTML CVE-2021-40444 bug
Bitdefender released free REvil ransomware decryptor that works for past victims
Anonymous hacked the controversial, far-right web host Epik
OMIGOD vulnerabilities expose thousands of Azure users to hack
Microsoft announces passwordless authentication for consumer accounts
Three formers NSA employees fined for providing hacker-for-hire services to UAE firm
US CISA appointed Kiersten Todt as new chief of staff
Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes CVE-2021-40444 MSHTML zero-day
Mēris Bot infects MikroTik routers compromised in 2018
Millions of HP OMEN gaming PCs impacted by CVE-2021-3437 driver flaw
Google addresses a new Chrome zero-day flaw actively exploited in the wild
Vermilion Strike, a Linux implementation of Cobalt Strike Beacon used in attacks
Popular NPM package Pac-Resolver affected by a critical flaw
Apple fixes actively exploited FORCEDENTRY zero-day flaws
Facebook announces WhatsApp end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) backups
New Spook.Js attack allows to bypass Google Chrome Site Isolation protections
BlackMatter ransomware gang hit Technology giant Olympus
The new maxtrilha trojan is being disseminated and targeting several banks
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development of South Africa hit by a ransomware attack
Google implements new Private Compute Services for Android
Revil ransomware operators are targeting new victims

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.

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