Security Affairs newsletter Round 338 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs newsletter Round 338

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2021

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Hacker accessed medical info at UMass Memorial Health

Reading INTERPOL the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021

MITRE and CISA publish the 2021 list of most common hardware weaknesses

TrickBot member extradited to US faces up to 60 years in prison

ESET found a variant of the Hive ransomware that encrypts Linux and FreeBSD

Papua New Guinea ‘s finance ministry was hit by a ransomware

Police arrested 12 individuals involved in 1800 ransomware attacks worldwide

NSA and CISA explained how to prevent and detect lateral movement in 5G networks via cloud systems

Google fixes 2 new actively exploited zero-day flaws in Chrome

Microsoft found Shrootless bug in macOS that could bypass System Integrity Protection
Over 1 million WordPress sites affected by OptinMonster plugin flaws

Wslink, a previously undescribed loader for Windows binaries

AbstractEmu, a new Android malware with rooting capabilities

German investigators identify crypto millionaire behind REvil operations

Crooks steal $130 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from Cream Finance

Avast releases free decrypters for AtomSilo and LockFile ransomware families

Grief ransomware gang hit US National Rifle Association (NRA)

Avast released a free decryptor for Babuk ransomware

The 9th edition of the ENISA Threat Landscape (ETL) report is out!

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets the IT supply chain
Operations at Iranian gas stations were disrupted today. Cyber attack or computer glitch?

Dark HunTOR: Police arrested 150 people in dark web drug bust ⓘ

Expert managed to crack 70% of a 5,000 WiFi network sample in Tel Aviv

Ranzy Locker ransomware hit tens of US companies in 2021

UltimaSMS subscription fraud campaign targeted millions of Android users

Kansas Man pleads guilty to hacking the Post Rock Rural Water District

Unknown ransomware gang uses SQL injection bug in BillQuick Web Suite to deploy ransomware

A critical RCE flaw affects Discourse software, patch it now!

Red TIM Research found two rare flaws in Ericsson OSS-RC component

Russia-linked Nobelium APT targets orgs in the global IT supply chain
NYT Journalist’s iPhone infected twice with NSO Group’sPegasus spyware

Emsisoft created a free decryptor for past victims of the BlackMatter ransomware

TodayZoo phishing kit borrows the code from other kits

NATO releases its first strategy for Artificial Intelligence

Threat actors offer for sale data for 50 millions of Moscow drivers

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 338

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box.

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Hackers deploy fake SonicWall VPN App to steal corporate credentials

Mainline Health Systems data breach impacted over 100,000 individuals

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Prometei botnet activity has surged since March 2025

The U.S. House banned WhatsApp on government devices due to security concerns

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