Security Affairs newsletter Round 438 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2023

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Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack
City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 million to mitigate the May Royal ransomware attack
Recently patched Apple and Chrome zero-days exploited to infect devices in Egypt with Predator spyware
CISA adds Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Information of Air Canada employees exposed in recent cyberattack
Sandman APT targets telcos with LuaDream backdoor
Experts warn of a 600X increase in P2Pinfect traffic
Apple rolled out emergency updates to address 3 new actively exploited zero-day flaws
Ukrainian hackers are behind the Free Download Manager supply chain attack
Space and defense tech maker Exail Technologies exposes database access
Pro-Russia hacker group NoName launched a DDoS attack on Canadian airports causing severe disruptions
Experts found critical flaws in Nagios XI network monitoring software
The dark web drug marketplace PIILOPUOTI was dismantled by Finnish Customs
International Criminal Court hit with a cyber attack
GitLab addressed critical vulnerability CVE-2023-5009
Trend Micro addresses actively exploited zero-day in Apex One and other security Products
APT ShroudedSnooper threat actors target telecom companies in the Middle East
Recent cyber attack is causing Clorox products shortage
12,000 Juniper SRX firewalls and EX switches vulnerable to CVE-2023-36845
Earth Lusca expands its arsenal with SprySOCKS Linux malware
Microsoft AI research division accidentally exposed 38TB of sensitive data
German intelligence warns cyberattacks could target liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals
Deepfake and smishing. How hackers compromised the accounts of 27 Retool customers in the crypto industry
FBI hacker USDoD leaks highly sensitive TransUnion data
North Korea’s Lazarus APT stole almost $240 million in crypto assets since June
Clop gang stolen data from major North Carolina hospitals
CardX released a data leak notification impacting their customers in Thailand

Cybercrime

Russian cyber thieves linked to personal data breach at North Carolina hospitals 

International operation closes down Piilopuoti dark web marketplace   

THE CITY OF DALLAS RANSOMWARE INCIDENT: MAY 2023

Nigerian National Pleads Guilty To His Role In A Business Email Compromise Scheme  

Malware

Bumblebee Loader Resurfaces in New Campaign  

Earth Lusca Employs New Linux Backdoor, Uses Cobalt Strike for Lateral Movement  

Stealth Falcon preying over Middle Eastern skies with Deadglyph  

Inside the Code of a New XWorm Variant

Who’s Behind the 8Base Ransomware Website?  

Cado Security Labs Researchers Witness a 600X Increase in P2Pinfect Traffic  

Hacking

Retool attack – When MFA isn’t actually MFA

Fileless Remote Code Execution on Juniper Firewalls  

Arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Trend Micro endpoint products’ ability to uninstall third-party security products  

The outage at the airports really came from a computer attack  

Russia linked to cyberattack on government services 

Intelligence and Information Warfare

How the Lazarus Group is stepping up crypto hacks and changing its tactics

Lazarus Group’s Web3 Rampage      

German spy chief warns of cyberattacks targeting liquefied natural gas terminals  

New ShroudedSnooper actor targets telecommunications firms in the Middle East with novel Implants  

Sandman APT | A Mystery Group Targeting Telcos with a LuaJIT Toolkit 

Is That a Spy in Your Car?

0-days exploited by commercial surveillance vendor in Egypt

PREDATOR IN THE WIRES        

OilRig’s Outer Space and Juicy Mix: Same ol’ rig, new drill pipes 

Cybersecurity

Apple and Google Are Introducing New Ways to Defeat Cell Site Simulators, But Is it Enough?  

NSA, FBI, and CISA Release Cybersecurity Information Sheet on Deepfake Threats  

38TB of data accidentally exposed by Microsoft AI researchers   

Clorox Blames Damaging Cyberattack for Product Shortage  

MGM losing up to $8.4M per day as cyberattack paralyzes slot machines, hotels for 8th straight day: analyst  

Apple emergency updates fix 3 new zero-days exploited in attacks

Cisco makes largest ever acquisition, buying cybersecurity company Splunk for $28 billion in cash  

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Pierluigi Paganini

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