Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2024
Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.
Cybercrime
Who is Alleged Medibank Hacker Aleksandr Ermakov?
Ransomware Revenue Down As More Victims Refuse to Pay
Energy giant Schneider Electric hit by Cactus ransomware attack
Hundreds Of Network Operators’ Credentials Found Circulating In Dark Web
Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider
Data of 750 Million Indian Mobile Subscribers Sold on Hacker Forums
Hackers steal $112 million of XRP Ripple cryptocurrency
movie2k.to: Ex-operator hands over BTC worth 2 billion euros
Portland Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in SIM Swapping Identity Theft and Fraud Scheme
INTERPOL-led operation targets growing cyber threats
Malware
New Ransomware Reporting Requirements Kick in as Victims Increasingly Avoid Paying
KRUSTYLOADER – RUST MALWARE LINKED TO COMPROMISED IVANTI CONNECTSECURE
Evolution of UNC4990: Uncovering USB Malware’s Hidden Depths
China’s Hackers Have Entire Nation in Their Crosshairs, FBI Director Warns
Outsmarting Ransomware’s New Playbook
UAC-0027: DIRTYMOE (PURPLEFOX) affected more than 2000 computers in Ukraine
Hacking
Outlook Vulnerability Discovery and New Ways to Leak NTLM Hashes
Thanksgiving 2023 security incident
Exclusive: US disabled Chinese hacking network targeting critical infrastructure
Iran-linked hackers claim attack on Albania’s Institute of Statistics
Intelligence and Information Warfare
Ukraine’s security service detains member of Russian ‘Cyber Army’
Wyden Releases Documents Confirming the NSA Buys Americans’ Internet Browsing Records
The Bear and The Shell: New Campaign Against Russian Opposition
Wikileaks source and former CIA worker Joshua Schulte sentenced to 40 years jail
Cybersecurity
How a mistakenly published password exposed Mercedes-Benz source code
Zero-day, supply-chain attacks drove data breach high for 2023
ChatGPT violated European privacy laws, Italy tells chatbot maker OpenAI
ENISA Single Programming Document 2024 – 2026
Qualys TRU Discovers Important Vulnerabilities in GNU C Library’s syslog()
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