Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2024
Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.
International Press – Newsletter
Cybercrime
INTERPOL financial crime operation makes record 5,500 arrests, seizures worth over USD 400 million
Hackers Stole $1.49 Billion in Cryptocurrency to Date in 2024
US government contractor ENGlobal says operations are ‘limited’ following cyberattack
British telecoms giant BT confirms attempted cyberattack after ransomware gang claims hack
Criminals Use Generative Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Financial Fraud
Why Hackers Want Your Health Information
Why Phishers Love New TLDs Like .shop, .top and .xyz
Criminals Use Generative Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Financial Fraud
Cyberattack targets Port of Rijeka, data stolen
SmokeLoader Attack Targets Companies in Taiwan
LogoFAIL Exploited to Deploy Bootkitty, the first UEFI bootkit for Linux
RedLine, A License to Steal: The Rudometov Story & Operation Magnus
Unveiling RevC2 and Venom Loader
Meeten Malware: A Cross-Platform Threat to Crypto Wallets on macOS and Windows
Hacking
Cybercriminals Use NFC Relay to Turn Stolen Credit Cards into Cash without a PIN
What It Costs to Hire a Hacker on the Dark Web
Cisco Warns of Attacks Exploiting Decade-Old ASA Vulnerability
Progress WhatsUp Gold NmAPI.exe Registry Overwrite Unauthenticated RCE
Cloudflare’s pages.dev and workers.dev Domains Increasingly Abused for Phishing
Snowblind: The Invisible Hand of Secret Blizzard
Windows Sockets: From Registered I/O to SYSTEM Privileges
BlueAlpha Abuses Cloudflare Tunneling Service for GammaDrop Staging Infrastructure
Deloitte Hacked – Brain Cipher Ransomware Group Allegedly Stolen 1 TB of Data
Supply Chain Attack Detected in Solana’s web3.js Library
Intelligence and Information Warfare
Former Polish spy chief arrested to testify before parliament in spyware probe
Analysis of Threat Actor Kim Soo-ki’s Email Phishing Campaign
Enhanced Visibility and Hardening Guidance for Communications Infrastructure
Senators say US military is failing to secure its phones from foreign spies
He Got Banned From X. Now He Wants to Help You Escape, Too
Dozens of Countries Hit in Chinese Telecom Hacking Campaign, Top U.S. Official Says
Guess Who’s Back – The Return of ANEL in the Recent Earth Kasha Spear-phishing Campaign in 2024
Frequent freeloader part I: Secret Blizzard compromising Storm-0156 infrastructure for espionage
Romania was target of ‘aggressive hybrid Russian attacks’ during elections, security council says
MOONSHINE Exploit Kit and DarkNimbus Backdoor Enabling Earth Minotaur’s Multi-Platform Attacks
Cybersecurity
Mechanized minds: AI’s hidden impact on human thought
Google Confirms New Gmail Security Surprise—And It’s So Simple
Tor in Russia: A call for more WebTunnel bridges
US agency proposes new rule blocking data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive personal data
Treasury Exposes Money Laundering Network Using Digital Assets to Evade Sanctions
EU’s first ever report on the state of cybersecurity in the Union
U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack
The Great Pokémon Go Spy Panic
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