Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2024
Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.
International Press – Newsletter
Cybercrime
New Investment Scam Leverages AI, Social Media Ads to Target Victims Worldwide
Texas Tech University Data Breach Impacts 1.4 Million People
New fake Ledger data breach emails try to steal crypto wallets
How to Lose a Fortune with Just One Bad Click
Effective Phishing Campaign Targeting European Companies and Institutions
Ukrainian National Sentenced to Federal Prison in “Raccoon Infostealer” Cybercrime Case
United States Charges Dual Russian and Israeli National as Developer of LockBit Ransomware Group
ACE Shutters One of the Largest Live Sports Piracy Rings in the World
Malware
Vishing via Microsoft Teams Facilitates DarkGate Malware Intrusion
Spyware distributed through Amazon Appstore
Supply Chain Attack on Rspack npm Packages Injects Cryptojacking Malware
Hacking
Researchers find security flaws in Skoda cars that may let hackers remotely track them
Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets
Not All Roads Lead to PWN2OWN: Firmware Reverse Engineering (Part 2)
Current State of SonicWall Exposure: Firmware Decryption Unlocks New Insights
Investigating Malicious Hardware with Industrial CT
Fortinet FortiWLM Deep-Dive, IOCs, and the Almost Story of the “Forti Forty”
Intelligence and Information Warfare
Glutton: A New Zero-Detection PHP Backdoor from Winnti Targets Cybercrimals
“A Digital Prison”: Surveillance and the suppression of civil society in Serbia
Hidden in Plain Sight: TA397’s New Attack Chain Delivers Espionage RATs
Analyzing FLUX#CONSOLE: Using Tax-Themed Lures, Threat Actors Exploit Windows Management Console to Deliver Backdoor Payloads
Trump administration wants to go on cyber offensive against China
Earth Koshchei Coopts Red Team Tools in Complex RDP Attacks
Cyberattack UAC-0125 using the theme “Army+” (CERT-UA#12559)
Cybersecurity
OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco
Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta €251 Million
Foreign hackers need to face real consequences, Mike Waltz says
US considers ban on China’s TP-Link over security concerns, WSJ reports
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