Security Affairs newsletter Round 510 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2025

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PlayStation Network outage has been going on for over 24 hours
Kimsuky APT group used custom RDP Wrapper version and forceCopy stealer
Russia’s intelligence recruits Ukrainians for terror attacks via messaging apps
U.S. CISA adds Trimble Cityworks flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Hospital Sisters Health System impacted 882,782 individuals
Attackers used a public ASP.NET machine to conduct ViewState code injection attacks
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Outlook, Sophos XG Firewall, and other flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Cisco addressed two critical flaws in its Identity Services Engine (ISE)
Notorious hacker behind 40+ cyberattacks on strategic organizations arrested
Lazarus APT targets crypto wallets using cross-platform JavaScript stealer
U.S. CISA adds Linux kernel flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft .NET Framework, Apache OFBiz, and Paessler PRTG Network Monitor flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
SparkCat campaign target crypto wallets using OCR to steal recovery phrases
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and ACAO Breached: Cyberespionage Groups Targeting Aviation Safety Specialists
Online food ordering and delivery platform GrubHub discloses a data breach
Netgear urges users to upgrade two flaws impacting WiFi router models
AMD fixed a flaw that allowed to load malicious microcode
Coyote Banking Trojan targets Brazilian users, stealing data from 70+ financial apps and websites
Google fixed actively exploited kernel zero-day flaw
Web Skimmer found on at least 17 websites, including Casio UK
Crazy Evil gang runs over 10 highly specialized social media scams
Elon Musk ’s DOGE team granted ‘full access’ to sensitive Treasury systems. What are the risks?
Texas is the first state to ban DeepSeek on government devices
Law enforcement seized the domains of HeartSender cybercrime marketplaces
WhatsApp disrupted a hacking campaign targeting journalists with Paragon spyware
Ransomware attack hit Indian multinational Tata Technologies

International Press – Newsletter

Cybercrime

FBI, Dutch Police Disrupt ‘Manipulaters’ Phishing Gang  

“Crazy Evil” Cryptoscam Gang: Unmasking a Global Threat in 2024  

Who’s Behind the Seized Forums ‘Cracked’ & ‘Nulled’?  

US Justice Department says cybercrime forum allegedly affected 17 million Americans  

Cybercrime is increasingly complex. Here’s how data awareness can help  

HTTP Client Tools Exploitation for Account Takeover Attacks  

Dangerous hacker responsible for more than 40 cyberattacks on strategic organizations arrested  

Who’s Behind the Seized Forums ‘Cracked’ & ‘Nulled’?  

Malware

Malicious packages deepseeek and deepseekai published in Python Package Index  

Coyote Banking Trojan: A Stealthy Attack via LNK Files 

Go Supply Chain Attack: Malicious Package Exploits Go Module Proxy Caching for Persistence  

Rat Race: ValleyRAT Malware Targets Organizations with New Delivery Techniques 

Semantic Entanglement-Based Ransomware Detection via Probabilistic Latent Encryption Mapping

Hacking

DeepSeek Failed Over Half of the Jailbreak Tests by Qualys TotalAI    

Google fixes Android kernel zero-day exploited in attacks

2024 Trends in Vulnerability Exploitation  

Hacker Conversations: David Kennedy – an Atypical Typical Hacker 

Code injection attacks using publicly disclosed ASP.NET machine keys  

Intelligence and Information Warfare

macOS FlexibleFerret | Further Variants of DPRK Malware Family Unearthed

Silent Lynx APT Targets Various Entities Across Kyrgyzstan & Neighbouring Nations  

Lazarus Group Targets Organizations with Sophisticated LinkedIn Recruiting Scam    

Spyware maker Paragon confirms US government is a customer

Google deletes policy against using AI for weapons or surveillance 

Russia uses messaging apps to recruit terrorists, Ukraine’s police says  

Persistent Threats from the Kimsuky Group Using RDP Wrapper

Cybersecurity

Texas governor orders ban on DeepSeek, RedNote for government devices   

Article 5: Prohibited AI Practices     

Elon Musk’s Doge team granted ‘full access’ to federal payment system  

Cyber Security 2025: Practical Trends Beyond the Hype  

Cyber agencies unveil new guidelines to secure edge devices from increasing threat 

Journalist targeted on WhatsApp by Paragon spyware: ‘I feel violated’  

How Agentic AI will be Weaponized for Social Engineering Attacks

Israeli Spyware Firm Paragon Cuts Italy’s Access After Journalists Targeted  

Student group sues Education Department over reported DOGE access to financial aid databases  

PSN down: PlayStation Network not working for almost a day as players left in dark

Apple’s ‘Dangerous’ iPhone Update Is Much Worse Than You Think      

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Pierluigi Paganini

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