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Security Affairs newsletter Round 231

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Experts found Joker Spyware in 24 apps in the Google Play store
Toyota Boshoku Corporation lost over $37 Million following BEC attack
University, Professional Certification or Direct Experience?
WordPress 5.2.3 fixes multiple issues, including some severe XSS flaws
Belarusian authorities seized XakFor, one of the largest Russian-speaking hacker sites
China-linked APT3 was able to modify stolen NSA cyberweapons
Stealth Falcon New Malware Uses Windows BITS Service to Stealthy Exfiltrate Data
Stealth Falcons undocumented backdoor uses Windows BITS to exfiltrate data
Symantec uncovered the link between China-Linked Thrip and Billbug groups
Telegram Privacy Fails Again
Wikipedia suffered intermittent outages as a result of a malicious attack
DoS attack the caused disruption at US power utility exploited a known flaw
Million of Telestar Digital GmbH IoT radio devices can be remotely hacked
Police dismantled Europes second-largest counterfeit currency network on the dark web
Robert Downey Jrs Instagram account has been hacked
Adobe September 2019 Patch Tuesday updates fix 2 code execution flaws in Flash Player
Dissecting the 10k Lines of the new TrickBot Dropper
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for September 2019 fix 2 privilege escalation flaws exploited in attacks
NetCAT attack allows hackers to steal sensitive data from Intel CPUs
Some models of Comba and D-Link WiFi routers leak admin credentials
The Wolcott school district suffered a second ransomware attack in 4 months
Iran-linked group Cobalt Dickens hit over 60 universities worldwide
LokiBot info stealer involved in a targeted attack on a US Company
SAP September 2019 Security Patch Day addresses four Security Notes rated as Hot News
SimJacker attack allows hacking any phone with just an SMS
Poland to establish Cyberspace Defence Force by 2024
The US Treasury placed sanctions on North Korea linked APT Groups
WatchBog cryptomining botnet now uses Pastebin for C2
Expert disclosed passcode bypass bug in iOS 13 a week before its release
Hackers stole payment data from Garmin South Africa shopping portal
InnfiRAT Trojan steals funds from Bitcoin and Litecoin wallets
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Pierluigi Paganini

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.

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