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Security Affairs newsletter Round 243

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Data of 21 million Mixcloud users available for sale on the dark web
Google warned 12K+ users targeted by state-sponsored hackers
Twitter account of Huawei Mobile Brazil hacked
Clop Ransomware attempts to disable Windows Defender and Malwarebytes
Europol seized 30,506 Internet domain names for IP Infringement
Ohio Election Day cyber attack attempt traced Russian-Owned Company
StrandHogg Vulnerability exploited by tens of rogue Android Apps
TrueDialog database leaked online tens of millions of SMS text messages
A flaw in Microsoft OAuth authentication could lead Azure account takeover
Experts discovered DLL hijacking issues in Kaspersky and Trend Micro solutions
Website of gunmaker Smith & Wesson hit by a Magecart attack
Mozilla removed 4 Avast and AVG extensions for spying on Firefox users
Talos experts found a critical RCE in GoAhead Web Server
Two malicious Python libraries were stealing SSH and GPG keys
China used the Great Cannon DDoS Tool against forum used by Hong Kong protestors
CyrusOne, one of the major US data center provider, hit by ransomware attack
Iran-Linked APT groups target energy, industrial sectors with ZeroCleare Wiper
The evolutions of APT28 attacks
CVE-2019-14899 flaw allows hijacking VPN connections on Linux, Unix systems
OpenBSD addresses authentication bypass, privilege escalation issues
VMware addresses ESXi issue disclosed at the Tianfu Cup hacking competition
Russia-linked Gamaredon group targets Ukraine officials
Vietnam-linked Ocean Lotus hacked BMW and Hyundai networks
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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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