Security Affairs newsletter Round 215 – News of the week

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2019

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Dutch intelligence investigate alleged Huawei ‘backdoor
Salesforce faced one of its biggest service disruption of ever
Unpatched Ethereum Clients expose the ecosystem to 51% Attack risk
Amnesty International filed a lawsuit against Israeli surveillance firm NSO
Chronicle experts spotted a Linux variant of the Winnti backdoor
Data belonging to Instagram influencers and celebrities exposed online
Defiant Tech firm who operated LeakedSource pleads guilty
Google will block Huawei from using Android and its services
Linux kernel privilege escalation flaw CVE-2019-11815 affects RDS
After latest Microsoft Windows updates some PCs running Sophos AV not boot
Emsisoft released a free Decrypter for JSWorm 2.0
Group-IB blocked more than 180,000 links to pirated copies of Game of Thrones
MuddyWater BlackWater campaign used new anti-detection techniques
US Commerce Department delays Huawei ban for 90 Days
ActiveX Controls in South Korean websites are affected by critical flaws
Emsisoft released a free Decrypter for the GetCrypt ransomware
G Suite users passwords stored in plain-text for more than 14 years
SandboxEscaper is back with a new Windows Zero-Day in Task Scheduler
The Satan Ransomware adds new exploits to its arsenal
Anonymous and LulzSec target the Italian Police and doctors
Playing Cat and Mouse: Three Techniques Abused to Avoid Detection
PoC Exploits for CVE-2019-0708 wormable Windows flaw released online
SandboxEscaper disclosed 3 Microsoft zero-day flaws in 24 hours
Tor Browser for Android is available through the Play Store
UK provided evidence to 16 NATO allies of Russia hacking campaigns
Chronicles study reveals CAs that issued most certificates to sign malware samples on VirusTotal
Facebook says it took down 2.19 billion accounts in Q1 2019
How Hackers Access Direct Deposit Paycheck — And What to Do About It
US DoJs superseding indictment charges Assange with violating Espionage Act
0patch issued a micropatch to address the BlueKeep flaw in always-on servers
GitHub introduces new tools and security features to secure code
Hackers target MySQL databases to deliver the GandCrab ransomware
Snapchat staff used internal tools to spy on users
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