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Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2024
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER – ROUND 7

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Deciphering the Brain Cipher Ransomware   Ideal typosquat ‘solana-py’ steals your crypto wallet keys   Ransomware attackers introduce new EDR killer to their arsenal Beyond the wail: deconstructing the BANSHEE infostealer   A Deep Dive into a New ValleyRAT […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2024
Security Affairs newsletter Round 485 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Large-scale extortion campaign targets publicly accessible environment variable files (.env) OpenAI dismantled an Iranian influence operation targeting the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2024
Large-scale extortion campaign targets publicly accessible environment variable files (.env)

A large-scale extortion campaign compromised multiple organizations by exploiting publicly accessible environment variable files (.env). Palo Alto Unit 42 researchers uncovered a large-scale extortion campaign that successfully compromised and extorted multiple victim organizations by leveraging exposed environment variable files (.env files). The exposed files contained sensitive variables such as credentials belonging to various applications. This extortion […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2024
OpenAI dismantled an Iranian influence operation targeting the U.S. presidential election

OpenAI announced it had dismantled an Iranian influence operation that was producing content related to the U.S. Presidential election. OpenAI has dismantled an Iran-linked influence operation, tracked as identified as Storm-2035, that was generating content about the U.S. presidential election. The company blocked a cluster of ChatGPT accounts that were used to create AI-generated articles and […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2024
National Public Data confirms a data breach

Background check service National Public Data confirms a data breach that exploded millions of social security numbers and other sensitive information.  Background check service National Public Data confirms that a threat actor has breached its systems and had access to millions of social security numbers and other sensitive personal information.  According to a statement published […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 17, 2024
ValleyRAT malware is targeting Chinese-speaking users

FortiGuard Labs researchers uncovered an ongoing ValleyRAT malware campaign that is targeting Chinese-speaking users. ValleyRAT is a multi-stage malware that supports multiple techniques to monitor and control compromised devices. The malicious code is also used to deploy arbitrary plugins on the infected systems. A noteworthy characteristic of ValleyRAT malware is the heavy usage of shellcode […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2024
CISA adds SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added SolarWinds Web Help Desk deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-28986 (CVSS score of 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week SolarWinds fixed the […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2024
Russian national sentenced to 40 months for selling stolen data on the dark web

A Russian national was sentenced to over three years in prison for selling stolen information and credentials on a dark web marketplace. The 27-year-old Russian national Georgy Kavzharadze (also known as “George,” “TeRorPP,” “Torqovec,” and “PlutuSS”) has been sentenced to over three years in prison for selling financial information, login credentials, and other personal data on […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2024
Banshee Stealer, a new macOS malware with a monthly subscription price of $3,000

Russian cybercriminals are advertising a new macOS malware called Banshee Stealer with a monthly subscription price of $3,000. In August 2024, Russian crooks advertised a macOS malware called BANSHEE Stealer that can target both x86_64 and ARM64 architectures. The malware authors claim it can steal a broad range of data from compromised systems, including browser […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 16, 2024
Millions of Pixel devices can be hacked due to a pre-installed vulnerable app

Many Google Pixel devices shipped since September 2017 have included a vulnerable app that could be exploited for malicious purposes. Many Google Pixel devices shipped since September 2017 have included dormant software that could be exploited by attackers to compromise them. Researchers form mobile security firm iVerify reported that the issue stems from a pre-installed […]