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Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2022
US FTC sued US data broker Kochava for selling sensitive and geolocation data

The U.S. FTC sued US data broker Kochava for selling sensitive and precise geolocation data collected from hundreds of millions of mobile devices. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against the US-based data broker Kochava for selling sensitive and precise geolocation data collected from hundreds of millions of mobile devices. “Defendant’s violations […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2022
Twilio breach let attackers access Authy two-factor accounts of 93 users

Threat actors behind the Twilio hack also gained access to the accounts of 93 individual users of its Authy two-factor authentication (2FA) service. Early August, the communications company Twilio discloses a data breach, threat actors had access to the data of some of its customers. The attackers accessed company systems using employee credentials obtained through […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2022
Nitrokod crypto miner infected systems across 11 countries since 2019

Researchers spotted a Turkish-based crypto miner malware campaign, tracked as Nitrokod, which infected systems across 11 countries. Check Point researchers discovered a Turkish based crypto miner malware campaign, dubbed Nitrokod, which infected machines across 11 countries The threat actors dropped the malware from popular software available on dozens of free software websites, including Softpedia and […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2022
CISA adds 10 new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 10 new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 10 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, including a high-severity security flaw (CVE-2021-38406 CVSS score: 7.8) impacting Delta Electronics industrial automation software. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2022
Scammers used a deepfake AI hologram of Binance executive to scam crypto projects

Scammers used a deepfake AI hologram of the Binance chief communications officer for fraudulent activities. Patrick Hillmann, chief communications officer of Binance, confirmed that scammers used his Deepfake AI hologram to trick users into online meetings and target the projects of clients of the company. Hillmann explained in a blog post that the attack was […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2022
COVID-19 data put for sale on Dark Web

Researchers discovered leaked PII stolen from Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences containing information about citizens with COVID-19. Resecurity, a California-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500, has identified leaked PII stolen from Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences containing information about citizens with COVID-19 symptoms. The incident was uncovered last week and shared with Thai CERT. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2022
Surveillance firm’s leaked docs show the purchase of an $8M iOS RCE zero-day exploit

Leaked documents show the surveillance firm Intellexa offering exploits for iOS and Android devices for $8 Million. Intellexa is an Israeli surveillance firm founded by Israeli entrepreneur Tal Dilian, it offers surveillance and hacking solution to law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The Vx-undergroud researchers shared some images of several confidential documents that appear to be […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2022
Experts warn of the first known phishing attack against PyPI

The Python Package Index (PyPI) warns of an ongoing phishing campaign to steal developer credentials and distribute malicious updates. The Python Package Index, PyPI, this week warned of an ongoing phishing campaign that aims to steal developer credentials and inject malicious updates to the packages in the repository. “Today we received reports of a phishing […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 381

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Twilio hackers also breached the food delivery firm DoorDash Unprecedented cyber attack hit State Infrastructure of […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 28, 2022
New Agenda Ransomware appears in the threat landscape

Trend Micro researchers warn of a new ransomware family called Agenda, which has been used in attacks on organizations in Asia and Africa. Trend Micro researchers recently discovered a new piece of targeted ransomware, tracked as Agenda, that was written in the Go programming language. The ransomware was employed in a targeted attack against one of […]