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Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2023
X will collect biometric data from its premium users

The social media site X announced that it will collect premium users’ biometric data for security and identification purposes. The social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) has updated its privacy policy informing its premium users that the company will collect their biometric data to curb fraud and prevent impersonation. Bloomberg first reported the news and […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2023
“Smishing Triad” Targeted USPS and US Citizens for Data Theft

Resecurity has identified a large-scale smishing campaign, tracked as Smishing Triad, targeting the US Citizens. Earlier episodes have revealed victims from the U.K., Poland, Sweden, Italy, Indonesia, Japan and other countries – the group was impersonating the Royal Mail, New Zealand Postal Service (NZPOST), Correos (Spain), Postnord, Poste Italiane and the Italian Revenue Service (Agenzia […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2023
Publicly available Evil_MinIO exploit used in attacks on MinIO Storage Systems

A threat actor was spotted exploiting MinIO storage system vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code on affected servers. Security Joes researchers have observed an unknown threat actor using a publicly available exploit chain for vulnerabilities in the MinIO Object Storage system to achieve arbitrary code execution on vulnerable servers. Object Storage is a data storage architecture […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2023
University of Sydney suffered a security breach caused by a third-party service provider

The University of Sydney (USYD) suffered a security breach caused by a third-party service provider that exposed personal information of recent applicants. The University of Sydney (USYD) announced that a data breach suffered by a third-party service provider exposed the personal information of recently applied and enrolled international applicants. The University of Sydney immediately launched […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2023
Cybercrime will cost Germany $224 billion in 2023

Cybercrime will cost Germany 206 billion euros ($224 billion) in 2023, German digital association Bitkom told Reuters. According to the German digital association Bitkom, cybercrime will have a worrisome impact on the economy of the state in 2023. Bitkom estimated that cybercriminal activities, such as fraud, cyber espionage, the theft of intellectual property, sabotage, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2023
PoC exploit code released for CVE-2023-34039 bug in VMware Aria Operations for Networks

Researcher released PoC exploit code for a recent critical flaw (CVE-2023-34039) in VMware Aria Operations for Networks. At the end of August, VMware released security updates to address two vulnerabilities in Aria Operations for Networks (formerly vRealize Network Insight), respectively tracked as CVE-2023-34039 (CVSS score: 9.8) and CVE-2023-20890 (CVSS score: 7.2). The vulnerability CVE-2023-34039 is […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 435 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 for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. LockBit ransomware gang hit the Commission des services electriques de Montréal (CSEM) Social engineering attacks target […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2023
LockBit ransomware gang hit the Commission des services electriques de Montréal (CSEM)

The LockBit ransomware gang claims to have breached the Commission des services electriques de Montréal (CSEM). The LockBit ransomware group continues to be one of the most active extortion gangs in the threat landscape. This week the gang claimed to have hacked the Commission des services electriques de Montréal (CSEM). The Commission des services électriques […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2023
Social engineering attacks target Okta customers to achieve a highly privileged role

Identity services provider Okta warned customers of social engineering attacks carried out by threat actors to obtain elevated administrator permissions. Okta is warning customers of social engineering attacks carried out in recent weeks by threat actors to obtain elevated administrator permissions. The attacks targeted IT service desk staff to trick them into resetting all multi-factor […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 01, 2023
Talos wars of customizations of the open-source info stealer SapphireStealer

Cisco reported that multiple threat actors are customizing the SapphireStealer information stealer after the leak of its source code. Cisco Talos researchers reported that multiple threat actors have created their own version of the SapphireStealer after that the source code of the stealer was released on GitHub. SapphireStealer is an open-source information stealer written in […]