The Canadian government discloses a data breach after threat actors hacked two of its contractors. The Canadian government declared that two of its contractors,Brookfield Global Relocation Services (BGRS) and SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & Moving Services, have been hacked, resulting in…
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Rhysida ransomware gang is auctioning data stolen from the British Library
The Rhysida ransomware group claimed responsibility for the recent cyberattack on the British Library that has caused a major IT outage. The Rhysida ransomware gang added the British Library to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. The…
Russia-linked APT29 group exploited WinRAR 0day in attacks against embassies
Russia-linked cyberespionage group APT29 has been observed leveraging the CVE-2023-38831 vulnerability in WinRAR in recent attacks. The Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NDSC) reported that APT29 (aka SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, Midnight Blizzard, and The Dukes) has been exploiting the CVE-2023-38831 vulnerability in…
US teenager pleads guilty to his role in credential stuffing attack on a betting site
US teenager Joseph Garrison pleads guilty to carrying out a credential stuffing attack on a betting website. US teenager Joseph Garrison (19) has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a credential stuffing campaign that targeted user accounts at a fantasy…
DarkCasino joins the list of APT groups exploiting WinRAR zero-day
The DarkCasino APT group leveraged a recently disclosed WinRAR zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38831. Researchers at cybersecurity firm NSFOCUS analyzed DarkCasino attack pattern exploiting the WinRAR zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-38831. The economically motivated APT group used specially crafted archives…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 446 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
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8Base ransomware operators use a new variant of the Phobos ransomware
8Base ransomware operators were observed using a variant of the Phobos ransomware in a recent wave of attacks. Cisco Talos researchers observed 8Base ransomware operators using a variant of the Phobos ransomware in recent attacks. Phobos variants are usually distributed by the SmokeLoader,…
Israeli man sentenced to 80 months in prison for providing hacker-for-hire services
An Israeli hacker has been sentenced to 80 months in prison in the US for his role in a massive spear-phishing campaign. Aviram Azari (52) was sentenced to 80 months in prison for computer intrusion, wire fraud, and aggravated identity…
Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine
Russia-linked cyberespionage group Gamaredon has been spotted propagating a worm called LitterDrifter via USB. Check Point researchers observed Russia-linked Gamaredon spreading the worm called LitterDrifter via USB in attacks against Ukraine. Gamaredon (aka Shuckworm, Actinium, Armageddon, Primitive Bear, UAC-0010, and Trident Ursa) has been active since 2014 and its activity…
The board of directors of OpenAI fired Sam Altman
OpenAI fired its CEO Sam Altman, and the Chief technology officer Mira Murati appointed interim CEO to lead the company. Sam Altman has been removed as CEO of OpenAI. The company announced that Mira Murati, the Chief Technology Officer, has…
Medusa ransomware gang claims the hack of Toyota Financial Services
Toyota Financial Services discloses unauthorized activity on systems after the Medusa ransomware gang claimed to have hacked the company. Toyota Financial Services confirmed the discovery of unauthorized activity on systems in a limited number of its locations. “Toyota Financial Services…
CISA adds Sophos Web Appliance bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
US CISA added three new vulnerabilities (tracked as CVE-2023-36584, CVE-2023-1671, and CVE-2023-2551) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added three new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Below is the list of the three…
A critical OS command injection flaw affects Fortinet FortiSIEM
Fortinet warns of a critical OS command injection vulnerability in FortiSIEM report server that could be exploited to execute arbitrary commands. Fortinet is warning customers of a critical OS command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-36553 (CVSS score 9.3), in FortiSIEM…
Zimbra zero-day exploited to steal government emails by four groups
Google TAG revealed that threat actors exploited a Zimbra Collaboration Suite zero-day (CVE-2023-37580) to steal emails from governments. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers revealed that a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-37580 (CVSS score: 6.1), in the Zimbra Collaboration email software was…
Vietnam Post exposes 1.2TB of data, including email addresses
Vietnam Post Corporation, a Vietnamese government-owned postal service, exposed security logs and employee email addresses to external cyber threats Vietnam Post Corporation, a Vietnamese government-owned postal service, left its security logs and employee email addresses accessible to outside cyber snoopers,…
Samsung suffered a new data breach
Samsung Electronics disclosed a data breach that exposed customer personal information to an unauthorized individual. Samsung Electronics suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of some of its customers to an unauthorized individual. The security breach was discovered…
FBI and CISA warn of attacks by Rhysida ransomware gang
The FBI and CISA warn of attacks carried out by the Rhysida ransomware group against organizations across multiple industry sectors. FBI and CISA published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn of Rhysida ransomware attacks against organizations across multiple industry…
Critical flaw fixed in SAP Business One product
Enterprise software giant SAP addressed a critical improper access control vulnerability in its Business One product. SAP November 2023 Security Patch Day includes three new and three updated security notes. The most severe “hot news” is an improper access control…
Law enforcement agencies dismantled the illegal botnet proxy service IPStorm
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) dismantled the infrastructure behind the illegal botnet proxy service IPStorm. The IPStorm botnet was first uncovered in May 2019 while targeting Windows systems, not experts from Intezer reported that the bot evolved to infect…
Gamblers’ data compromised after casino giant Strendus fails to set password
Mexican online casino Strendus has exposed sensitive user data, including home addresses and the amounts of money they spent on gambling. Strendus, one of the biggest online casinos in Mexico has exposed sensitive user data, including home addresses and the…