A stealthy APT group tracked as Gelsemium was observed targeting a Southeast Asian government between 2022 and 2023. Palo Alto Unit42 researchers an APT group tracked as Gelsemium targeting a Southeast Asian government. The experts tracked the cluster as CL-STA-0046,…
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Nigerian National pleads guilty to participating in a millionaire BEC scheme
A Nigerian national pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering through business email compromise (BEC). The Nigerian national Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo (29), who is residing in South Africa, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to…
New variant of BBTok Trojan targets users of +40 banks in LATAM
A new variant of a banking trojan, called BBTok, targets users of over 40 banks in Latin America, particularly Brazil and Mexico. Check Point researchers warn of a new variant of a banking trojan, called BBTok, that is targeting users of over…
Deadglyph, a very sophisticated and unknown backdoor targets the Middle East
Researchers discovered a previously undocumented sophisticated backdoor, named Deadglyph, used by the Stealth Falcon group for espionage in the Middle East ESET researchers discovered a very sophisticated and unknown backdoor, named Deadglyph, employed by the Stealth Falcon group for espionage…
Alphv group claims the hack of Clarion, a global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars
The Alphv ransomware group claims to have hacked Clarion, the global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars and other vehicles. The Alphv ransomware group added Clarion, the global manufacturer of audio and video equipment for cars and other vehicles, to…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 438 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. Government…
National Student Clearinghouse data breach impacted approximately 900 US schools
U.S. educational nonprofit organization National Student Clearinghouse disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 900 US schools. The National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that provides educational verification and reporting services to educational…
Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack
The Government of Bermuda believes that the recent cyberattack against its IT infrastructure was launched by Russian threat actors. This week a cyber attack hit the Government of Bermuda causing the interruption of internet/email and phone services. The attack impacted…
City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 million to mitigate the May Royal ransomware attack
The City of Dallas revealed that the Royal ransomware gang that hit the city system in May used a stolen account. In May 2023, a ransomware attack hit the IT systems at the City of Dallas, Texas. To prevent the…
Recently patched Apple and Chrome zero-days exploited to infect devices in Egypt with Predator spyware
Citizen Lab and Google’s TAG revealed that the three recently patched Apple zero-days were used to install Cytrox Predator spyware. Researchers from the Citizen Lab and Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that the three Apple zero-days addressed this week…
CISA adds Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
US CISA added the flaw CVE-2023-41179 in Trend Micro Apex and other security products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the high-severity flaw CVE-2023-41179 (CVSS score 7.2) affecting Trend Micro Apex One and Worry-Free Business Security…
Information of Air Canada employees exposed in recent cyberattack
Air Canada, the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada, announced that the personal information of some employees was exposed as a result of a recent cyberattack. Air Canada, the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada, announced that threat…
Sandman APT targets telcos with LuaDream backdoor
A previously undocumented APT dubbed Sandman targets telecommunication service providers in the Middle East, Western Europe, and South Asia. A joint research conducted by SentinelLabs and QGroup GmbH revealed that a previously undetected APT group, dubbed Sandman, is targeting telecommunication…
Experts warn of a 600X increase in P2Pinfect traffic
The experts warn of a surge in P2PInfect botnet activity since late August 2023, they are witnessing a 600x jump between September 12 and 19, 2023. In July 2023, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers discovered a new peer-to-peer (P2P) worm called P2PInfect that targets Redis…
Apple rolled out emergency updates to address 3 new actively exploited zero-day flaws
Apple released emergency security updates to address three new actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. Apple released emergency security updates to address three new zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-41993, CVE-2023-41991, CVE-2023-41992) that have been exploited in attacks in the wild. The three flaws were…
Ukrainian hackers are behind the Free Download Manager supply chain attack
The recently discovered Free Download Manager (FDM) supply chain attack, which distributed Linux malware, started back in 2020. The maintainers of Free Download Manager (FDM) confirmed that the recently discovered supply chain attack dates back to 2020. Recently, researchers from…
Space and defense tech maker Exail Technologies exposes database access
Exail Technologies, a high-tech manufacturer whose clients include the US Coast Guard, exposed sensitive company data that could’ve enabled attackers to access its databases. Exail, a French high-tech industrial group, left exposed a publicly accessible environment (.env) file with database…
Pro-Russia hacker group NoName launched a DDoS attack on Canadian airports causing severe disruptions
Pro-Russia hacker group NoName is suspected to have launched a cyberattack that caused border checkpoint outages at several Canadian airports. A massive DDoS cyber attack, likely carried out by Pro-Russia hacker group NoName, severely impacted operations at several Canadian airports…
Experts found critical flaws in Nagios XI network monitoring software
Researchers discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Nagios XI network and IT infrastructure monitoring and management solution. Researchers discovered four vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-40931, CVE-2023-40932, CVE-2023-40933, CVE-2023-40934) in the Nagios XI network and IT infrastructure monitoring solution that could lead to information disclosure…
The dark web drug marketplace PIILOPUOTI was dismantled by Finnish Customs
Finnish police announced the takedown of the dark web marketplace PIILOPUOTI which focuses on the sale of illegal narcotics. Finnish Customs announced the seizure of the dark web marketplace Piilopuoti as part of an international law enforcement operation. The dark…