Researchers discovered three malicious packages that have been uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository by Lolip0p group. FortiGuard Labs researchers discovered three malicious PyPI packages (called ‘colorslib’, ‘httpslib’, and “libhttps”) on the PyPI repository that were uploaded by the…
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Managing Asset Risks During Healthcare M&As
How healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) can manage the IT asset risks during a healthcare M&A process. Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), you’ve probably heard the term before. An M&A is often associated with the “business world”; with industries such as finance,…
Avast researchers released a free BianLian ransomware decryptor for some variants of the malware
Antivirus firm Avast released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware family that allows victims to recover locked files. Security firm Avast has released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware to allow victims of the malware to recover locked files. The…
Experts spotted a backdoor that borrows code from CIA’s Hive malware
Netlab 360 observed unidentified threat actors using a new backdoor based on the US CIA’s Project Hive malware suite. Researchers from Qihoo Netlab 360 reported that unidentified threat actors using a new backdoor based on the US CIA’s Project Hive malware suite.…
T95 Android TV Box sold on Amazon hides sophisticated malware
Expert discovered that the T95 Android TV box, available for sale on Amazon and AliExpress, came with sophisticated pre-installed malware. Security researcher, Daniel Milisic, discovered that the T95 Android TV box he purchased on Amazon was infected with sophisticated pre-installed…
Europol arrested cryptocurrency scammers that stole millions from victims
An international police operation led by Europol led to the arrest of cryptocurrency scammers targeting users all over the world. An international law enforcement operation conducted by authorities from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany and Serbia, supported by Europol and Eurojust, has…
1.7 TB of data stolen from digital intelligence firm Cellebrite leaked online
1.7 TB of data stolen from Cellebrite, a digital intelligence company that provides tools for law enforcement, were leaked online. The Israeli mobile forensics firm Cellebrite is one of the leading companies in the world in the field of digital forensics, it…
Hacker stole credit cards from the website of Canada’s largest alcohol retailer LCBO
The Canadian Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), the largest beverage alcohol retailer in the country, disclosed Magecart attack. Canadian Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), the largest beverage alcohol retailer in the country, disclosed a Magecart attack on January…
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Most internet-exposed Cacti servers exposed to hacking
Most internet-exposed Cacti servers are vulnerable to the critical vulnerability CVE-2022-46169 which is actively exploited in the wild. Cacti is an open-source platform that provides a robust and extensible operational monitoring and fault management framework for users. Researchers from Censys…
French CNIL fined Tiktok $5.4 Million for violating cookie laws
French data protection watchdog fined short-form video hosting service TikTok €5 million for breaking cookie consent rules. The Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) has fined short-form video hosting service TikTok €5 million (about $5.4 million) for violating cookie consent rules.…
NortonLifeLock: threat actors breached Norton Password Manager accounts
Gen Digital, formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock, warns that hackers breached Norton Password Manager accounts. Gen Digital, formerly Symantec Corporation and NortonLifeLock, informed its customers that threat actors have breached Norton Password Manager accounts in credential-stuffing attacks. The company detected…
Pro-Russia group NoName057(16) targets Ukraine and NATO countries
A Pro-Russian group named NoName057(16) is targeting organizations in Ukraine and NATO countries with DDoS attacks. A Pro-Russian cybercrime group named NoName057(16) (aka 05716nnm or Nnm05716) is behind a wave of DDoS attacks against organizations in Ukraine and NATO countries,…
LockBit ransomware operation behind the Royal Mail cyberattack
The cyberattack on Royal Mail, Britain’s postal service, is a ransomware attack that was linked to the LockBit ransomware operation. Royal Mail, the British multinational postal service and courier company, this week announced that a “cyber incident” has a severe impact on its operation.…
Threat actors target govt networks exploiting Fortinet SSL-VPN CVE-2022-42475 bug
Recently patched Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN zero-day exploited in attacks against government organizations and government-related targets. Fortinet researchers reported that threat actors exploited the recently patched FortiOS SSL-VPN vulnerability (CVE-2022-42475) in attacks against government organizations and government-related targets. In December, the…
Critical bug in Cisco EoL Small Business Routers will receive no patch
Cisco warns of a critical flaw in small business RV016, RV042, RV042G, and RV082 routers, which have reached end of life (EoL). Cisco is warning of a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20025 (CVSS score of 9.0), that impacts small business RV016, RV042,…
Threat actors claim access to Telegram servers through insiders
Researchers reported that a threat actor claims to provide access to internal servers at Telegram for $20,000. SafetyDetectives reported that a member of a dark web marketplace is claiming to provide access to internal servers at Telegram for $20,000. The…
Threat actors actively exploit Control Web Panel RCE following PoC release
Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently patched critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Control Web Panel (CWP). Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-44877 (CVSS score: 9.8), in Control Web Panel (CWP). The…
Twitter: 200M dataset was not obtained through the exploitation of flaws in its systems
Twitter said that its investigation revealed that users’ data offered for sale online was not obtained from its systems. Twitter provided an update on its investigation launched after data of 200 Million users were offered for sale online. The company…
Social marketplace Trustanduse exposes nearly half a million users
Security loopholes on social marketplace website trustanduse.com exposed data of around 439,000 users including many businesses for at least six months. Disclosing personal data on platforms providing digital services is always risky. The Cybernews research team identified a publicly accessible…
Royal Mail is suffering service disruption due to a ‘cyber incident’
Royal Mail, Britain’s postal service, announced it has suffered a “cyber incident” that caused a “severe service disruption.” Royal Mail, the British multinational postal service and courier company, announced this week that a “cyber incident” has a severe impact on its operation. The incident…
Gootkit Loader campaign targets Australian Healthcare Industry
Threat actors are targeting organizations in the Australian healthcare sector with the Gootkit malware loader. Trend Micro researchers warn that Gootkit Loader is actively targeting the Australian healthcare industry. The experts analyzed a series of attacks and discovered that Gootkit…
US CISA adds MS Exchange bug CVE-2022-41080 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
US CISA added Microsoft Exchange elevation of privileges bug CVE-2022-41080 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The first issue, tracked as CVE-2022-41080, is a…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2023 fixed actively exploited zero-day
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for January 2023 fixed 97 flaws and an actively exploited zero-day. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for January 2023 addressed a total of 98 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components;…
StrongPity APT spreads backdoored Android Telegram app via fake Shagle site
The StrongPity APT group targeted Android users with a trojanized version of the Telegram app served through a website impersonating a video chat service called Shagle. ESET researchers reported that StrongPity APT group targeted Android users with a trojanized version of the Telegram…
Zoom Rooms was affected by four “high” severity vulnerabilities
Zoom addressed four “high” severity vulnerabilities impacting its popular videoconferencing software Zoom Rooms. Zoom addressed four “high” severity vulnerabilities impacting its videoconferencing platform Zoom Rooms. Below are the details for the bugs addressed by the company: CVE-2022-36930 (CVSS Score 8.2)…
Remote code execution bug discovered in the popular JsonWebToken library
The open-source jsonwebtoken (JWT) library is affected by a high-severity security flaw that could lead to remote code execution. The open-source JsonWebToken (JWT) library is affected by a high-severity security flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-23529 (CVSS score: 7.6), that could lead to remote…
Phishing campaign targets government institutions in Moldova
The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks since the country offered support to Ukraine. The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks, threat actors sent more than…
Kinsing malware targets Kubernetes environments via misconfigured PostgreSQL
Kinsing cryptojacking operators are exploiting misconfigured and exposed PostgreSQL servers to access Kubernetes environments. Researchers at Microsoft Defender for Cloud observed threat actors behind the Kinsing cryptojacking operation using two methods to gain initial access in Kubernetes environments: exploitation of weakly configured…
Airline company Air France-KLM discloses security breach
Airline company Air France-KLM is notifying the customers of its loyalty program Flying Blue of a data breach. Airline company Air France-KLM announced it has suffered a data breach, data belonging to customers of its loyalty program Flying Blue were…
Phishing campaign targets government institution in Moldova
The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks since the country offered support to Ukraine. The government institutions of Moldova have been hit by a wave of phishing attacks, threat actors sent more than…
Russia-linked Cold River APT targeted US nuclear research laboratories
Russia-linked Cold River APT targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States in 2022 summer, Reuters reported. Reuters reported that the Russia-linked APT group Cold River (aka Calisto) targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States between August…
inSicurezzaDigitale launches the Dashboard Ransomware Monitor
The cybersecurity blog inSicurezzaDigitale has launched the Italian Dashboard Ransomware Monitor to analyze the principal RaaSs’ activities. Here it comes, inSicurezzaDigitale announced the Dashboard Ransomware Monitor, it is the second project after the recent presentation of the project Mastodon. The…
Resecurity Released a Status Report on Drug Trafficking in the Dark Web (2022-2023)
Cybersecurity firm Resecurity published report on drug trafficking marketplaces currently operating in the Dark Web Resecurity, a Los Angeles-based cybersecurity and risk management provider has released an eye-opening report on drug trafficking marketplaces currently operating in the Dark Web. The…
Qualcomm Snapdragon flaws impact Lenovo, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Samsung devices
Tens of software vulnerabilities affected Qualcomm firmware and impacted the devices of Microsoft, Lenovo, and Samsung. Qualcomm January 2023 security bulletin addressed 22 software vulnerabilities in its Snapdragon suite. Some of the flaws were reported by the efiXplorer Team at…
Russian and Belarusian men charged with spying for Russian GRU
Polish authorities charged Russian and Belarusian individuals with spying for the Russian military intelligence service (GRU). Polish authorities charged Russian and Belarusian individuals, who were arrested in April, with spying for the Russian military intelligence service (GRU) from 2017 to…
Dridex targets MacOS users with a new delivery technique
Experts warn of a new variant of the Dridex banking malware that is targeting systems using the macOS operating system. Trend Micro experts discovered a new variant of the Dridex banking malware that targets the MacOS platform and that used…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 401 by Pierluigi Paganini
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Chick-fil-A launched an investigation into “suspicious activity”
American fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A informed its customers of having launched an investigation into “suspicious activity.” Chick-fil-A is an American fast food restaurant chain, it is the country’s largest which specializes in chicken sandwiches. The company informed its customers of…
IcedID malware campaign targets Zoom users
Cyber researchers warn of a modified Zoom app that was used by threat actors in a phishing campaign to deliver the IcedID Malware. Cyble researchers recently uncovered a phishing campaign targeting users of the popular video conferencing and online meeting platform Zoom…
Hive Ransomware gang leaked 550 GB stolen from Consulate Health Care
The Hive ransomware gang just leaked 550 GB of data stolen from the Consulate Health Care, including customer and employee PII data. Consulate Health Care is a leading provider of senior healthcare services, specializing in post-acute care. The Hive ransomware gang…
Saint Gheorghe Recovery Hospital in Romania suffered a ransomware attack
The Saint Gheorghe Recovery Hospital in Romania suffered a ransomware attack in December that is still impacting medical activity. The Saint Gheorghe Recovery Hospital in Botoşani, in northeastern Romania, was hit by a ransomware attack in December that is still…
Microsoft details techniques of Mac ransomware
Microsoft warns of different ransomware families (KeRanger, FileCoder, MacRansom, and EvilQuest) targeting Apple macOS systems. Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence team warns of four different ransomware families (KeRanger, FileCoder, MacRansom, and EvilQuest) that impact Apple macOS systems. The initial vector in…
Rackspace: Play Ransomware gang used a previously unknown exploit to access its Hosted Exchange email environment
Cloud services provider Rackspace confirmed that the recent data breach was the result of the Play Ransomware gang’s attack. Cloud services provider Rackspace announced this week that the recent data breach was the result of an attack conducted by the…
Bitdefender released a free decryptor for the MegaCortex ransomware
Antivirus firm Bitdefender released a decryptor for the MegaCortex ransomware allowing its victims to restore their data for free. Antivirus firm Bitdefender released a decryptor for the MegaCortex ransomware, which can allow victims of the group to restore their data…
Threat actors stole Slack private source code repositories
Enterprise collaboration platform Slack disclosed a data breach, hackers stole some of its private source code repositories. The enterprise collaboration platform Slack has announced to have suffered a security breach, threat actors have stolen some of its private source code…
How hackers might be exploiting ChatGPT
The popular AI chatbot ChatGPT might be used by threat actors to hack easily hack into target networks. Original post at https://cybernews.com/security/hackers-exploit-chatgpt/ Cybernews research team discovered that the AI-based chatbot ChatGPT – a recently launched platform that caught the online…
Zoho urges fixing a critical SQL Injection flaw in ManageEngine
Zoho is warning its customers of a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-47523, affecting multiple ManageEngine products. Zoho is urging its customers to address a critical SQL Injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-47523, that affects multiple ManageEngine products. “This security advisory is…
Irish Data Protection Commission fined Meta $414 Million
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta Platforms €390 million over data processing operations for the delivery of its services The Data Protection Commission (DPC) concluded two inquiries into the data processing operations of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (“Meta Ireland”)…
Data of 235 million Twitter users leaked online
A database containing email addresses of 235,000,000 Twitter users has been offered on a popular hacker forum. A data leak containing email addresses for 235 million Twitter users has been published on a popular hacker forum. Many experts have immediately…
Critical flaws found in Ferrari, Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, and other carmakers
BMW, Mercedes, Toyota, and other popular carmakers use vulnerable APIs that could have allowed attackers to perform malicious activities. Cybersecurity researcher Sam Curry and his colleagues discovered many vulnerabilities in the vehicles manufactured by tens of carmakers and services implemented…
Database of the Cricketsocial.com platform left open online
CyberNews reported that Cricketsocial.com, a social platform for the cricket community, exposed private customer data and admin credentials. Cricketsocial.com, is a social platform developed for the cricket community online. CyberNews discovered that a database used by the platform was left…
Fortinet fixed multiple command injection bugs in FortiADC and FortiTester
Fortinet addressed multiple vulnerabilities impacting its products and warned of a high-severity command injection flaw in FortiADC. Cybersecurity vendor Fortinet addressed several vulnerabilities impacting its products. The compaby also warned customers of a high-severity command injection flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-39947…
New shc Linux Malware used to deploy CoinMiner
Researchers discovered a new Linux malware developed with the shell script compiler (shc) that was used to deliver a cryptocurrency miner. The ASEC analysis team recently discovered that a Linux malware developed with shell script compiler (shc) that threat actors…
US. rail and locomotive company Wabtec hit with Lockbit ransomware
US. rail and locomotive company Wabtec Corporation disclosed a data breach after it was hit with Lockbit ransomware attack. Wabtec Corporation is an American company formed by the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) and MotivePower Industries Corporation in 1999. It manufactures products…
Synology fixes multiple critical vulnerabilities in its routers
Synology fixed several critical flaws in its routers, including flaws likely demonstrated at the Pwn2Own 2022 hacking contest. Taiwanese NAS maker Synology published two new critical advisories in December. The first advisory is related to the most severe vulnerability addressed by…
Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) shut down the mill after a ransomware attack
The Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) was hit with a ransomware attack that impacted its operations. The Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) announced to have suffered a ransomware attack late on December 27, 2022, which impacted its operation. Copper Mountain’s…
BitRAT campaign relies on stolen sensitive bank data as a lure
Experts warn of a new malware campaign using sensitive information stolen from a bank as a lure to spread the remote access trojan BitRAT. Qualys experts spotted a new malware campaign spreading a remote access trojan called BitRAT using sensitive information…
Does Volvo Cars suffer a new data breach?
A post published on a popular hacking forum claims Volvo Cars has suffered a new data breach, alleging stolen data available for sale. French cybersecurity Anis Haboubi yesterday first noticed that a threat actor was attempting to sell data allegedly…
Ransomware attacks hit 105 US local governments in 2022
In 2022, ransomware attacks targeted 105 state or municipal governments or agencies in the US, reads a report published by Emsisoft. According to the “The State of Ransomware in the US: Report and Statistics 2022” report published by Emsisoft, the…
SecurityAffairs Top 10 cybersecurity posts of 2022
These are the most-read cybersecurity articles that have been published by SecurtiyAffairs in 2022. 1 – Russia-linked actors may be behind an explosion at a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas Russian threat actors may be behind the explosion at…
PyTorch compromised to demonstrate dependency confusion attack on Python environments
Threat actors compromised the PyTorch Machine Learning Framework by adding a malicious dependency. The maintainers of the PyTorch package warn of a supply chain attack. Users who have installed PyTorch-nightly on Linux via pip between December 25, 2022 and December…
Pro-Russia cyberattacks aim at destabilizing Poland, security agency warns
Poland security agency warns pro-Russian hackers that are continuously targeting the state since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Poland has been a constant target of cyber attacks conducted by pro-Russian…
Google will pay $29.5M to settle two lawsuits over its location tracking practices
Google will pay $29.5 million to settle two different lawsuits in the US over its deceptive location tracking practices. Google decided to pay $29.5 million to settle two different lawsuits brought by the states of Indiana and Washington, D.C., over…
Lockbit apologized for the attack on the SickKids pediatric hospital and releases a free decryptor
The LockBit ransomware group formally apologized for the attack on the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and gave to the victim a decryptor for free. The LockBit ransomware gang formally apologized for the attack on the Hospital for Sick Children…
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Personal health information of 42M Americans leaked between 2016 and 2021
Crooks have had access to the medical records of 42 million Americans since 2016 as the number of hacks on healthcare organizations doubled. Medical records of 42 million Americans are being sold on the dark web since 2016, this information…
Malvertising campaign MasquerAds abuses Google Ads
Experts warn of a new Malvertising Campaign abusing Google Ads that targets users searching for popular software. Guardio Labs researchers uncovered a malvertising campaign, tracked as MasquerAds and attributed to a threat actor known as Vermux, that is abusing Google…