Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Google released security updates to address a new actively exploited zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-5217, in the Chrome browser. Google on Wednesday released security updates to address a new actively exploited zero-day flaw in the Chrome browser which is tracked as CVE-2023-5217.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

However, the circumstance that the Citizen Lab researchers discovered the attack suggests that the threat actor may have used a zero-day exploit to deliver commercial spyware in highly targeted attacks. Such kinds of attacks often rely on zero-day exploits to target journalists, dissidents, and opposition politicians with spyware.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Google assigned a maximum score to a critical security flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-5129, in the libwebp image library for rendering images in the WebP format. Google assigned a new CVE identifier for a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-5129 (CVSS score 10,0), in the libwebp image library for rendering images in the WebP format.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Alarming details have emerged about the exploitation of two Zero-Day vulnerabilities to deploy NSO Group's Pegasus commercial spyware on iPhones. These vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-41064 and CVE-2023-41061 , were actively abused as part of a zero-click exploit chain, according to security researchers at The Citizen Lab.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2024

These are the Top 2023 Security Affairs cybersecurity stories … enjoy it. LOCKBIT RANSOMWARE GANG DEMANDED AN 80 MILLION RANSOM TO CDW The Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have hacked the technology services giant CDW and threatens to leak the stolen data. TWO SPYWARE SENDING DATA OF MORE THAN 1.5M

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2023

ESET reported Signal Plus Messenger to both Google Play and Samsung Galaxy Store on April 27, 2023. Google removed the tainted app on May 23 rd , 2023. The malware distributed by the nation-state actors is Android BadBazaar , which has been previously employed in attacks aimed at Uyghurs and other Turkic ethnic minorities.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

However, the circumstance that the Citizen Lab researchers discovered the attack suggests that the threat actor may have used a zero-day exploit to deliver commercial spyware in highly targeted attacks. Such kinds of attacks often rely on zero-day exploits to target journalists, dissidents, and opposition politicians with spyware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

that reboots locked devices Ymir ransomware, a new stealthy ransomware grow in the wild Amazon discloses employee data breach after May 2023 MOVEit attacks A new fileless variant of Remcos RAT observed in the wild A surge in Pro-Russia cyberattacks after decision to monitor North Korean Troops in Ukraine U.S.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 29, 2023

Stalkerware-type app LetMeSpy says it has been hacked, with the attacker taking user data with it. From the message posted to the login screen on the LetMeSpy website: On June 21, 2023, a security incident occurred involving obtaining unauthorized access to the data of website users.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2023

China-linked group APT41 was spotted using two previously undocumented Android spyware called WyrmSpy and DragonEgg China-linked APT group APT41 has been observed using two previously undocumented Android spyware called WyrmSpy and DragonEgg. Most recent samples of DraginEgg are dated April 2023. ” continues the report.

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SecureList

JANUARY 18, 2023

The threat landscape is constantly updated through new malware and spyware, advanced phishing methods, and new social engineering techniques. Last year, the cybersecurity of corporations and government agencies was more significant than ever before, and will become even more so in 2023. These add up to 144 million annually.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

CISA adds vulnerabilities in Apple devices exploited to install NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware on iPhones to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the security vulnerabilities chained in the zero-click iMessage exploit BLASTPASS to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

CISA has added nine flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, including bugs exploited by commercial spyware on mobile devices. The exploits were used to install commercial spyware and malicious apps on targets’ devices. CISA orders federal agencies to fix this flaw by April 20, 2023.

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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The Operation Triangulation spyware attacks targeting Apple iOS devices leveraged never-before-seen exploits that made it possible to even bypass pivotal hardware-based security protections erected by the company.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2023

An updated version of the Android remote access trojan GravityRAT can steal WhatsApp backup files and can delete files ESET researchers discovered an updated version of Android GravityRAT spyware that steals WhatsApp backup files and can delete files. The malware is distributed as the messaging apps BingeChat and Chatico.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Android Malware Detection Based on Behavioral-Level Features with Graph Convolutional Networks.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

CISA adds Microsoft Windows, Zyxel device flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for February 2025 ficed 2 actively exploited bugs Hacking Attackers exploit a new zero-day to hijack Fortinet firewalls Security OpenSSL patched high-severity flaw CVE-2024-12797 Progress Software fixed multiple high-severity (..)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2023

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered several exploit chains targeting Android, iOS, and Chrome to install commercial spyware. The exploit chains were used to install commercial spyware and malicious apps on targets’ devices. The experts pointed out that both campaigns were limited and highly targeted.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We polled our experts from the GReAT team and have gathered a small number of key insights about what APT actors are likely to focus on in 2023. In 2022, the GReAT team tracked several threat actors leveraging SilentBreak’s toolset as well as a commercial Android spyware we named MagicKarakurt. What we predicted in 2022.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion bug, tracked as CVE-2023-4762 , to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The experts reported that the exploit chain of the above flaws was delivered in two ways, one of them was exploiting CVE-2023-4762.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2024

Judge ordered NSO Group to hand over the Pegasus spyware code to WhatsApp Cybercrime BlackCat Ransomware Affiliate TTPs American Express credit cards EXPOSED in third-party vendor data breach – account numbers and names among details accessed in hack LockBit 3.0’S

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Mozilla rolled out security updates to address a critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-4863 , in Firefox and Thunderbird that has been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability CVE-2023-4863 was addressed with the release of Firefox 117.0.1, Firefox ESR 115.2.1, Firefox ESR 102.15.1, Thunderbird 102.15.1,

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Researchers devised an attack technique to extract ChatGPT training data Fortune-telling website WeMystic exposes 13M+ user records Expert warns of Turtle macOS ransomware US govt sanctioned North Korea-linked APT Kimsuky Black Basta Ransomware gang accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin ransom payments since early 2022 Apple addressed 2 new (..)

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SecureList

AUGUST 30, 2023

IT threat evolution in Q2 2023 IT threat evolution in Q2 2023. Non-mobile statistics IT threat evolution in Q2 2023. Quarterly figures According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q2 2023: A total of 5,704,599 mobile malware, adware, and riskware attacks were blocked. 16.79 +3.52 0 2 Trojan.AndroidOS.Boogr.gsh 8.39

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

Admin of the BreachForums hacking forum sentenced to 20 years supervised release Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard APT hacked Microsoft corporate emails VF Corp December data breach impacts 35 million customers China-linked APT UNC3886 exploits VMware zero-day since 2021 Ransomware attacks break records in 2023: the number of victims rose by 128% U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2024

Google addressed the issue in June 2023, the IT giant is aware of “limited, targeted exploitation.” “There are indications that CVE-2023-21237 may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” The issue is likely chained with other flaws in an exploit used by a commercial spyware vendor or a nation-state actor.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A look back on the year 2022 and what to expect in 2023. This report assesses how accurately we predicted the developments in the financial threats landscape in 2022 and ponder at what to expect in 2023. More cryptocurrency-related threats: fake hardware wallets, smart contract attacks, DeFi hacks, and more.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections Under Siege: Rapid7-Observed Exploitation of Cisco ASA SSL VPNs Why is.US Being Used to Phish So Many of Us?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Gov imposes visa restrictions on individuals misusing Commercial Spyware HPE is investigating claims of a new security breach Experts warn of a surge of attacks targeting Ivanti SSRF flaw How to hack the Airbus NAVBLUE Flysmart+ Manager Crooks stole $25.5

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2023

. “The proliferation and misuse of such commercial surveillance tools, including commercial spyware, pose distinct and growing security risks to the United States, facilitate repression, and enable human rights abuses. The attacks aimed at installing the surveillance spyware Predator, developed by the North Macedonian firm Cytrox.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2023

— Signal (@signalapp) October 16, 2023 The company also added that it has checked with the U.S. 2/ — Signal (@signalapp) October 16, 2023 Rumors circulated over the weekend about a zero-day flaw in the Signal platform that could be exploited to take over the target device.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In June, Kaspersky announced that after a six-month-long investigation, they completed the collection of all the components of the attack chain and the analysis of the spyware implant, tracked as TriangleDB. The spyware is directly deployed in memory, but if the victim reboots the device the malware doesn’t persist.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In mid-September, researchers from the Citizen Lab and Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that the three Apple zero-days (CVE-2023-41993, CVE-2023-41991, CVE-2023-41992) addressed in the same period were used as part of an exploit to install Cytrox Predator spyware.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Get tips and tricks Norway court rules against Facebook owner Meta in privacy case Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 436 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2023

CVE-2023-26083 CVE-2021-29256 CVE-2023-2136 The CVE-2023-26083 is an Arm Mali GPU kernel driver information disclosure vulnerability that the US CISA added to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog in April 2023. The flaw was reported by Clément Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group on 2023-04-12.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The police arrested Klimenka in Latvia on December 21, 2023, he was extradited to the U.S. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, commercial spyware ) and is currently being held in custody.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

Experts found new MOVEit Transfer SQL Injection flaws The University of Manchester suffered a cyber attack and suspects a data breach Russians charged with hacking Mt. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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