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Security Affairs newsletter Round 498 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

CISA adds Palo Alto Networks Expedition bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Hackers target critical flaw CVE-2024-10914 in EOL D-Link NAS Devices China-linked threat actors compromised multiple telecos and spied on a limited number of U.S.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. The now-defunct and always phony cryptocurrency trading platform xtb-market[.]com,

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Privacy Roundup: Week 12 of Year 2025

Security Boulevard

but given the Salt Typhoon breach and the apparent lackluster security practices and culture at just about every American telecommunications company, this was too interesting to ignore. Cape is a mobile carrier startup claiming to provide a more secure and private service alternative to traditional telecommunications services.

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Voice Phishers Targeting Corporate VPNs

Krebs on Security

For now at least, they appear to be focusing primarily on companies in the financial, telecommunications and social media industries. Primarily, that includes any social media and email accounts, as well as associated financial instruments such as bank accounts and any cryptocurrencies.

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Social media influencers targeted by identity thieves

Malwarebytes

This comes in the form of get-rich-quick schemes, cryptocurrency related advice, stock investment, financial planning, or just about anything people can do to make money. And as an exit scam in which you make one big whopper and then disappear, that’s a very profitable strategy.

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Over 1 Billion Individual Data Leaked Due to Alleged Chinese Police Database Hacking

Hacker Combat

Weibo pleaded with everyone to exercise caution and avoid getting into potential phone scams. A renowned cryptocurrency exchange company said it had tightened its verification procedures to stop fraud schemes like using the stolen information to get into other people’s financial records.

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A Tumultuous Week for Federal Cybersecurity Efforts

Krebs on Security

The president fired all advisors from the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Safety Review Board, called for the creation of a strategic cryptocurrency reserve, and voided a Biden administration action that sought to reduce the risks that artificial intelligence poses to consumers, workers and national security.