Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In a post on the Russian cybercrime forum XSS , an established cybercrook using the handle “ Boriselcin ” explained that Groove was little more than a pet project to screw with the media and security industry. “Manipulation of large information security companies and the media through a ransom blog,” he wrote.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Law enforcement warns that securely stored iPhones awaiting forensic examination are mysteriously rebooting, making them harder to unlock, reported 404 Media. 404 Media obtained the document from a mobile forensics source and verified it with another source. . ” reported 404 Media.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Google researchers reported that the vulnerability explained that the issue resides in a driver that provides hardware acceleration for media functions like JPEG decoding and image scaling. ” continues Google Project Zero.

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SecureList

JANUARY 18, 2023

The media routinely report incidents and leaks of data that end up publicly accessible on the dark web. Media blackmail: businesses to learn they were hacked from hackers’ public posts with a countdown to publication. These add up to 144 million annually. This sets a pace for businesses, which are forced to adapt.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2025

The vulnerability is a privilege escalation vulnerability that impacts the Core Media framework. The Apple Core Media framework supports multimedia tasks like playback, recording, and manipulation of audio and video on iOS and macOS devices. “A malicious application may be able to elevate privileges.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

During this time, many government agencies and consumer protection organizations come together to help educate consumers on how to keep their personal and financial information secure. They deceive you into divulging confidential information so they can steal your money. Document disposal Shred sensitive documents.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Some of the malicious apps were promoted through deceptive advertising on social media. “ SpyLoan apps exploit official app stores like Google Play, deceptive branding, and social media ads to appear credible. The researchers reported the apps to Google who notified the developers that their apps violate Google Play policies.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2024

“All information related to the cybercriminal has already been handed over to the authorities. Among them, it was possible to identify tax registration, email addresses, registered domains, IP addresses, social media accounts, telephone number and city. The man used of the same email and phrases across social media and forums.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

LightSpy can steal files from multiple popular applications like Telegram, QQ, and WeChat, as well as personal documents and media stored on the device. Destructive plugin: capable of deleting media files from the device PushMessage 1.0.0 Destructive plugin: capable of deleting media files from the device PushMessage 1.0.0

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 5, 2024

5, 2024, CyberNewswire — One Identity proudly announces it has been named a winner in the Hot Company: Privileged Access Management (PAM) category in the 12th annual Cyber Defense Awards by Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industrys leading information security magazine. Alisa Viejo, Calif.,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2025

. “New court documents reveal security cameras captured Bowie wandering around the hospital on August 6, where he tried to get into multiple offices until he stumbled upon two computers. ” reported the media outlet KOCO 5 News. One of those computers was for employees only.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Independent news outlet 404 Media also confirmed Krebs’s findings 404 Media in September 2024. In September, the popular cyber journalist Brian Krebs linked Mr. Moucka to crime-focused chat communities known as “The Com.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2025

In case a criminal obtains private information, such as IP addresses, phone numbers, and domiciles, it may be exploited to initiate fraudulent schemes, blackmail, or doxing operations. The lack of a robust verification process, combined with the trust placed in authorities, increases the risk to users’ digital security and privacy.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2024

The CEO of the Croatian Port, Duko Grabovac, told local media outlet Novi list that despite threats actors stole some data, the incident had no impact on the operations at the post. Grabovac pointed out that his organization will not pay the ransom requested by the ransomware gang.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2025

Its value stems from WhatsApp’s massive user base and the potential for covert access to private chats, media, and device-level control. There are no official reports about the spyware campaign, but media reports that threat actors may have used a specially crafted PDF file as bait.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2025

Processing an audio stream in a maliciously crafted media file may result in code execution. Below are the descriptions of the two vulnerabilities: CoreAudio (CVE-2025-31200) – The vulnerability is a memory corruption issue that was addressed with improved bounds checking.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Local media reported that the threat actors that call themselves “Waste” is responsible for the attack. .” The Bank of Uganda stated on Thursday it is relying on a police investigation into reports of offshore hackers stealing 62 billion shillings ($16.8M) from its accounts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2025

cybersecurity agency told media [ 1 , 2 ]. However the happy ending, CISA extended MITRE’s CVE program contract just before its expiration, ensuring uninterrupted vulnerability tracking for at least another 11 months. “The CVE Program is invaluable to cyber community and a priority of CISA,” the U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2025

The feature blocks chat exports, auto-media downloads, and the use of messages in AI features, ensuring conversations stay private and within the app. “When the setting is on, you can block others from exporting chats, auto-downloading media to their phone, and using messages for AI features. .”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Apple released iOS 18.0.1 update that addressed two vulnerabilities that exposed passwords and audio snippets to attackers. Apple released iOS 18.0.1 and iPadOS 18.0.1 updates to fix two vulnerabilities, respectively tracked as CVE-2024-44207 and CVE-2024-44204. The company addressed the vulnerability by improving checks.

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 21, 2022

Data that must remain private simply cannot be readable by unauthorized parties – and that rule applies both when the relevant information is at rest on an internal server, in the cloud, or on some backup media, as well as when it is in transit over any form of network or other means of communication.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 31, 2025

A critical business function, not just a checkbox "World Backup Day acts as a crucial reminder that data loss is inevitable, encouraging us to take proactive steps to protect our information," says Emilio Sepulveda , Manager of Information Security at Deepwatch. But in today's threat landscape, that's just the beginning.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

However, since the vulnerability has a high potential for criminal abuse, and millions of devices are affected, a media reach-out was made to inform system owners of the issue and to stress the point that immediate mitigative actions are required.” Official guidance from Synology can be found on their advisories page.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

All the company’s social media accounts haven’t been updated since 2023 at the latest. The BBC reports it tried several methods to reach the company but failed in this effort. London offices are closed, nobody answers the phone, and clients are no longer capable of accessing their online records.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

“In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Skip parsing frames of type UVC_VS_UNDEFINED in uvc_parse_format This can lead to out of bounds writes since frames of this type were not taken into account when calculating the size of the frames buffer in uvc_parse_streaming.”

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

We see a similar dynamic with social media platforms, where the “user” is not the customer at all but the product whose data is being bought and sold by these platforms. But the company never acted to fix it until the news media came calling. “The [employee] did not request a waiver or risk acceptance from the CISO.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The group used the chatbot to receive support in Android malware development and to create a scraper for the social media platform Instagram. OpenAI’s report also detailed the use of ChatGPT by another Iranian threat actor, tracked Storm-0817.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Some of these clusters specifically target Axentra media servers, Ruckus wireless routers and Zyxel VPN appliances. The experts identified five distinct login clusters (alogin, xlogin, axlogin, rlogin, and zylogin) associated with these botnet operators.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 19, 2020

Could someone responsible for information security please get in touch with me. The message went out as both a Twitter DM and Facebook message and both social media platforms were being actively used. So, do we blame the front-line social media person? Or have they simply not been trained to deal with incidents like this?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

CISA adds Windows and Qualcomm bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Three new Ivanti CSA zero-day actively exploited in attacks Ukrainian national pleads guilty in U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Texas bans DeepSeek and RedNote on government devices to block Chinese data-harvesting AI, citing security risks. Texas Governor Greg Abbott banned Chinese AI company DeepSeek and Chinese-owned social media apps Xiaohongshu (RedNote) and Lemon8 from all state-issued devices. Texas and other states banned TikTok on government devices.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2025

Below are the other flaws the company has fixed: January 2025 – CVE-2025-24085 – The vulnerability is a privilege escalation vulnerability that impacts the Core Media framework. Apples USB Restricted Mode is a security feature introduced in iOS 11.4.1 to protect devices from unauthorized access via the Lightning port.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The cybersecurity firm’s recommendations for malware victims are: Consult an expert : For thorough malware removal and system security, seek professional help if needed. Change passwords : After malware removal, update passwords for key accounts (email, banking, work, social media) and enable two-factor authentication.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

According to The Record Media , pro-Russian hacker groups behind the recent attacks on South Korea includes NoName057(16) , Z Pentest, and Alligator Black Hat. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, South Korea)

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2025

The financially-motivated group targeted organizations in the media, tourism, finance, insurance, manufacturing, energy, telecommunications, biotechnology and retail sectors. Hive0117 group has been active since February 2022, it is known for using DarkWatchman malware in phishing attacks across Russia, Belarus, Baltics and Kazakhstan.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2025

Sadeghipour reported the bug to Meta through the company bug bounty program and the social media giant immediately acknowledged the issue, and addressed it. He exploited the bug to execute commands on an internal company server, effectively taking control of it. ” reported TechCrunch.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2025

The malware covertly monetizes social media bandwidth via this mechanism. Teneo allows users to earn rewards ( Teneo Points ) by running Community Nodes that scrape public data from social platforms like Facebook, X, Reddit, and TikTok. These points can be converted to $TENEO tokens.

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