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Meta fixes easily bypassed WhatsApp ‘View Once’ privacy feature
A privacy flaw in WhatsApp, an instant messenger with over 2 billion users worldwide, is being exploited by attackers to bypass the app's "View once" feature and view messages again. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/meta-fixes-easily-bypassed-whatsapp-view-once-privacy-feature/
How to defend against brute force and password spray attacks
While not very sophisticated, brute force password attacks pose a significant threat to an organization's security. Learn more from Specops Software about these types of attacks and how to defend against them. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-to-defend-against-brute-force-and-password-spray-attacks/
Sextortion scam now use your "cheating" spouse’s name as a lure
A new variant of the ongoing sextortion email scams is now targeting spouses, saying that their husband or wife is cheating on them, with links to the alleged proof. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sextortion-scam-now-use-your-cheating-spouses-name-as-a-lure/
Transport for London staff faces systems disruptions after cyberattack
Transport for London, the city's public transportation agency, revealed today that its staff has limited access to systems and email due to measures implemented in response to a Sunday cyberattack. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/transport-for-london-staff-faces-systems-disruptions-after-cyberattack/
Microsoft Office 2024 to disable ActiveX controls by default
After Office 2024 launches in October, Microsoft will disable ActiveX controls by default in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio client apps. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-office-2024-to-disable-activex-controls-by-default/
SonicWall SSLVPN access control flaw is now exploited in attacks
SonicWall is warning that a recently fixed access control flaw tracked as CVE-2024-40766 in SonicOS is now "potentially" exploited in attacks, urging admins to apply patches as soon as possible. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sonicwall-sslvpn-access-control-flaw-is-now-exploited-in-attacks/
Microsoft removes revenge porn from Bing search using new tool
Microsoft announced today that it has partnered with StopNCII to proactively remove harmful intimate images and videos from Bing using digital hashes people create from their sensitive media. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-removes-revenge-porn-from-bing-search-using-new-tool/
LiteSpeed Cache bug exposes 6 million WordPress sites to takeover attacks
Yet, another critical severity vulnerability has been discovered in LiteSpeed Cache, a caching plugin for speeding up user browsing in over 6 million WordPress sites. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/litespeed-cache-bug-exposes-6-million-wordpress-sites-to-takeover-attacks/
Veeam warns of critical RCE flaw in Backup & Replication software
Veeam has released security updates for several of its products as part of a single September 2024 security bulletin that addresses 18 high and critical severity flaws in Veeam Backup & Replication, Service Provider Console, and One. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/veeam-warns-of-critical-rce-flaw-in-backup-and-replication-software/
Planned Parenthood confirms cyberattack as RansomHub claims breach
Planned Parenthood has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack affecting its IT systems, forcing it to take parts of its infrastructure offline to contain the damage. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/planned-parenthood-confirms-cyberattack-as-ransomhub-claims-breach/
Red team tool ‘MacroPack’ abused in attacks to deploy Brute Ratel
The MacroPack framework, initially designed for Red Team exercises, is being abused by threat actors to deploy malicious payloads, including Havoc, Brute Ratel, and PhatomCore. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/red-team-tool-macropack-abused-in-attacks-to-deploy-brute-ratel/
Cisco fixes root escalation vulnerability with public exploit code
Cisco has fixed a command injection vulnerability in the Identity Services Engine (ISE) with public exploit code that lets attackers escalate privileges to root on vulnerable systems. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-fixes-root-escalation-vulnerability-with-public-exploit-code/
Cisco warns of backdoor admin account in Smart Licensing Utility
Cisco has removed a backdoor account in the Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) that can be used to log into unpatched systems with administrative privileges. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-warns-of-backdoor-admin-account-in-smart-licensing-utility/
Google backports fix for Pixel EoP flaw to other Android devices
Google has released the September 2024 Android security updates to fix 34 vulnerabilities, including CVE-2024-32896, an actively exploited elevation of privilege flaw that was previously fixed on Pixel devices. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-backports-fix-for-pixel-eop-flaw-to-other-android-devices/
Revival Hijack supply-chain attack threatens 22,000 PyPI packages
Threat actors are utilizing an attack called "Revival Hijack," where they register new PyPi projects using the names of previously deleted packages to conduct supply chain attacks. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/revival-hijack-supply-chain-attack-threatens-22-000-pypi-packages/
Payment gateway data breach affects 1.7 million credit card owners
Payment gateway provider Slim CD has disclosed a data breach that compromised credit card and personal data belonging to almost 1.7 million individuals. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/payment-gateway-data-breach-affects-17-million-credit-card-owners/
Progress LoadMaster vulnerable to 10/10 severity RCE flaw
Progress Software has issued an emergency fix for a maximum (10/10) severity vulnerability impacting its LoadMaster and LoadMaster Multi-Tenant (MT) Hypervisor products that allows attackers to remotely execute commands on the device. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/progress-loadmaster-vulnerable-to-10-10-severity-rce-flaw/
New RAMBO attack steals data using RAM in air-gapped computers
A novel side-channel attack dubbed "RAMBO" (Radiation of Air-gapped Memory Bus for Offense) generates electromagnetic radiation from a device's RAM to send data from air-gapped computers. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-rambo-attack-steals-data-using-ram-in-air-gapped-computers/
Car rental giant Avis discloses data breach impacting customers
American car rental giant Avis disclosed a data breach after attackers breached one of its business applications last month and stole customer personal information. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/car-rental-giant-avis-discloses-data-breach-impacting-customers/
SpyAgent Android malware steals your crypto recovery phrases from images
A new Android malware named SpyAgent uses optical character recognition (OCR) technology to steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases from screenshots stored on the mobile device. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spyagent-android-malware-steals-your-crypto-recovery-phrases-from-images/
Apache fixes critical OFBiz remote code execution vulnerability
Apache has fixed a critical security vulnerability in its open-source OFBiz (Open For Business) software, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable Linux and Windows servers. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apache-fixes-critical-ofbiz-remote-code-execution-vulnerability/
Russian military hackers linked to critical infrastructure attacks
The United States and its allies have linked a group of Russian hackers (tracked as Cadet Blizzard and Ember Bear) behind global critical infrastructure attacks to Unit 29155 of Russia's Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (also known as GRU). [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-and-allies-link-russian-military-hackers-behind-critical-infrastructure-attacks-to-gru-unit-29155/
Musician charged with $10M streaming royalties fraud using AI and bots
North Carolina musician Michael Smith was indicted for collecting over $10 million in royalty payments from Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music using AI-generated songs streamed by thousands of bots in a massive streaming fraud scheme. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/musician-charged-with-10m-streaming-royalties-fraud-using-ai-and-bots/
Fake OnlyFans cybercrime tool infects hackers with malware
Hackers are targeting other hackers with a fake OnlyFans tool that claims to help steal accounts but instead infects threat actors with the Lumma stealer information-stealing malware. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-onlyfans-cybercrime-tool-infects-hackers-with-malware/
Microchip Technology confirms data was stolen in cyberattack
American semiconductor supplier Microchip Technology Incorporated has confirmed that employee information was stolen from systems compromised in an August cyberattack, which was later claimed by the Play ransomware gang. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microchip-technology-confirms-data-was-stolen-in-cyberattack/
US cracks down on Russian disinformation before 2024 election
The FBI seized 32 web domains used by the Doppelgänger Russian-linked influence operation network in a disinformation campaign targeting the American public ahead of this year's presidential election. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-cracks-down-on-russian-disinformation-before-2024-election/
New Eucleak attack lets threat actors clone YubiKey FIDO keys
A new "EUCLEAK" flaw found in FIDO devices using the Infineon SLE78 security microcontroller, like Yubico's YubiKey 5 Series, allows attackers to extract Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) secret keys and clone the FIDO device. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-eucleak-attack-lets-threat-actors-clone-yubikey-fido-keys/
Hackers inject malicious JS in Cisco store to steal credit cards, credentials
Cisco's site for selling company-themed merchandise is currently offline and under maintenance due to hackers compromising it with JavaScript code that steals sensitive customer details provided at checkout. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-inject-malicious-js-in-cisco-store-to-steal-credit-cards-credentials/
Criminal IP Earns PCI DSS v4.0 Certification for Top-Level Security
AI Spera has achieved PCI DSS v4.0 certification for its threat intel search engine solution, Criminal IP. Learn more from the Criminal IP cyber threat intelligence search engine. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/criminal-ip-earns-pci-dss-v40-certification-for-top-level-security/
FTC: Over $110 million lost to Bitcoin ATM scams in 2023
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reported a massive increase in losses to Bitcoin ATM scams, nearly ten times the amount from 2020 and reaching over $110 million in 2023. [...]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ftc-americans-lost-over-110-million-to-bitcoin-atm-scams-in-2023/