CrowdStrike Catastrophe, GTA6 Beta Scam, and FractalID Data Breach

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Security Digest for 6 August 2024: Podcast Requested Feedback: https://forms.gle/w2RB5DRzbbvu3ziS7 Notable News: Over 20,000 Ubiquiti Cameras and Routers are Vulnerable to Amplification Attacks and Privacy Risks - Check Point Blog BITS and Bytes: Analyzing BITSLOTH, a newly identified backdoor — Elastic Security Labs Panamorfi: A New Discord DDoS Campaign (aquasec.com) 4.6 Million Voter and Election Documents Exposed Online by Technology Contractor (vpnmentor.com) StormBamboo Compromises ISP to Abuse Insecure Software Update Mechanisms | Volexity Israeli hacker group takes responsibility for collapse of Wi-Fi in Ira - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com) TgRAT malware returns with a Linux variant (broadcom.com) Linux kernel impacted by new SLUBStick cross-cache attack (bleepingcomputer.com) Fighting Ursa Luring Targets With Car for Sale (paloaltonetworks.com) Keytronic reports losses of over $17 million after ransomware attack (bleepingcomputer.com) Justice Department sues TikTok for alleged violations of children’s privacy (therecord.media) Prevalent Patches: Critical Bitdefender Patch for GravityZone Update Server: CVE-2024-6980 Could Lead to SSRF Attacks - SOCRadar® Cyber Intelligence Inc. SonicWall Discovers Second Critical Apache OFBiz Zero-Day Vulnerability | SonicWall CISA Corner: CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog | CISA NVD - CVE-2018-0824 (nist.gov)

Security Digest for 2 August 2024: Podcast Requested Feedback: https://forms.gle/w2RB5DRzbbvu3ziS7 Notable News: Certificate Revocation Incident | DigiCert 1910322 - DigiCert: Random value in CNAME without underscore prefix (mozilla.org) DigiCert Status - DigiCert Revocation Incident (CNAME-Based Domain Validation) Azure status history | Microsoft Azure Unmasking the SMS Stealer: Targeting Several Countries with Deceptive Apps - Zimperium Zscaler ThreatLabz 2024 Ransomware Report I Threat Research Cost of a data breach 2024 | IBM OneDrive Pastejacking (trellix.com) Threat actor impersonates Google via fake ad for Authenticator | Malwarebytes BingoMod: The new android RAT that steals money and wipes data | Cleafy Labs Who Knew? Domain Hijacking is So Easy | Infoblox Ducks Now Sitting (DNS): Internet Infrastructure Insecurity - Eclypsium | Supply Chain Security for the Modern Enterprise Threat Actor Abuses Cloudflare Tunnels to Deliver RATs | Proofpoint US Ransomware Details | OneBlood Prevalent Patches: Security notices | Ubuntu Red Hat Product Errata - Red Hat Customer Portal CISA Corner: CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog | CISA CISA Releases Nine Industrial Control Systems Advisories | CISA CISA Names First Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer | CISA

Security Digest for 30 July 2024: Podcast Requested Feedback: https://forms.gle/w2RB5DRzbbvu3ziS7 Notable News: WhatsApp for Windows lets Python, PHP scripts execute with no warning (bleepingcomputer.com) PKfail: Untrusted Platform Keys Undermine Secure Boot on UEFI Ecosystem (binarly.io) SupplyChainAttacks/PKfail/ImpactedDevices.md at main · binarly-io/SupplyChainAttacks · GitHub Malicious Python Package Targets macOS Developers (checkmarx.com) SeleniumGreed Cryptomining Campaign Exploiting Grid Services | Wiz Blog Scammer Abuses Microsoft 365 Tenants, Relaying Through Proofpoint Servers to Deliver Spam Campaigns | Proofpoint US HealthEquity says data breach impacts 4.3 million people (bleepingcomputer.com) Two-Step Phishing Campaign Exploits Microsoft Office Forms (perception-point.io) Over 1 Million websites are at risk of sensitive information leakage (salt.security) TrustedSec | Specula - Turning Outlook Into a C2 With One Registry… Ransomware operators exploit ESXi hypervisor vulnerability for mass encryption | Microsoft Security Blog Support Content Notification - Support Portal - Broadcom support portal Prevalent Patches: Security Bulletin: NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier Series, Jetson Xavier NX, Jetson TX1, Jetson TX2 Series (including Jetson TX2 NX), and Jetson Nano (including Jetson Nano 2GB) - July 2024 | NVIDIA (custhelp.com) Apple security releases - Apple Support CISA Corner: NVD - CVE-2024-4879  (nist.gov) NVD - CVE-2024-5217 (nist.gov) NVD - CVE-2023-45249 (nist.gov) Siemens SICAM Products | CISA Positron Broadcast Signal Processor | CISA

Cybersecurity Digest for 26 July 2024 Today we discuss the following items: Notable News Crowdstrike Post Incident Report: Falcon Content Update Remediation and Guidance Hub | CrowdStrike Crowdstrike Phishing Campaigns: Malicious Inauthentic Falcon Crash Reporter Installer Distributed to German Entity (crowdstrike.com) Malware Distributed Using Falcon Sensor Update Phishing Lure | CrowdStrike Threat Actor Distributes Python-Based Info Stealer Using Fake Update (crowdstrike.com) Apparent CrowdStrike Threat Actor List Leak: Hacktivist Entity USDoD Claims to Have Leaked CrowdStrike’s Threat Actor List Meta Ousts 63,000 accounts linked to Sextortion : Combating Financial Sextortion Scams From Nigeria | Meta (fb.com) Darknet Diaries Episode related to the Sextortion Scams: The Pig Butcher – Darknet Diaries Rapid7 Malware Campaign using Fake W2: Malware Campaign Lures Users With Fake W2 Form | Rapid7 Blog GitHub Deleted and Private Repo Access: Anyone can Access Deleted and Private Repository Data on GitHub ◆ Truffle Security Co. GitHub Accounts Distributing Malware: Over 3,000 GitHub accounts used by malware distribution service (bleepingcomputer.com) Windows SmartScreen Flaw: Windows SmartScreen Flaw Enabling Data Theft in Major Stealer Attack (hackread.com)   Apt45 Shifts from Espionage to Ransomware: APT45: North Korea’s Digital Military Machine | Google Cloud Blog Related CISA Advisory: North Korea Cyber Group Conducts Global Espionage Campaign to Advance Regime’s Military and Nuclear Programs | CISA Prevalent Patches Google Chrome Fixes Vulnerabilities: Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop (googleblog.com) Docker Fixes Authentication Bypass: Docker Security Advisory: AuthZ Plugin Bypass Regression in Docker Engine | Docker Siemens Fixes Closes Backdoors: SSA-071402 (siemens.com) Progress Telerik Vulnerability: Insecure Deserialization Vulnerability - Telerik Report Server CISA Alert: BIND 9: ISC Releases Security Advisories for BIND 9 | CISA Related news: BIND DNS Server Vulnerability Lets Attackers Flood Server (cybersecuritynews.com)

Cybersecurity Digest for 24 July 2024 Today we discuss the following items: Crowdstrike Stealer: Threat Actor Uses Fake Recovery Manual to Deliver Unidentified Stealer (crowdstrike.com) ESET’s EvilVideo Discovery Cursed tapes: Exploiting the EvilVideo vulnerability on Telegram for Android (welivesecurity.com) TrendMicro’s Playransomware Targeting ESXi: New Play Ransomware Linux Variant Targets ESXi Shows Ties With Prolific Puma | Trend Micro (US) Magneto Credit Card Theft Malware: Attackers Abuse Swap File to Steal Credit Cards (sucuri.net) Vulnerable Ad Injecting Driver: HotPage: Story of a signed, vulnerable, ad-injecting driver (welivesecurity.com) BreachForums DataLeak Exposes Members: BreachForums v1 hacking forum data leak exposes members’ info (bleepingcomputer.com) KnowBe4 North Korean Insider: How a North Korean Fake IT Worker Tried to Infiltrate Us (knowbe4.com) Vishing Attacks: Whose Voice Is It Anyway? AI-Powered Voice Spoofing for Next-Gen Vishing Attacks | Google Cloud Blog Huntress AsyncRAT Blog: Fake Browser Updates Lead to BOINC Volunteer Computing Software | Huntress CISA KEV Additions: NVD - CVE-2024-39891 (nist.gov) NVD - CVE-2012-4792 (nist.gov) Music in order that it appears licensed via Artlist.io :  Lizard by Captain Qubz Feel The Air by Ikoliks

Cybersecurity Digest for 22 July 2024 Today we discuss the following items: Crowdstrike Issue: Falcon Content Update Remediation and Guidance Hub | CrowdStrike Helping our customers through the CrowdStrike outage - The Official Microsoft Blog New Recovery Tool to help with CrowdStrike issue impacting Windows endpoints - Microsoft Community Hub Threat Actors capitalizing on the CrowdStrike Incident: Falcon Sensor Issue Likely Used to Target CrowdStrike Customers Likely eCrime Actor Capitalizing on Falcon Sensor Issues | CrowdStrike Fake CrowdStrike fixes target companies with malware, data wipers (bleepingcomputer.com) GTA VI Fake Beta Pushing Malware Gamers Beware: There’s No Such Thing as ‘GTA VI Beta Version’ to Download from Sponsored Facebook Ads. It’s Malware! (bitdefender.com) MediSecure MediSecure cyber security incident (homeaffairs.gov.au) MediSecure – Media / Public Statement (wordpress.com) FractalID Data Breach Infostealer Infection Results in Data Breach of Blockchain Identity Platform, Fractal ID | InfoStealers Recorded Future Report: Security Challenges Rise as QR Code and AI-Generated Phishing Proliferate | Recorded Future

Cybersecurity Digest for 19 July 2024: Today we discuss:   Yet Another Chrome Vulnerability Dual Critical Cisco Vulnerabilities; Including A Max Severity Vulnerability Life360 Data Breach Ivanti EMM Vulnerability New Novel Email Vulnerabilites\ A Report on Fin7 SOC Radar’s Global Ransomware Report CISA Adds 3 new vulns to its KEV Articles Referenced in the Show in the order they appear: Yet Another Chrome Vulnerability Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop (googleblog.com) Dual Critical Cisco Vulnerabilities; Including A Max Severity Vulnerability Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Password Change Vulnerability Cisco Secure Email Gateway Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability Life360 Data Breach Over 400,000 Life360 user phone numbers leaked via unsecured API (bleepingcomputer.com) Ivanti EMM Vulnerability Security Advisory Ivanti Endpoint Manager for Mobile (EPMM) July 2024 New Novel Email Vulnerabilites 20 Million Trusted Domains Vulnerable to Email Hosting Exploits (darkreading.com) A Report on Fin7 FIN7 Reboot | Cybercrime Gang Enhances Ops with New EDR Bypasses and Automated Attacks - SentinelOne SOC Radar’s Global Ransomware report SOCRadar’s Global Ransomware Report 2024: Gain Insights Into Worldwide Ransomware Trends - SOCRadar® Cyber Intelligence Inc. CISA Adds 3 new vulns to its KEV NVD - CVE-2024-34102 (nist.gov) NVD - CVE-2024-28995 (nist.gov) NVD - CVE-2022-22948 (nist.gov)