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Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2023
Cybercriminals Evolve Antidetect Tooling for Mobile OS-Based Fraud

Resecurity identified the emergence of adversarial mobile Android-based Antidetect Tooling for Mobile OS-Based Fraud. Resecurity has identified the emergence of adversarial mobile Android-based tools (called “mobile anti-detects”), like Enclave and McFly, as a new frontier in fraud tradecraft evolution. These tools are used by criminals involved in online-banking theft to impersonate compromised account holders and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2023
RomCom RAT attackers target groups supporting NATO membership of Ukraine

Threat actors are targeting NATO and groups supporting Ukraine in a spear-phishing campaign distributing the RomCom RAT. On July 4, the BlackBerry Threat Research and Intelligence team uncovered a spear phishing campaign aimed at an organization supporting Ukraine abroad. The researchers discovered two lure documents submitted from an IP address in Hungary, both targeting upcoming NATO Summit guests who […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2023
A flaw in Revolut US payments resulted in the theft of $20 Million

A zero-day vulnerability in the Revolut payment systems allowed threat actors to steal more than $20 million in early 2022. In early 2022, threat actors exploited a zero-day flaw in Revolut payment systems to steal more than $20 million, reported the Financial Times quoting multiple unnamed sources. The issue resulted from differences between American and […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2023
France’s government is giving the police more surveillance power

The French government is going to grant law enforcement the power to spy on suspects through smartphones and other devices. French legislators are going to approve a justice reform bill that also gives more power to law enforcement, allowing them to spy on suspects through their smartphones and other electronic devices. According to the French […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2023
Two spyware sending data of more than 1.5M users to China were found in Google Play Store

Two apps on the Google Play Store with more than 1.5 million downloads have been discovered spying on users and sending data to China. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Pradeo discovered two malicious apps on Google Play hinding spyware and spying on up to 1.5 million users. Both applications are file management apps from the same […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 427 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Google addressed 3 actively exploited flaws in Android Iran-linked APT TA453 targets Windows and macOS systems […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2023
A man has been charged with a cyber attack on the Discovery Bay water treatment facility

A man from Tracy, California, has been charged with a computer attack on the Discovery Bay water treatment facility. Rambler Gallo (53), a man from Tracy (California) has been charged with intentionally causing damage to a computer after he allegedly breached the network of the Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility. The man targeted the water […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2023
Progress warns customers of a new critical flaw in MOVEit Transfer software

Progress released security patches for a new critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting its MOVEit Transfer software. Progress is informing customers of a new critical SQL injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-36934, in its MOVEit Transfer software. MOVEit Transfer software recently made the headlines due to the massive Clop ransomware hacking campaign exploiting a vulnerability in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2023
CISA and FBI warn of Truebot infecting US and Canada based organizations

CISA and the FBI warned today of a new Truebot variant employed in attacks against organizations in the United States and Canada. A new variant of the Truebot malware was used in attacks against organizations in the United States and Canada. Threat actors compromised target networks by exploiting a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2023
Cisco warns of a flaw in Nexus 9000 series switches that allows modifying encrypted traffic

Cisco warns of a high-severity vulnerability in Nexus 9000 series switches that can allow attackers to read or modify encrypted traffic. Cisco disclosed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20185 (CVSS Score 7.4), in the Cisco ACI Multi-Site CloudSec encryption feature of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in ACI mode. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can […]