Security Affairs newsletter Round 436 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

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US CISA added critical Apache RocketMQ flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Ragnar Locker gang leaks data stolen from the Israel’s Mayanei Hayeshua hospital

North Korea-linked threat actors target cybersecurity experts with a zero-day

Zero-day in Cisco ASA and FTD is actively exploited in ransomware attacks Nation-state actors exploit Fortinet FortiOS SSL-VPN and Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, CISA warns

Zero-days fixed by Apple were used to deliver NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware

Apple discloses 2 new actively exploited zero-day flaws in iPhones, Macs

A malvertising campaign is delivering a new version of the macOS Atomic Stealer

Two flaws in Apache SuperSet allow to remotely hack servers

Chinese cyberspies obtained Microsoft signing key from Windows crash dump due to a mistake

Google addressed an actively exploited zero-day in Android

A zero-day in Atlas VPN Linux Client leaks users’ IP address

MITRE and CISA release Caldera for OT attack emulation

ASUS routers are affected by three critical remote code execution flaws

Hackers stole $41M worth of crypto assets from crypto gambling firm Stake

Freecycle data breach impacted 7 Million users

Meta disrupted two influence campaigns from China and Russia

A massive DDoS attack took down the site of the German financial agency BaFin

X will collect biometric data from its premium users

“Smishing Triad” Targeted USPS and US Citizens for Data Theft

Publicly available Evil_MinIO exploit used in attacks on MinIO Storage Systems

University of Sydney suffered a security breach caused by a third-party service provider

Cybercrime will cost Germany $224 billion in 2023

PoC exploit code released for CVE-2023-34039 bug in VMware Aria Operations for Networks

LockBit ransomware gang hit the Commission des services electriques de Montréal (CSEM)

Cybercrime

“Smishing Triad” Targeted USPS And US Citizens For Data Theft   

Crypto gambling site Stake sees $41M withdrawn in confirmed hack

Cisco warns of VPN zero-day exploited by ransomware gangs

Massive DDoS attack on U.S. financial company thwarted by cyber firm  

Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach  

Russian infosec boss gets nine years for $100M insider-trading caper using stolen data

Pandora’s box is now open: the well-known Mirai trojan arrives in a new disguise to Android-based TV sets and TV boxes  

Malware

Mac users targeted in new malvertising campaign delivering Atomic Stealer  

NSO Group iPhone Zero-Click, Zero-Day Exploit Captured in the Wild   

CISA: Malware Analysis Report – Attack on Aeronautical Sector organization

Hacking

VMWARE Aria Operations for Networks  

New Attack Vector In The Cloud: Attackers caught exploiting Object Storage Services   

German financial agency site disrupted by DDoS attack since Friday

7 Million Users Possibly Impacted by Freecycle Data Breach        

From NTAuthCertificates to “Silver” Certificate   

Zero-Day Alert: Latest Android Patch Update Includes Fix for Newly Actively Exploited Flaw

Apache Superset Part II: RCE, Credential Harvesting and More  

Exposing RocketMQ CVE-2023-33246 Payloads  

Intelligence and Information Warfare

Raising Online Defenses Through Transparency and Collaboration  

Results of Major Technical Investigations for Storm-0558 Key Acquisition  

CNMF and Partners Illuminate Multiple Nation-State Exploitation Efforts  

Active North Korean campaign targeting security researchers  

Probe reveals DHS relies on fake social media accounts to investigate targets  

Potential New EvilNum Campaign  

The International Criminal Court Will Now Prosecute Cyberwar Crimes  

Cybersecurity

National Grid to set ‘honeypots’ to trap hackers – amid rising risk from digitisation  

Who’s Your Next Cyber Chief? Good Question  

ASUS routers vulnerable to critical remote code execution flaws

MITRE & CISA Release Open-Source MITRE Caldera™ Extension for Operational Technology   

How Quantum Computing Will Impact Cybersecurity

Apple discloses 2 new zero-days exploited to attack iPhones, Macs

A Brief History of the Internet’s Biggest BGP Incidents  

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Norway court rules against Facebook owner Meta in privacy case   

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Pierluigi Paganini

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