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New macOS 'KandyKorn' malware targets cryptocurrency engineers

A new macOS malware dubbed 'KandyKorn' has been spotted in a campaign attributed to the North Korean Lazarus hacking group, targeting blockchain engineers of a cryptocurrency exchange platform. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-macos-kandykorn-malware-targets-cryptocurrency-engineers/
Atlassian warns of exploit for Confluence data wiping bug, get patching

Atlassian warned admins that a public exploit is now available for a critical Confluence security flaw that can be used in data destruction attacks targeting Internet-exposed and unpatched instances. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/atlassian-warns-of-exploit-for-confluence-data-wiping-bug-get-patching/
Okta breach: 134 customers exposed in October support system hack

Okta says attackers who breached its customer support system last month gained access to files belonging to 134 customers, five of them later being targeted in session hijacking attacks with the help of stolen session tokens. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/okta-breach-134-customers-exposed-in-october-support-system-hack/
Google Play adds security audit badges for Android VPN apps

Google Play, Android's official app store, is now tagging VPN apps with an 'independent security reviews' badge if they conducted an independent security audit of their software and platform. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-play-adds-security-audit-badges-for-android-vpn-apps/
Cybercrime service bypasses Android security to install malware

A new dropper-as-a-service (DaaS) named 'SecuriDropper' has emerged, using a method that bypasses Android 13's 'Restricted Settings' to install malware on devices and grant them access to the Accessibility Services. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cybercrime-service-bypasses-android-security-to-install-malware/
QNAP warns of critical command injection flaws in QTS OS, apps

QNAP Systems published security advisories for two critical command injection vulnerabilities that impact multiple versions of the QTS operating system and applications on its network-attached storage (NAS) devices. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qnap-warns-of-critical-command-injection-flaws-in-qts-os-apps/
TellYouThePass ransomware joins Apache ActiveMQ RCE attacks

Internet-exposed Apache ActiveMQ servers are also targeted in TellYouThePass ransomware attacks targeting a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability previously exploited as a zero-day. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tellyouthepass-ransomware-joins-apache-activemq-rce-attacks/
US sanctions Russian who laundered money for Ryuk ransomware affiliate

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Russian national Ekaterina Zhdanova for laundering millions in cryptocurrency for various individuals, including ransomware actors. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-sanctions-russian-who-laundered-money-for-ryuk-ransomware-affiliate/
Microsoft will roll out MFA-enforcing policies for admin portal access

Microsoft will roll out Conditional Access policies requiring multifactor authentication from administrators when signing into Microsoft admin portals such as Microsoft Entra, Microsoft 365, Exchange, and Azure. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-will-roll-out-mfa-enforcing-policies-for-admin-portal-access/
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Hackers exploit Looney Tunables Linux bug, steal cloud creds

The operators of the Kinsing malware are targeting cloud environments with systems vulnerable to "Looney Tunables," a Linux security issue identified as CVE-2023-4911 that allows a local attacker to gain root privileges on the system. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-looney-tunables-linux-bug-steal-cloud-creds/