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FBI shares tactics of notorious Scattered Spider hacker collective

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released an advisory about the evasive threat actor tracked as Scattered Spider, a loosely knit hacking collective that now collaborates with the ALPHV/BlackCat Russian ransomware operation.. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-shares-tactics-of-notorious-scattered-spider-hacker-collective/
CISA warns of actively exploited Windows, Sophos, and Oracle bugs

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency has added to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV) three security issues that affect Microsoft devices, a Sophos product, and an enterprise solution from Oracle. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-actively-exploited-windows-sophos-and-oracle-bugs/
Google: Hackers exploited Zimbra zero-day in attacks on govt orgs

Hackers leveraged a medium-severity security issue now identified as CVE-2023-37580 since June 29, nearly a month before the vendor addressed it in version 8.8.15 Patch 41of the software on July 25. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-hackers-exploited-zimbra-zero-day-in-attacks-on-govt-orgs/
Exploit for CrushFTP RCE chain released, patch now

A proof-of-concept exploit was publicly released for a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the CrushFTP enterprise suite, allowing unauthenticated attackers to access files on the server, execute code, and obtain plain-text passwords. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/exploit-for-crushftp-rce-chain-released-patch-now/
FCC adopts new rules to protect consumers from SIM-swapping attacks

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revealed new rules to shield consumers from criminals who hijack their phone numbers in SIM swapping attacks and port-out fraud. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fcc-adopts-new-rules-to-protect-consumers-from-sim-swapping-attacks/
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Researchers extract RSA keys from SSH server signing errors

A team of academic researchers from universities in California and Massachusetts demonstrated that it's possible under certain conditions for passive network attackers to retrieve secret RSA keys from naturally occurring errors leading to failed SSH (secure shell) connection attempts. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researchers-extract-rsa-keys-from-ssh-server-signing-errors/
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Lumma Stealer malware now uses trigonometry to evade detection

The Lumma information-stealing malware is now using an interesting tactic to evade detection by security software - the measuring of mouse movements using trigonometry to determine if the malware is running on a real machine or an antivirus sandbox. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lumma-stealer-malware-now-uses-trigonometry-to-evade-detection/
Cybersecurity firm executive pleads guilty to hacking hospitals

The former chief operating officer of a cybersecurity company has pleaded guilty to hacking two hospitals, part of the Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC), in June 2021 to boost his company's business. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cybersecurity-firm-executive-pleads-guilty-to-hacking-hospitals/