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DPRK hacking groups breach South Korean defense contractors

The National Police Agency in South Korea issued an urgent warning today about North Korean hacking groups targeting defense industry entities to steal valuable technology information. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dprk-hacking-groups-breach-south-korean-defense-contractors/
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US govt sanctions Iranians linked to government cyberattacks

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned four Iranian nationals for their involvement in cyberattacks against the U.S. government, defense contractors, and private companies. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-sanctions-iranians-linked-to-government-cyberattacks/
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CoralRaider attacks use CDN cache to push info-stealer malware

A threat actor has been using a content delivery network cache to store information-stealing malware in an ongoing campaign targeting systems U.S., the U.K., Germany, and Japan. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coralraider-attacks-use-cdn-cache-to-push-info-stealer-malware/
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Ring customers get $5.6 million in privacy breach settlement

The Federal Trade Commission is sending $5.6 million in refunds to Ring users whose private video feeds were accessed without consent by Amazon employees and contractors, or had their accounts and devices hacked because of insufficient security protections. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ring-customers-get-56-million-in-privacy-breach-settlement/
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ArcaneDoor hackers exploit Cisco zero-days to breach govt networks

​Cisco warned today that a state-backed hacking group has been exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) firewalls since November 2023 to breach government networks worldwide. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/arcanedoor-hackers-exploit-cisco-zero-days-to-breach-govt-networks/
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Maximum severity Flowmon bug has a public exploit, patch now

Proof-of-concept exploit code has been released for a top-severity security vulnerability in Progress Flowmon, a tool for monitoring network performance and visibility. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/maximum-severity-flowmon-bug-has-a-public-exploit-patch-now/
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US charges Samourai cryptomixer founders for laundering $100 million

Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for laundering more than $100 million from various criminal enterprises through Samourai, a cryptocurrency mixer service they ran for nearly a decade. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-charges-samourai-cryptomixer-founders-for-laundering-100-million/
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New Brokewell malware takes over Android devices, steals data

Security researchers have discovered a new Android banking trojan they named Brokewell that can capture every event on the device, from touches and information displayed to text input and the applications the user launches. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-brokewell-malware-takes-over-android-devices-steals-data/
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WP Automatic WordPress plugin hit by millions of SQL injection attacks

Hackers have started to target a critical severity vulnerability in the WP Automatic plugin for WordPress to create user accounts with administrative privileges and to plant backdoors for long-term access. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wp-automatic-wordpress-plugin-hit-by-millions-of-sql-injection-attacks/
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Over 1,400 CrushFTP servers vulnerable to actively exploited bug

​Over 1,400 CrushFTP servers exposed online were found vulnerable to attacks currently targeting a critical severity server-side template injection (SSTI) vulnerability previously exploited as a zero-day. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-1-400-crushftp-servers-vulnerable-to-actively-exploited-bug/
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Researchers sinkhole PlugX malware server with 2.5 million unique IPs

Researchers have sinkholed a command and control server for a variant of the PlugX malware and observed in six months more than 2.5 million connections from unique IP addresses. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researchers-sinkhole-plugx-malware-server-with-25-million-unique-ips/
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LA County Health Services: Patients' data exposed in phishing attack

The L.A. County's Department of Health Services, the second-largest public health care system in the United States, disclosed a data breach after patients' personal and health information was exposed in a data breach resulting from a recent phishing attack impacting over two dozen employees. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/la-county-health-services-patients-data-exposed-in-phishing-attack/
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FBI warns against using unlicensed crypto transfer services

The FBI has warned today that using unlicensed cryptocurrency transfer services can result in financial loss if these platforms are taken down by law enforcement. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-warns-against-using-unlicensed-crypto-transfer-services/
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Kaiser Permanente: Data breach may impact 13.4 million patients

Healthcare service provider Kaiser Permanente disclosed a data security incident that may impact 13.4 million people in the United States. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kaiser-permanente-data-breach-may-impact-134-million-patients/
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Fake job interviews target developers with new Python backdoor

A new campaign tracked as "Dev Popper" is targeting software developers with fake job interviews in an attempt to trick them into installing a Python remote access trojan (RAT). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-job-interviews-target-developers-with-new-python-backdoor/
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