8/22-25/2024

~ The Cyber Beat
The Iranians Who Hacked Trump’s Campaign Have Deep Expertise

Meta Exposes Iranian Hacker Group Targeting Global Political Figures on WhatsApp

When War Came to Their Country, They Built a Map

Kremlin Blames Widespread Website Disruptions on DDoS Attack; Digital Experts Disagree

Russia Calls for Restrictions on Surveillance Cameras, Dating Apps in Cities Under Attack From Ukraine

Chinese Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Cisco Switch Flaw to Gain System Control

Microsoft to Host CrowdStrike and Others to Discuss Windows Security Changes

Krebs: Local Networks Go Global When Domain Names Collide

AI Copilots Are Making Internal Breaches Easier and Costlier to Defend Against

Companies Prepare to Fight Quantum Hackers

U.S. Charges Karakurt Extortion Gang’s “Cold Case” Negotiator

Russian Laundering Millions for Lazarus Hackers Arrested in Argentina

Suspect in $14 Billion Cryptocurrency Pyramid Scheme Extradited to China

Telegram Messaging App CEO Durov Arrested in France

…Content Moderation Failures

A Bank Exec Stole $47 Million for a Crypto Scam, and Now He’s Going to Jail

Why Parents May Want to Start Locking a Child’s Credit at a Very Young Age

Company Fined $1m for Fake Joe Biden AI Calls

YouTube Launches AI Tool to Recover Hacked Accounts

Operating as a Legitimate Business, Greasy Opal’s CAPTCHA Solver Still Serving Cybercrime After 16 Years

University of California Santa Cruz Thought It Would Be a Good Idea to Do a Phishing Test With a Fake Ebola Scare

U.S. Oil Giant Halliburton Confirms Cyberattack Behind Systems Shutdown

Port of Seattle Says It Was Hit with Possible Cyberattack; Outage Affects Airport, Phone Systems

American Radio Relay League Confirms $1 Million Ransom Payment

Qilin Caught Red-Handed Stealing Credentials in Google Chrome

New Malware PG_MEM Targets PostgreSQL Databases for Crypto Mining

Cthulhu Stealer Malware Targets macOS With Deceptive Tactics

Hackers Now Use AppDomain Injection to Drop CobaltStrike Beacons

PEAKLIGHT Downloader Deployed in Attacks Targeting Windows with Malicious Movie Downloads

Hackers Steal Banking Creds from iOS, Android Users via PWA Apps

New Linux Malware ‘sedexp’ Hides Credit Card Skimmers Using Udev Rules

Novel Android Malware Steals Card NFC Data For ATM Withdrawals

Backdoor in Mifare Smart Cards Could Open Doors Around the World

Hackers Are Exploiting Critical Bug in LiteSpeed Cache Plugin

Security Flaws in UK Political Party Donation Platforms Exposed

New ‘ALBeast’ Vulnerability Exposes Weakness in AWS Application Load Balancer

Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability Found in SolarWinds Web Help Desk

Georgia Tech Sued Over Cybersecurity Violations, DOJ Joins In

Audit Finds Notable Security Gaps in FBI’s Storage Media Management

Hack on North Miami Tests Ransom Payment Bans

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