Cybersecurity Weekly: Geico data breach, SonicWall under attack, Twitter email
A Geico data breach exposed customers' driver's license numbers. Zero-day flaws in the SonicWall email security tool are under attack. Twitter accidentally sends suspicious emails asking to confirm accounts. All this, and more, in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.
1. Geico data breach exposed customers' driver's license numbers
Geico suffered a data breach where threat actors stole the driver’s licenses for policyholders for over a month. Geico states that the threat actors utilized customer information obtained elsewhere to pull up the info on policyholders but did not indicate what information was required to access the online sales portal.
2. Zero-day flaws in SonicWall email security tool under attack
SonicWall deployed patches for three zero-day vulnerabilities in its email security tools and reports at least one known instance in which these flaws were exploited in an active attack. The vulnerabilities exist in SonicWall’s hosted and on-premises Email Security products.
3. Twitter accidentally sends suspicious emails asking to confirm accounts
Late last week, Twitter accidentally sent emails asking users to confirm their accounts, which looked suspiciously like a phishing attack. These emails used the subject Confirm your Twitter account and included a button labeled Confirm Now. Even though the links in the emails all looked legitimate, researchers immediately became suspicious of a phishing attack.
4. Prometei botnet exploiting unpatched Microsoft Exchange servers
Attackers are exploiting the ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange Server flaws to co-opt vulnerable machines to a cryptocurrency botnet named Prometei. Prometei exploits the recently disclosed Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities associated with the HAFNIUM attacks to penetrate the network for malware deployment, credential harvesting and more.
5. Hackers exploit VPN to deploy SUPERNOVA malware on SolarWinds Orion
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency disclosed details of a new advanced persistent threat that's leveraging the Supernova backdoor to compromise SolarWinds Orion installations. After gaining access to the network through a connection to a Pulse Secure VPN device, the threat actor can masquerade as a legitimate teleworking employee.
6. Researchers find additional infrastructure used by SolarWinds hackers
New research published last week shows that the threat actor behind the SolarWinds breach carefully planned each stage of the operation to avoid creating the type of patterns that make tracking them simple, thus deliberately making forensic analysis difficult. Researchers identified 18 additional servers that likely communicated with the target.
7. Cybercriminals using Telegram Messenger to control ToxicEye malware
Threat actors are increasingly abusing Telegram as a command-and-control system to distribute malware to organizations that could then be used to capture sensitive information from targeted systems. Even when Telegram is not installed or being used, the system allows hackers to send malicious commands and operations remotely via the instant messaging app.
8. AirDrop bug could leak personal info to anyone nearby
New research uncovered privacy weaknesses in Apple's wireless file-sharing protocol that could result in the exposure of a user's contact information such as email addresses and phone numbers. All the attacker needs is a Wi-Fi-capable device and physical proximity to a target that initiates the discovery process by opening the sharing pane on an iOS or macOS device.
9. WhatsApp Pink malware spreads via group chat messages
WhatsApp Pink is a fake app that was first discovered this week, it poses as a pink themed version of the legitimate app. The tainted app includes malicious code that allows attackers to fully compromise a device. Most of the infections were reported by WhatsApp users in India.
10. Lazarus Group uses new tactic to evade detection
An advanced persistent threat actor is employing a new technique to deliver malware while evading security tools. Lazarus Group is an active and sophisticated group known for attacking targets around the world, and recently expanded its primary mission beyond monetary theft to include stealing defense secrets.
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In this Series
- Cybersecurity Weekly: Geico data breach, SonicWall under attack, Twitter email
- Canada Flipper Zero ban and new RustDoor macOS malware
- AnyDesk hack and iPhone patched kernel flaw
- Tesla Pwn2Own hacks and iOS push alerts abuse
- TeamViewer breach and Atlassian Jira outage
- Moscow ISP revenge hack and Microsoft Sharepoint bug warning
- X verified accounts hack and SpectralBlur macOS malware
- CISA default password alert and SOHO KV-botnet campaign
- New 5G modem flaws and Apple’s data breach report
- Staples cyberattack, Agent Racoon backdoor and other news
- British Library ransomware attack, Windows fingerprint authentication bypass
- Samsung UK data breach and ransomware actor’s SEC complaint
- ICBC ransomware attack and ChatGPT outage
- Boeing Lockbit ransomware attack, Apple’s vulnerability and WhatsApp mods spyware
- Octo Tempest hacking group and new iLeakage attack
- Okta support system breach and Google Ads fake KeePass campaign
- Skype DarkGate malware, Shadow PC breach and AvosLocker ransomware warning
- 23andMe data theft, MGM’s $100M ransomware loss and the Azure VM breach
- Malicious Bing Chat ads and FBI’s dual ransomware warning
- T-Mobile app glitch and fake Booking.com pages
- Airbus data leak, Cisco Webex ad malware and €345 million TikTok fine
- New Apple iMessage exploit and CISA’s Apache RocketMQ warning
- Forever 21 data breach and Android BadBazaar espionage
- Duolingo data leak and the Met Police IT hack
- Discord.io data breach and Ivanti Avalanche vulnerabilities
- UK Electoral Commission hack and Microsoft’s role in China email breach
- Salesforce email zero-day exploit and Microsoft Power Platform criticism
- Airlines disclose pilot data breach and the Microsoft Teams bug
- GravityRAT Android Trojan and new MOVEit Transfer flaw
- University of Manchester hack and Honda API flaws
- MOVEit zero-day exploit and the U.S. iPhone hack accusation
- Daam Android virus and Barracuda zero-day flaw
- TP-Link router exploit and 18-year-old charged with hacking DraftKings accounts
- Discord support hack and Toyota location data leak
- Twitter private tweets bug and Cisco phone router vulnerabilities
- Cisco XSS zero-day flaw and PaperCut vulnerabilities
- 3CX hackers hit critical infrastructure and secondhand routers cause security concerns
- Hyundai data breach and Microsoft’s warning to accountants
- Western Digital cloud breach and the MSI ransomware hack
- TMX loan data breach, Italy bans ChatGPT and WordPress Elementor Pro exploit
- ChatGPT data leak and Gmail message theft by North Korean hackers
- U.S. federal agency hack and the return of FakeCalls Android malware
- Massive AT&T data breach and fake jobs targeting security researchers
- U.S. Marshals service breach and TPM 2.0 security flaws
- Dangerous ChatGPT apps and food giant Dole ransomware attack
- GoDaddy malware installations, record-breaking DDoS attack and the new WhiskerSpy malware
- Reddit’s employees phished, healthcare firms targeted and the new Screenshotter malware
- JD Sports data breached, VMware ESXi servers attacked and the HeadCrab malware
- Yandex source code leaked, 4500+ WordPress sites hacked and the new SwiftSlicer malware
- PayPal accounts breached, Fortinet VPN flaw exploited, and the new Hook malware
- Twitter users’ emails leaked, ChatGPT used to write malware and Slack’s repository breach
- Reduce security events
- Reinforce cyber secure behaviors
- Strengthen cybersecurity culture at your organization
