CyberSecurity Updates

26 Jun

Pilot data of American Airlines and Southwest stolen in data breach

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

A cybersecurity incident at a third-party vendor has impacted the personal information of pilots of at least two US airlines, including American Airlines and Southwest Airlines.  Personal information, including name and social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, date of birth, Airman Certificate number, and other government-issued identification numbers were compromised, according to breach notifications from the airlines.  Breach at third-party vendor On May 3, both airlines were informed that their third-party vendor, pilotcredentials.com,…

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26 Jun

Blizzard Entertainment hit by DDoS attack

Attacks, Data Breaches

Video game comoany, Blizzard Entertainment, has been the vicitm of a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber attack. The DDoS attack was launched against the company on June 25, and caused a number of games that Blizzard hosts to go offline, including Diablo 4 and World of Warcraft. The disruption was noted by players across Blizzard’s titles, with some taking to Blizzard’s forums to post about the cyber attack. One user, who uses the screen name ‘Gibs’, made…

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23 Jun

What to know about the MoveIT hack – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Information

The US government has now announced a bounty of $10 million for intel linking the Cl0p ransomware gang to a foreign government The US government is now offering a $10 million reward for information linking the Cl0p ransomware gang or other threat actors targeting US critical infrastructure to a foreign government. This is after Cl0p (also known as Clop) exploited vulnerabilities in the MoveIT file transfer platform to steal data from and extort numerous organizations…

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23 Jun

Aussie PM says, “Shut down your phone every 24 hours for 5 mins” – but that’s not enough on its own

Information, Malware

by Paul Ducklin The Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has apparently advised people Down Under to turn off their mobile phones once a day, for the surprisingly precise period of five minutes, as a cybersecurity measure. UK newspaper The Guardian quotes the PM as saying: We all have a responsibility. Simple things, turn your phone off every night for five minutes. For people watching this, do that every 24 hours, do it while you’re brushing…

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23 Jun

Public exploit is now available for Cisco AnyConnect VPN client

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

An easy-to-use exploit was publicly released this week for a patched vulnerability that affects the widely used Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and Cisco Secure Client applications for Windows. Attackers could leverage the exploit to elevate their privileges on a victim’s system and take full control of it. Cisco Secure Client for Windows, previously known as Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client before version 5.0, is an application that integrates with multiple Cisco endpoint security and…

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23 Jun

NSA Issues Guidance on Mitigating BlackLotus Bootkit Infections

Information, News

The National Security Agency (NSA) has published technical mitigation guidance to help organizations harden systems against BlackLotus UEFI bootkit infections. The NSA’s recommendations provide a blueprint for defenders to protect systems from BlackLotus, a stealthy malware that emerged on underground forums in late 2022 with capabilities that include user access control (UAC) and secure boot bypass, unsigned driver loading, and prolonged persistence. To disable secure boot, the bootkit exploits a year-old vulnerability in Windows (CVE-2022-21894)…

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23 Jun

In Other News: Microsoft Win32 App Isolation,Tsunami Hits Linux Servers, ChatGPT Credentials Exposed on Dark Web

Information, News

SecurityWeek is publishing a weekly cybersecurity roundup that provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar. We provide a valuable summary of stories that may not warrant an entire article, but are nonetheless important for a comprehensive understanding of the cybersecurity landscape. Each week, we will curate and present a collection of noteworthy developments, ranging from the latest vulnerability discoveries and emerging attack techniques to significant policy changes and…

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23 Jun

CISA Tells US Agencies to Patch Exploited Roundcube, VMware Flaws

Information, News

The US government’s cybersecurity agency CISA on Thursday added another batch of security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog and urged federal agencies to patch these issues as a matter of urgency. The already exploited vulnerabilities affect users of the open-source Roundcube webmail server and VMware Aria Operations for Networks. Exploitation of the open-source mail server Roundcube flaws has been linked to Russian state-sponsored attacks against the Ukrainian government and other high-profile entities…

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23 Jun

Millions of GitHub repositories vulnerable to RepoJacking: Report

Data Breaches, Malware, Social Engineering

Millions of GitHub repositories are potentially vulnerable to RepoJacking, which allows attackers to carry out code execution on organizations’ internal environments or on their customers’ environments, according to research by AquaSec.  AquaSec analyzed a sample of 1.25 million GitHub repositories and found that about 2.95% were vulnerable to RepoJacking, including repositories belonging to companies such as Google and Lyft.  What is RepoJacking? On GitHub, organizations have usernames and repository names. In instances such as a…

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