Cybersecurity Weekly: Instagram phishing scam, hackers pose as journalists, QakBot banking trojan
An Instagram Help Center phishing scam is stealing credentials. Hackers pose as journalists to trick victims into installing malware. QakBot banking trojan returned with new tricks to steal money. All this, and more, in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.
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1. Instagram Help Center phishing scam stealing credentials
Cybercriminals are sending Instagram users seemingly legitimate messages from the social media company, with the aim of stealing their Instagram and email credentials. Researchers said the campaign has been targeting hundreds of celebrities, startup business owners and other entities with sizable followings on Instagram.
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2. Hackers pose as journalists to trick victims into installing malware
An Iranian cyberespionage group known for targeting government, defense technology, military and diplomacy sectors is now impersonating journalists to approach targets via LinkedIn. This is the first time the threat actor carried out a watering hole attack through LinkedIn, which also includes making phone calls to victims.
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3. QakBot banking trojan returned with new tricks to steal money
A notorious banking trojan aimed at stealing bank account credentials and other financial information is back with new tricks up its sleeve to target government, military and manufacturing sectors in the US and Europe. The latest wave of Qbot activity reportedly dovetailed with the return of Emotet.
4. Sendgrid under siege from hacked accounts
Email service provider Sendgrid is grappling with an unusually large number of customer accounts whose passwords have been cracked, sold to spammers and abused for sending phishing and email malware attacks. Sendgrid’s parent company is working on a plan to require multi-factor authentication for all of its customers.
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5. Hacker arrested for offering $1 million to company employee for planting malware
The FBI arrested a Russian hacker who recently traveled to the United States and offered a $1 million bribe to an employee of a company for his help in installing malware into the company's computer network. He also asked the employee to participate in developing tailored malware by sharing information about the company's infrastructure.
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6. APT hackers exploit Autodesk 3ds Max software for industrial espionage
Cybersecurity researchers discovered another instance of an espionage attack targeting an international company that had all the hallmarks of a carefully orchestrated campaign. The cybercriminal group infiltrated the company using a tainted and specially crafted plugin for Autodesk 3ds Max.
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7. Popular iOS SDK accused of spying on billions of users and committing ad fraud
A popular iOS software development kit is said to contain malicious code with the goal of perpetrating mobile ad-click fraud and capturing sensitive information. This code can collect URLs, device identifiers, IP Address, operating system versions and other user sensitive data from compromised apps to a remote logging server.
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8. CenturyLink routing issue led to outages on many internet services
A CenturyLink BGP routing mistake led to a ripple effect across the Internet that led to outages for numerous Internet-connected services such as Cloudflare, Amazon and many more. CenturyLink states that their Level3 CA3 data center is causing this outage and were able to fix the issue within a few hours.
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9. Slack pays $1,750 reward for a desktop hijack vulnerability
A researcher responsibly disclosed multiple vulnerabilities to Slack that allowed an attacker to hijack a user's computer, and they were only rewarded $1,750. Using these vulnerabilities, an attacker could simply upload a file and share with another Slack user or channel to trigger the exploit on a victim's Slack app.
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10. Emotet malware's new Red Dawn attachment is even more dangerous
After a five-month hiatus, the Emotet malware returned in July 2020 and began to spew massive amounts of malicious spam worldwide. These spam campaigns pretend to be invoices, shipping information, COVID-19 information, resumes, financial documents or scanned documents.
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In this Series
- Cybersecurity Weekly: Instagram phishing scam, hackers pose as journalists, QakBot banking trojan
- 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
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