Cybersecurity Weekly: Puerto Rico loses millions, Paypal phishing scam, new Emotet Wi-Fi spreading function
The Puerto Rico government was hit by a $2.6 million phishing scam. An active PayPal phishing scam targets SSNs and passport photos. The Emotet malware now hacks nearby Wi-Fi networks to infect new victims. All this, and more, in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.
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1. Puerto Rico government hit by $2.6 million phishing scam
A phishing attack scammed a Puerto Rico government agency out of more than $2.6 million. They received an email requesting changes to a bank account tied to remittance payments. A payment was sent to the fraudulent account on January 17, and is still under investigation by government authorities.
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2. Active PayPal phishing scam targets SSNs, passport photos
A recently reported phishing campaign asks PayPal users for a complete spectrum of personal data, including social security numbers and photos of their passports. The campaign starts with a phishing email claiming the recipient’s account was accessed from a new device, requiring an identity confirmation.
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3. Amex, Chase fraud-protection emails used as phishing lure
A new phishing campaign pretends to be fraud-protection emails from American Express and Chase. The fraudulent emails ask recipients to confirm if the listed credit card transactions are legitimate. Upon clicking No, the victims are directed to a fake login page that steals their banking credentials.
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4. FTC warns of ongoing scams using Coronavirus bait
“Scammers are taking advantage of fears surrounding the Coronavirus,” the FTC says. “They’re setting up websites to sell bogus products, and using fake emails, texts and social media posts as a ruse to take your money and get your personal information.” Multiple active Coronavirus phishing campaigns have already been spotted in the wild.
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5. Dell SupportAssist flaw exposes computers to hack
Dell recently released a security update to address a vulnerability in its SupportAssist client software. The flaw is exploitable by local attackers to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges on affected systems. The SupportAssist software is pre-installed on most new Dell computers running Windows.
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6. Voting app vulnerable to remote takeover
Security researchers found key flaws in a mobile voting app that some states plan to use in the 2020 primary and general elections. Vulnerabilities in the app allow bad actors to alter or cancel someone’s vote or expose their private information.
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7. Facebook’s official Twitter and Instagram accounts hacked by OurMine
Last week, the popular hacking group OurMine hacked the Twitter and Instagram accounts for Facebook and Messenger. The notorious hacking group previously hacked accounts and systems of prominent experts and organizations over the years, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Pinterest, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.
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8. Emotet malware now hacks nearby Wi-Fi networks to infect new victims
The notorious trojan Emotet found a new attack vector. It now uses infected devices to identify new victims connected to nearby Wi-Fi networks. The Wi-Fi spreader module has a timestamp of April 16, 2018, indicating the spreading behavior was running unnoticed for almost two years until it was detected for the first time last month.
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9. Google removes Dashlane password manager from Chrome Web Store
Google removed the Dashlane password manager extension from the Chrome Web Store due to issues with user data privacy and permissions. The extension uses a very broad permission set that allows the extension to read and change data on websites, control private settings and communicate with native apps on the computer.
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10. 440 million records found in unprotected database belonging to Estée Lauder
A security expert discovered the cosmetic firm Estée Lauder exposed 440 million online records in an unsecured database. After the firm was made aware of the misconfiguration, the database was rapidly secured. No payment data or sensitive employee information was stored in the archive, but employee and user email addresses were present.
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In this Series
- Cybersecurity Weekly: Puerto Rico loses millions, Paypal phishing scam, new Emotet Wi-Fi spreading function
- 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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