Uber data leaked, 48 DDoS-for-hire domains seized and Facebook posts phishing attack
Uber suffers data leak following a third-party vendor breach, Feds seize 48 domains linked to DDoS-for-hire services and Facebook posts used in phishing attack. Catch all this and more in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.
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1. Uber suffers data breach after attack on vendor, employee details leaked
Uber recently saw its employee info leak after a breach on a third-party vendor. The leaked information includes several archives thought to be source code related to MDM (mobile device management) platforms used by Uber and Uber Eats. The ride-sharing company shared that the leak resulted from a security breach of Teqtivity, a third-party vendor Uber uses for asset tracking and management services.
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2. Feds seize 48 DDoS-for-hire domains, charge six individuals
U.S. law enforcement agencies have taken down 48 domains used as a front for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks globally. One of those domains was used to conduct more than 30 million DDoS attacks. The website owners promoted themselves as “stressor” or “booter” services, i.e., to enable any paying and unskilled user to ‘boot’ a target off the web. Feds also charged six defendants for operating DDoS booter campaigns.
3. Phishing attack leverages Facebook posts to evade spam filters
Researchers have identified a new phishing campaign that leverages Facebook posts to evade email security. Emails sent to potential victims mention a copyright infringement issue on their Facebook posts, saying their account will be deleted if they don’t file an appeal within 48 hours. The link to appeal the account deletion is a real Facebook post but features a link to an external phishing site named after Facebook’s parent company Meta.
4. Microsoft warns about new Minecraft DDoS botnet
Microsoft has warned about a cross-platform botnet mainly designed to breach private Minecraft servers with DDoS attacks. Named MCCrash, the botnet has a unique spreading mechanism that allows it to transfer to Linux-based devices despite originating from malicious infections on Windows hosts. Russia has registered the most cases of the infection, and to some extent, it is also present in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Italy, Indonesia, Nigeria, India, Mexico, Columbia, Cameroon, Belarus and Ukraine.
5. 'MoneyMonger' loan scam campaign exploits open-source UI to sideload malware
Security researchers at Zimperium have discovered a loan scam campaign that uses the open-source UI software kit Flutter to deploy malicious apps. One app, dubbed MoneyMonger, is solely distributed via third-party app stores and targets Android handsets. Once installed, it prompts users to grant various permissions on the mobile endpoint to ensure they are eligible to receive the loan. This enables malicious actors to steal info from the endpoint, asking the victim to pay a certain sum to get their data back.
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In this Series
- Uber data leaked, 48 DDoS-for-hire domains seized and Facebook posts phishing attack
- 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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