CIA’s ex-programmer convicted of leaking classified hacking tools to WikiLeaks
Former worker for an elite software team within the CIA covertly collected tools used by the agency to combat terrorism and shared them with WikiLeaks.
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Threat actors use password recovery tool to infect industrial systems with Sality malware
Password “cracking” software was exploiting a known vulnerability in a DirectLogic PLC to extract the password.
North Korean hackers target small businesses with H0lyGh0st malware
The DEV-0530 group has been developing and using the H0lyGh0st ransomware since June 2021.
New phishing scam abuses PayPal’s known security measures
Sophisticated phishing kit targets PayPal users in order to steal all of their info.
Cyber security week in review: July 15, 2022
The cyber security world in brief: 10,000 organizations fell victims of a large-scale phishing campaign, hackers impersonate cybersecurity companies to distribute malware, and more.
10,000 organizations targeted in a large-scale AiTM phishing campaign
According to Microsoft, the attackers have been hijacking Office 365's authentication process.
Retbleed: New Spectre variant that affects AMD and Intel chips
Malware already presented on a compromised machine can exploit Retbleed to obtain sensitive data from the kernel memory.
Microsoft fixed zero-day vulnerability in Windows
Redmond fixed 84 vulnerabilities as part of July Patch Tuesday.
New HavanaCrypt ransomware poses as Google Software Update
HavanaCrypt doesn’t drop a ransom note on a target system, suggesting that the tool is still under development.
Cryptocurrency miners abusing GitHub Actions and Azure virtual machines
Researchers identified at least 1,000 repositories and over 550 code samples that abuse GHAs for cryptocurrency mining.
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