EncroChat Bust Leads to 6,558 Criminals’ Arrests and €900 Million Seizure

EncroChat Bust Leads to 6,558 Criminals’ Arrests and €900 Million Seizure

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Europol on Tuesday announced that the takedown of EncroChat in July 2020 led to 6,558 arrests worldwide and the seizure of €900 million in illicit criminal proceeds.
The law enforcement agency said that a subsequent joint investigation initiated by French and Dutch authorities intercepted and analyzed over 115 million conversations that took place over the encrypted messaging platform between no

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Europol on Tuesday announced that the takedown of EncroChat in July 2020 led to 6,558 arrests worldwide and the seizure of €900 million in illicit criminal proceeds.
The law enforcement agency said that a subsequent joint investigation initiated by French and Dutch authorities intercepted and analyzed over 115 million conversations that took place over the encrypted messaging platform between no

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/encrochat-bust-leads-to-6558-criminals.html

Anatsa Banking Trojan Targeting Users in US, UK, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Anatsa Banking Trojan Targeting Users in US, UK, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland,

A new Android malware campaign has been observed pushing the Anatsa banking trojan to target banking customers in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Austria, and Switzerland since the start of March 2023.
« The actors behind Anatsa aim to steal credentials used to authorize customers in mobile banking applications and perform Device-Takeover Fraud (DTO) to initiate fraudulent transactions, » ThreatFabric 

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A new Android malware campaign has been observed pushing the Anatsa banking trojan to target banking customers in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Austria, and Switzerland since the start of March 2023.
« The actors behind Anatsa aim to steal credentials used to authorize customers in mobile banking applications and perform Device-Takeover Fraud (DTO) to initiate fraudulent transactions, » ThreatFabric 

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/anatsa-banking-trojan-targeting-users.html

New Fortinet’s FortiNAC Vulnerability Exposes Networks to Code Execution Attacks

New Fortinet’s FortiNAC Vulnerability Exposes Networks to Code Execution Attacks

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Fortinet has rolled out updates to address a critical security vulnerability impacting its FortiNAC network access control solution that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Tracked as CVE-2023-33299, the flaw is rated 9.6 out of 10 for severity on the CVSS scoring system. It has been described as a case of Java untrusted object deserialization.
« A deserialization of untrusted data

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Fortinet has rolled out updates to address a critical security vulnerability impacting its FortiNAC network access control solution that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Tracked as CVE-2023-33299, the flaw is rated 9.6 out of 10 for severity on the CVSS scoring system. It has been described as a case of Java untrusted object deserialization.
« A deserialization of untrusted data

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/new-fortinets-fortinac-vulnerability.html

Researchers Find Way to Recover Cryptographic Keys by Analyzing LED Flickers

Researchers Find Way to Recover Cryptographic Keys by Analyzing LED Flickers,

In what’s an ingenious side-channel attack, a group of academics has found that it’s possible to recover secret keys from a device by analyzing video footage of its power LED.
« Cryptographic computations performed by the CPU change the power consumption of the device which affects the brightness of the device’s power LED, » researchers from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Cornell

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In what’s an ingenious side-channel attack, a group of academics has found that it’s possible to recover secret keys from a device by analyzing video footage of its power LED.
« Cryptographic computations performed by the CPU change the power consumption of the device which affects the brightness of the device’s power LED, » researchers from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Cornell

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/researchers-find-way-to-recover.html

Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange Falls Victim to JokerSpy macOS Backdoor Attack

Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange Falls Victim to JokerSpy macOS Backdoor Attack,

An unknown cryptocurrency exchange located in Japan was the target of a new attack earlier this month to deploy an Apple macOS backdoor called JokerSpy.
Elastic Security Labs, which is monitoring the intrusion set under the name REF9134, said the attack led to the installation of Swiftbelt, a Swift-based enumeration tool inspired by an open-source utility called SeatBelt.
JokerSky was first

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An unknown cryptocurrency exchange located in Japan was the target of a new attack earlier this month to deploy an Apple macOS backdoor called JokerSpy.
Elastic Security Labs, which is monitoring the intrusion set under the name REF9134, said the attack led to the installation of Swiftbelt, a Swift-based enumeration tool inspired by an open-source utility called SeatBelt.
JokerSky was first

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/japanese-cryptocurrency-exchange-falls.html

How Generative AI Can Dupe SaaS Authentication Protocols — And Effective Ways To Prevent Other Key AI Risks in SaaS

How Generative AI Can Dupe SaaS Authentication Protocols — And Effective Ways To Prevent Other Key AI Risks in SaaS,

Security and IT teams are routinely forced to adopt software before fully understanding the security risks. And AI tools are no exception.
Employees and business leaders alike are flocking to generative AI software and similar programs, often unaware of the major SaaS security vulnerabilities they’re introducing into the enterprise. A February 2023 generative AI survey of 1,000 executives 

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Security and IT teams are routinely forced to adopt software before fully understanding the security risks. And AI tools are no exception.
Employees and business leaders alike are flocking to generative AI software and similar programs, often unaware of the major SaaS security vulnerabilities they’re introducing into the enterprise. A February 2023 generative AI survey of 1,000 executives 

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/how-generative-ai-can-dupe-saas.html

Microsoft Warns of Widescale Credential Stealing Attacks by Russian Hackers

Microsoft Warns of Widescale Credential Stealing Attacks by Russian Hackers,

Microsoft has disclosed that it’s detected a spike in credential-stealing attacks conducted by the Russian state-affiliated hacker group known as Midnight Blizzard.
The intrusions, which made use of residential proxy services to obfuscate the source IP address of the attacks, target governments, IT service providers, NGOs, defense, and critical manufacturing sectors, the tech giant’s threat

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Microsoft has disclosed that it’s detected a spike in credential-stealing attacks conducted by the Russian state-affiliated hacker group known as Midnight Blizzard.
The intrusions, which made use of residential proxy services to obfuscate the source IP address of the attacks, target governments, IT service providers, NGOs, defense, and critical manufacturing sectors, the tech giant’s threat

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/microsoft-warns-of-widescale-credential.html

Chinese Hackers Using Never-Before-Seen Tactics for Critical Infrastructure Attacks

Chinese Hackers Using Never-Before-Seen Tactics for Critical Infrastructure Attacks,

The newly discovered Chinese nation-state actor known as Volt Typhoon has been observed to be active in the wild since at least mid-2020, with the hacking crew linked to never-before-seen tradecraft to retain remote access to targets of interest.
The findings come from CrowdStrike, which is tracking the adversary under the name Vanguard Panda.
« The adversary consistently employed ManageEngine

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The newly discovered Chinese nation-state actor known as Volt Typhoon has been observed to be active in the wild since at least mid-2020, with the hacking crew linked to never-before-seen tradecraft to retain remote access to targets of interest.
The findings come from CrowdStrike, which is tracking the adversary under the name Vanguard Panda.
« The adversary consistently employed ManageEngine

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/chinese-hackers-using-never-before-seen.html

U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Adds 6 Flaws to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Adds 6 Flaws to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog,

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added a batch of six flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.
This comprises three vulnerabilities that Apple patched this week (CVE-2023-32434, CVE-2023-32435, and CVE-2023-32439), two flaws in VMware (CVE-2023-20867 and CVE-2023-20887), and one shortcoming impacting Zyxel

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added a batch of six flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.
This comprises three vulnerabilities that Apple patched this week (CVE-2023-32434, CVE-2023-32435, and CVE-2023-32439), two flaws in VMware (CVE-2023-20867 and CVE-2023-20887), and one shortcoming impacting Zyxel

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/us-cybersecurity-agency-adds-6-flaws-to.html

Twitter Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for $120,000 Crypto Scam

Twitter Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for $120,000 Crypto Scam,

A U.K. citizen who took part in the massive July 2020 hack of Twitter has been sentenced to five years in prison in the U.S.
Joseph James O’Connor (aka PlugwalkJoe), 24, was awarded the sentence on Friday in the Southern District of New York, a little over a month after he pleaded guilty to the criminal schemes. He was arrested in Spain in July 2021.
The infamous Twitter breach allowed the

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A U.K. citizen who took part in the massive July 2020 hack of Twitter has been sentenced to five years in prison in the U.S.
Joseph James O’Connor (aka PlugwalkJoe), 24, was awarded the sentence on Friday in the Southern District of New York, a little over a month after he pleaded guilty to the criminal schemes. He was arrested in Spain in July 2021.
The infamous Twitter breach allowed the

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/twitter-hacker-sentenced-to-5-years-in.html