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Security Affairs newsletter Round 416 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Abandoned Eval PHP WordPress plugin abused to backdoor websites CISA adds MinIO, PaperCut, and Chrome bugs […]

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April 23, 2023
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American Bar Association (ABA) suffered a data breach,1.4 million members impacted

The American Bar Association (ABA) disclosed a data breach, threat actors gained access to older credentials for 1,466,000 members. The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students; it is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA has 166,000 members as of 2022. The attackers may have […]

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April 21, 2023
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Trigona Ransomware targets Microsoft SQL servers

Threat actors are hacking poorly secured and Interned-exposed Microsoft SQL servers to deploy the Trigona ransomware. Threat actors are hacking into poorly secured and public-facing Microsoft SQL servers to deploy Trigona ransomware. Trigona is a malware strain that was discovered in October 2022, and Palo Alto Unit 42 researchers reported similarities between Trigona and the […]

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April 20, 2023
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Russian national sentenced to time served for committing money laundering for the Ryuk ransomware operation

Russian national Denis Mihaqlovic Dubnikov has been sentenced to time served for committing money laundering for the Ryuk ransomware operation. Russian national Denis Dubnikov (30) has been sentenced to time served for committing money laundering for the Ryuk ransomware group. The man was also ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution.   On February 7, 2023, Dubnikov pleaded […]

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April 19, 2023
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Experts temporarily disrupted the RedLine Stealer operations

Security experts from ESET, have temporarily disrupted the operations of the RedLine Stealer with the help of GitHub. ESET researchers announced to have temporarily disrupted the operations of the RedLine Stealer with the help of GitHub. The two companies teamed up with Flare to curb the operations of the malware operators. The experts discovered that […]

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April 18, 2023
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The intricate relationships between the FIN7 group and members of the Conti ransomware gang

A new malware, dubbed Domino, developed by the FIN7 cybercrime group has been used by the now-defunct Conti ransomware gang. IBM Security X-Force researchers recently discovered a new malware family, called Domino, which was created by developers associated with the FIN7 cybercriminal group (tracked by X-Force as ITG14). FIN7 is a Russian criminal group (aka Carbanak) that has […]

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April 18, 2023
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New QBot campaign delivered hijacking business correspondence

Kaspersky researchers warn of a new QBot campaign leveraging hijacked business emails to deliver malware. In early April, Kaspersky experts observed a surge in attacks that QBot malware attacks (aka Qakbot, QuackBot, and Pinkslipbot). QBot has been active since 2008, it is used by threat actors for collecting browsing data and banking credentials, and other […]

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April 17, 2023
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Vice Society gang is using a custom PowerShell tool for data exfiltration

Vice Society ransomware operators have been spotted using a PowerShell tool to exfiltrate data from compromised networks. Palo Alto Unit 42 team identified observed the Vice Society ransomware gang exfiltrating data from a victim network using a custom-built Microsoft PowerShell (PS) script. Threat actors are using the PowerShell tool to evade software and/or human-based security detection mechanisms. PS scripting […]

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April 17, 2023
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