26 FEBRUARY 2024 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

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Apple Unveils PQ3 Protocol - Post-Quantum Encryption for iMessage

                                                     LATEST CYBER HACKS 
 
 
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Insider Steals 80,000 Email Addresses From District Councils

A former council worker has been cautioned by police after admitting taking tens of thousands of residents’ emails from a database in order to promote a business, it has been revealed.
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Hack at Services Firm Hits 2.4 Million Eye Doctor Patients

An Arizona firm that provides administrative services to about a dozen ophthalmology practices in several states is notifying nearly 2.4 million patients of a November hacking incident that may have compromised its sensitive information.

                                                      VULNERABILITIES
 
 
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Multiple FreeImage Vulnerabilities Fixed in Ubuntu

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in FreeImage, an open-source support library for graphic image formats. These vulnerabilities, when left unaddressed, could potentially lead to denial of service attacks.
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New Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities Expose Android and Linux Devices to Hackers

Cybersecurity researchers have identified two authentication bypass flaws in open-source Wi-Fi software found in Android, Linux, and ChromeOS devices that could trick users into joining a malicious clone of a legitimate network or allow an attacker to join a trusted network without a password.
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Critical Flaws Found in ConnectWise ScreenConnect Software - Patch Now

ConnectWise has released software updates to address two security flaws in its ScreenConnect remote desktop and access software, including a critical bug that could enable remote code execution on affected systems.

                                     MALWARES
 
 
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Linux Malware ‘Migo’ Targets Redis for Cryptojacking Attacks

Security researchers have encountered a new cryptojacking campaign that uses a new piece of malware called Migo that targets Redis servers on Linux hosts.
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Assessing a KONNI-Backdoored Suspected Russian Consular Software Installer

Earlier this year, DCSO observed an intriguing malware sample first uploaded to VirusTotal in mid-January 2024 that we believe to be part of North Korea-linked activity targeting the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Lucifer' Botnet Turns Up the Heat on Apache Hadoop Servers

More than 3,000 unique attacks hitting Hadoop and Druid honeypots in just the past month indicate an attacker testing phase, portending fire and brimstone to come.

                               GENERAL NEWS
 
 
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Cybersecurity Tactics FinServ Institutions Can Bank On in 2024

The landscape of cybersecurity in financial services is undergoing a rapid transformation. Cybercriminals are exploiting advanced technologies and methodologies, making traditional security measures obsolete.
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Google is killing Gmail’s basic HTML view (but not Gmail) in 2024

You may be here because you heard Google is “sunsetting Gmail” this year, as a fast-spreading hoax online has it. The hoax purports to show an email from Google saying that “the journey of Gmail is coming to a close.