Data Breach Today
AUGUST 27, 2023
'Whiffy Recon' Uses WiFi Access Points, Google API for Geolocation A backdoor Trojan known as SmokeLoader is deploying a customized WiFi scanning executable to triangulate the location of infected Windows devices. The malware, dubbed "Whiffy Recon," uses nearby WiFi access points as a data point for Google's geolocation API.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 27, 2023
The leak of the source code of the LockBit 3.0 ransomware builder in 2022 allowed threat actors to create new variants of the threat. Lockbit v3 , aka Lockbit Black , was detected in June 2022, but in September 2022 a builder for this variant was leaked online. The availability of the builder allowed anyone to create their own customized version of the ransomware.
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WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 27, 2023
The sabotage of more than 20 trains in Poland by apparent supporters of Russia was carried out with a simple “radio-stop” command anyone could broadcast with $30 in equipment.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 27, 2023
Cisco addressed three high-severity flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software that could cause denial-of-service (DoS) conditions. Cisco this week addressed multiple flaws in its products, including three high-severity flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software. An attacker can exploit these three issues to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Below is the list of flaws addressed by the vendor as part of the company’s semiannual FXOS and NX-OS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication on August 23
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WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 27, 2023
A ramshackle team of American scientists scrambled to decode the Nazi cipher before the time ran out. Luckily, they had a secret weapon.
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Troy Hunt
AUGUST 27, 2023
Somehow in this week's video, I forgot to talk about the single blog post I wrote this week! So here's the elevator pitch: Cloudflare's Turnstile is a bot-killing machine I've had enormous success with for the "API" (quoted because it's not meant to be consumed by others), behind the front page of HIBP. It's unintrusive, is super easy to implement and kills bots dead.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 27, 2023
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