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250+ U.S. news sites spotted spreading FakeUpdates malware in a supply-chain attack

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Threat actors compromised a media company to deliver FakeUpdates malware through the websites of hundreds of newspapers in the US. Researchers at Proofpoint Threat Research observed threat actor TA569 intermittently injecting malicious code on a media company that serves many major news outlets.

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Report: ATM Skimmer Gang Had Protection from Mexican Attorney General’s Office

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In 2018, 44-year-old Romanian national Sorinel Constantin Marcu was found shot dead in his car in Mexico. The defendants in that case — nearly all of whom are Romanians living in the United States and Mexico — included Florian Claudio Martin , described by Romanian newspapers as “the brother of Rechinu,” a.k.a.

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Major Australian ports blocked after a cyber attack on DP World

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National Cyber Security Coordinator (@AUCyberSecCoord) November 12, 2023 The company was forced to disconnect its systems from the internet and interrupted operations at ports in Sydney, Melbourne, Fremantle and Brisbane. The Australian Federal Police is investigating the security incident.

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COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer suffers a data breach

Security Affairs

“In the wake of a detected cyber-attack, we have isolated all data center services to take required preventive actions,” CIO Mukesh Rathi said in a media statement. “We According to the media, the attack is likely the result of a cyber espionage operation aimed at stealing info on the COVID-19 vaccine development.

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Russia-linked APT targets Ukraine by exploiting the Follina RCE vulnerability

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Nation-state actors are targeting media organizations in Ukraine, including radio stations, and newspapers. Targeting media orgs. Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) is warning that the Russia-linked Sandworm APT may be exploiting the recently discovered Follina RCE.

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Xplain data breach also impacted the national Swiss railway FSS

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The Play ransomware attack suffered by the IT services provider Xplain also impacted the national railway company of Switzerland (FSS) and the canton of Aargau. The news of the attack was first reported by the Swiss newspaper Le Temps. Local media reported that attackers have exploited a vulnerability on the servers of the company.

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Investigator told Saudis hacked into Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ phone

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Gavin de Becker believes that the hack is linked to the coverage by The Washington Post newspaper, that is owned by Bezos, of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Jeff Bezos blamed the Enquirer publisher American Media Inc of “blackmail” for threatening to publish the private photos if he did not stop the investigation.