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Hackers exploit 3-years old flaw to wipe Western Digital devices

Security Affairs

All WD is going to ask if we created a “Safepoint” which we could then recover the data from the last saved point. WD is investigating the mysterious wave of attacks launched and speculates that attackers have been exploiting a known vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-18472 , to wipe the devices. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Mandrake Android spyware found in five apps in Google Play with over 32,000 downloads since 2022

Security Affairs

The original Mandrake campaign had two major infection waves, in 2016–2017 and 2018–2020. These included relocating malicious functions to obfuscated native libraries, using certificate pinning to secure C2 communications, and determine if it was running on a rooted device or in an emulated environment.

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Apr 10 – Apr 16 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

Security Affairs

This post provides a timeline of the events related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the cyber security perspective. This week the Anonymous collective and its affiliates have targeted multiple Russian organizations stealing gigabytes of data. Mar 27 – Apr 02 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict.

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[SI-LAB] FlawedAmmyy Leveraging Undetected XLM Macros as an Infection Vehicle

Security Affairs

This is part of a giant list of Living off the Land (LOL) techniques that attackers employ to mask their activities from runtime endpoint security monitoring tools such as AVs. File name: patent-2019-02-20T093A283A05-1.xls That malware is known as FlawedAmmyy RAT and was discovered by Proofpoint researchers in March 2018.

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Persistent privacy powers professional businesses

CGI

Tue, 09/25/2018 - 02:46. While for some, compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was business as usual (BAU), for others it represented a huge effort—and a bit of a panic for a minority. Companywide information security policies. Third-party security policies. harini.kottees….

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SEC Issues New Guidance on Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements

Data Matters

On February 21, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued interpretive guidance (the Guidance) to assist public companies in drafting their cybersecuritydisclosures in SEC filings. D require companies to disclose the most significant factors that make securities investments speculative or risky. Risk Factors.