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Critical Remote Code Execution issue impacts popular post-exploitation toolkit Cobalt Strike

Security Affairs

This can be exploited using an object tag, which in turn can load a malicious payload from a webserver, which is then executed by the Cobalt Strike client.” “Disabling automatic parsing of html tags across the entire client was enough to mitigate this behaviour.” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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North Korea-linked Zinc group posed as Samsung recruiters to target security firms

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North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported. Google TAG researchers reported that the same group, tracked as Zinc ,” also targeted security researchers in past campaigns.

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Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for December 2022

IT Governance

On Friday, a deepfake video emerged on Twitter that appeared to show FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried offering an opportunity for users to recoup their losses. The account, which belongs to the now-suspended Twitter user “s4ge_ETH”, was verified, had Bankman-Fried’s handle “SBF” and his Twitter avatar. Hello everyone.

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Facebook is going to shut down Face Recognition system and data it collected

Security Affairs

Facebook is using the face recognition system to analyze photos taken of tagged users and associated users’ profile photos to automatically recognize them in photos and videos. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. ” reads a blog post published by Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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North Korea-linked campaign targets security experts via social media

Security Affairs

Google TAG is warning that North Korea-linked hackers targeting security researchers through social media. Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) is warning that North Korea-linked hackers targeting security researchers through social media. ” reads the TAG’s report. ” reads the TAG’s report.

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Actively exploited Windows Mark-of-the-Web zero-day received an unofficial patch

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In order to prevent unauthorized actions, files downloaded from the internet in Windows are tagged with a MotW flag. “You can see the effect of our micropatch in the following video.” ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Which we now know means “Run.”” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Researcher hacked Apple AirTag two weeks after its launch

Security Affairs

The researcher explained that has found a way to modify the tracker software running on the tag, he was able to modify its NFC URL. Smashing published a video PoC of the hack, it shows two Apple AirTag devices and one of them was hacked by the researcher. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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