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Notorious Mekotio and BBTok are having a resurgence targeting Latin American users. Mekotio’s latest variant suggests the gang behind it is broadening their target, while BBTok is seen abusing MSBuild.exe to evade detection.

Google addressed a security vulnerability in its Android operating system that is actively exploited in attacks in the wild. Google addressed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-32896 (CVSS score: 7.8), in its Android operating system that is under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability CVE-2024-32896 is a privilege escalation in the Android Framework component. […]

American semiconductor supplier Microchip Technology Incorporated has confirmed that employee information was stolen from systems compromised in an August cyberattack, which was later claimed by the Play ransomware gang. [...]

How You Can Help Secure the Nation's Backbone From Cyberattacks
Critical infrastructure encompasses the essential services and assets vital to the functioning of society and the economy. Specializing in security in this field requires a deep understanding of the challenges and threats facing sectors such as energy, transportation, healthcare and water systems.

Unifying fragmented network security technology under a single platform allows for consistent policy application across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments, said Palo Alto Networks' Anand Oswal. Having a consistent policy framework simplifies management and improves security outcomes.

DOJ Seizes Internet Domains, Announces Sanctions Against Russian Media Executives
The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of carrying out a sustained campaign to influence the 2024 presidential election and announced a series of sanctions and law enforcement actions that target state-sponsored hackers and media executives behind Kremlin influence operations.

Banks Using AI to Spot Fraud, Create Synthetic Data for Better Predictive Analytics
While the criminals may have an advantage in the AI race, banks and other financial services firms are responding with heightened awareness and vigilance, and a growing number of organizations are exploring AI tools to improve fraud detection and response to AI-driven scams.

Social Media Platform Deleted 25 Videos South Korean Government Said Showed Crimes
Telegram deleted 25 videos the South Korean Communications Standards Commission said depicted sex crimes, and regulators reported that site administrators pledged a "relationship of trust." The agency said it intends to establish a hotline to ensure urgent action on deepfakes.

Top Government Agencies 'All in the High 90% Range' for Completion, Says Martorana
Federal Chief Information Officer Clare Martorana told the Billington CyberSecurity Summit on Wednesday that the 24 CFO Act Agencies are on track to meet the Sept. 30 deadline given in the federal zero trust strategy released in 2022, which includes key milestones due at the end of the fiscal year.

Name: CISA ICS CTF 2024 (an CISA ICS CTF event.)
Date: Aug. 31, 2024, 5 p.m. — 04 Sept. 2024, 16:00 UTC  [add to calendar]
Format: Jeopardy
On-line
Offical URL: https://ctf.cisaicsctf.com/
Rating weight: 24.89
Event organizers: CISA ICSJWG

The White House Office of the National Cyber Director released a plan outlining steps network operators and service providers need to take to secure BGP from abuse and configuration errors.

In the first half of 2024, the cyber attacks targeting employees increased by 24% per user. Sec

The MacroPack framework, initially designed for Red Team exercises, is being abused by threat actors to deploy malicious payloads, including Havoc, Brute Ratel, and PhatomCore. [...]

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Indico up to 3.3.3. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument next leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-45399. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.47/6.10.6. This issue affects the function napi_build_skb. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-45001. The attack can only be done within the local network. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.