Daily Cyber Intel Brief: 11/27/2024
Today: Snowflake Hacker Update — SSL VPN Breaches — African Cyber Criminals Busted — IoT DDoS Attacks
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11/27/2024 — New Cybersecurity Updates
Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier — Two men have been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting dozens of companies that used the cloud data storage company Snowflake, but a third suspect — a prolific hacker known as Kiberphant0m — remains at large and continues to publicly extort victims. However, this person’s identity may not remain a secret for long: A careful review of Kiberphant0m’s daily chats across multiple cybercrime personas suggests they are a U.S. Army soldier who is or was recently stationed in South Korea. Source’
Hackers exploit critical bug in Array Networks SSL VPN products — America’s cyber defense agency has received evidence of hackers actively exploiting a remote code execution vulnerability in SSL VPN products Array Networks AG and vxAG ArrayOS. Source
INTERPOL Busts African Cybercrime: 1,006 Arrests, 134,089 Malicious Networks Dismantled — An INTERPOL-led operation has led to the arrest of 1,006 suspects across 19 African countries and the takedown of 134,089 malicious infrastructures and networks as part of a coordinated effort to disrupt cybercrime in the continent. Source
Matrix Botnet Exploits IoT Devices in Widespread DDoS Botnet Campaign — A threat actor named Matrix has been linked to a widespread distributed denial-of-service (DoD) campaign that leverages vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in Internet of Things (IoT) devices to co-opt them into a disruptive botnet. Source
Russian APT Chained Firefox and Windows Zero-Days Against US and European Targets — The Russia-linked RomCom APT has been observed chaining two zero-days in Firefox and Windows for backdoor delivery. Source
Interpol Clamps Down on Cybercrime and Arrests Over 1,000 Suspects in Africa — Operation Serengeti targeted criminal suspects in Africa behind ransomware, business email compromise, digital extortion and scams. Source
VMware Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Aria Operations — The company warns that malicious hackers can craft exploits to elevate privileges or launch cross-site scripting attacks. Source
Chinese Hackers Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Array Networks Gateways — CISA warns about attacks exploiting CVE-2023–28461, a critical vulnerability in Array Networks AG and vxAG secure access gateways. Source
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