Essential Cyber Intel Brief: 11/06/2024
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11/06/2024 — New Cybersecurity Updates
Canadian Man Arrested in Snowflake Data Extortions — A 26-year-old man in Ontario, Canada has been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting more than 160 companies that used the cloud data service Snowflake. On October 30, Canadian authorities arrested Alexander Moucka, a.k.a. Connor Riley Moucka of Kitchener, Ontario, on a provisional arrest warrant from the United States. Bloomberg first reported Moucka’s alleged ties to the Snowflake hacks on Monday. Source
Google fixes two Android zero-days used in targeted attacks — Google fixed two actively exploited Android zero-day flaws as part of its November security updates, addressing a total of 51 vulnerabilities. Source
INTERPOL Disrupts Over 22,000 Malicious Servers in Global Crackdown on Cybercrime — INTERPOL on Tuesday said it took down more than 22,000 malicious servers linked to various cyber threats as part of a global operation. Source
FBI Seeks Public Help to Identify Chinese Hackers Behind Global Cyber Intrusions — The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sought assistance from the public in connection with an investigation involving the breach of edge devices and computer networks belonging to companies and government entities. Source
New Android Banking Malware ‘ToxicPanda’ Targets Users with Fraudulent Money Transfers — Over 1,500 Android devices have been infected by a new strain of Android banking malware called ToxicPanda that allows threat actors to conduct fraudulent banking transactions. Source
Canadian Authorities Arrest Suspected Snowflake Hacker –Canadian authorities have arrested Alexander ‘Connor’ Moucka, suspected of hacking multiple Snowflake accounts earlier this year. Source
DocuSign Abused to Deliver Fake Invoices — Cybercriminals are abusing DocuSign APIs to send bogus email messages that bypass protections such as spam and phishing filters. Source
Google Patches Two Android Vulnerabilities Exploited in Targeted Attacks –Google warns of the limited, targeted exploitation of two vulnerabilities resolved with the latest Android security update. Source
Researcher Discloses 36 Vulnerabilities Found in IBM Security Verify Access — Attackers could have exploited IBM Security Verify Access vulnerabilities to compromise the entire authentication infrastructure. Source
Dennis Kirk — 1,356,026 breached accounts — In October 2024, almost 20GB of data containing 1.3M unique email addresses from motorcycle supplies store Dennis Kirk was circulated. Dating back to September 2021, the data also contained purchases from the online store along with customer names, phone numbers and postcodes. Dennis Kirk did not respond to multiple attempts to make contact about the breach. Source
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