Cyber Security weekly hacker news January 11 – 17, 2022 | Hacker News

Cyber Security weekly hacker news January 11 – 17, 2022
00:00 intro
00:25 PATCHES
00:28 Cisco fixes a critical flaw in Unified CCMP and Unified CCDM
01:39 Mozilla addresses High-Risk Firefox, Thunderbird vulnerabilities
04:00 Adobe fixes 4 critical Reader bugs that were demonstrated at Tianfu Cup
05:42 Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes critical Office RCE
07:35 WordPress 5.8.3 Security Release fixes four vulnerabilities
08:49 ATTACKS VULNERABILITIES & UPDATES
08:52 Threat actors stole $18.7M from the Lympo NTF platform
09:56 Threat actors defaced Ukrainian government websites
10:45 Lorenz ransomware gang stole files from defense contractor Hensoldt
12:06 North Korea-linked APT BlueNoroff focuses on crypto theft
15:00 Threat actors can bypass malware detection due to Microsoft Defender weakness
16:09 Threat actors abuse public cloud services to spread multiple RATs
17:51 USCYBERCOM: MuddyWater APT is linked to Iran’s MOIS intelligence
20:13 SysJoker, a previously undetected cross-platform backdoor made the headlines
21:35 KCodes NetUSB flaw impacts millions of SOHO routers
22:46 Russia-linked threat actors targets critical infrastructure, US authorities warn
24:05 New RedLine malware version distributed as fake Omicron stat counter
26:16 Iran-linked APT35 group exploits Log4Shell flaw to deploy a new PowerShell backdoor
28:14 Night Sky ransomware operators exploit Log4Shell to target hack VMware Horizon servers
30:09 AvosLocker ransomware now targets Linux systems, including ESXi servers
31:10 Several EA Sports FIFA 22 players have been hacked
32:42 Abcbot and Xanthe botnets have the same origin, experts discovered
34:20 Indian-linked Patchwork APT infected its own system revealing its ops
36:00 New ZLoader malware campaign hit more than 2000 victims across 111 countries
37:24 OTHER SECURITY NEWS
37:27 Prominent Carding Marketplace UniCC announced it’s shutting down
38:39 Russian government claims to have dismantled REvil ransomware gang
39:33 One of the REvil members arrested by FSB was behind Colonial Pipeline attack
40:20 Ukrainian police arrested Ransomware gang behind attacks on 50 companies
42:03 US NCSC and DoS share best practices against surveillance tools
43:40 THANKS FOR WATCHING