January, 2024

• 18 January

  abnormal security report
  Vendor Email Attacks risen by 137% in Financial Sector in 2023

  

  The financial industry has seen a 137% rise in Vendor Email Compromise attacks in the past year, according to new data from Abnormal Security. Most threats came from email attacks that tricked people, with the sector getting 200 advanced attacks per week for every 1000 mailboxes. Last year, there were …

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• 17 January

  Patch now: Critical VMware, Atlassian flaws found

  

  VMware and Atlassian disclosed critical vulnerabilities today. Even though there have been no reports of misuse, administrators should update their systems as soon as possible to prevent any issues. There are two problems reported by Atlassian. The most important one is CVE-2023-22527, which is a flaw in the template system …

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• 17 January

  Flight officer ‘fled to Canada’, Biman fear of data leak

  

  The Assistant Manager (Administration) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Anower hosan fled to Canada without the permission of the authorities. Besides, the commercial supervisor of the company Sohan Ahmed is missing. Biman MD Shafiul Azim confirmed the matter on Tuesday (January 16). Biman’s Managing Director said, they have important software and …

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• 16 January

  Tech Giants Pay $886M Digital Taxes in Indonesia

  

  The Indonesian government has collected Rp 13.29 trillion ($886.4 million) in digital taxes from 135 technology companies, both domestic and foreign, since 2020. Digital tax revenue has been increasing steadily, reaching Rp 731.4 billion in 2020, Rp 3.9 trillion in 2021, Rp 5.51 trillion in 2022, and Rp 3.15 trillion …

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• 16 January

  UNDOC Report
  Group reportedly link to Bangladesh Bank cyber attack still active in Asia

  

  North Korean hackers are sharing money-laundering and underground banking networks with fraudsters and drug traffickers in Southeast Asia, according to a United Nations report published on Monday, with casinos and crypto exchanges emerging as key venues for organized crime. The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said without …

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• 16 January

  Atlassian released advisory for CVE-2023-22527

  

  Tuesday (16 January) Atlassian released advisory for CVE-2023-22527 – RCE (Remote Code Execution) Vulnerability In Confluence Data Center and Confluence Server. A template injection vulnerability on out-of-date versions of Confluence Data Center and Server allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve RCE on an affected version. Customers using an affected version …

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• 16 January

  TrendMicro Research
  CVE-2023-36025, Phemedrone Stealer exploit windows SmartScreen flaw

  

  Cybersecurity researchers at Trend Micro discovered an exploitation of CVE-2023-36025 leading to the spread of a new type of malware called Phemedrone Stealer. Phemedrone Stealer is a malware that targets web browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, and messaging apps like Telegram, Steam, and Discord. It not only steals data, but also takes …

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• 16 January

  Bishopfox bog
  Over 178k SonicWall Firewalls are Publicly Exploitable

  

  In a blog post BishopFox said, SonicWall next-generation firewall (NGFW) series 6 and 7 devices are affected by two unauthenticated denial-of-service vulnerabilities with the potential for remote code execution. SonicWall published advisories for CVE-2022-22274 and CVE-2023-0656 a year apart and reported that no exploitation had been observed in the wild; …

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• 15 January

  Recorded Future Report
  Security Experts Urge IT to Lock Down GitHub Services

  

  Recorded Future, a threat intelligence firm, has cautioned that malicious actors are using GitHub services more to carry out secret cyber-attacks and has advised IT teams to act. Its new report, Flying Under the Radar: Abusing GitHub for Malicious Infrastructure, revealed the most popular GitHub services for threat actors. Between …

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• 15 January

  Microsoft lets cloud users keep personal data within Europe

  

  Microsoft said on Thursday that it will keep all personal data of its cloud customers within the European Union instead of allowing transfers outside the EU. This is part of their ongoing efforts to comply with different privacy regulations in different places. Microsoft will store customer data from its cloud …

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