Infosec bits for 2023 week 28
- Cybersecurity News:
- Microsoft Thwarts Chinese Cyber Attack Targeting Western European Governments [The Hacker News, The Hacker News]
- Why Higher Ed Institutions Should Be Concerned About Rising Malware Attacks [Doug Bonderud, EdTech]
- CVSS 4.0 released, to help assess real-time threat and impact of vulnerabilities [Help Net Security, Help Net Security]
- How Are Higher Ed Cyber Attacks Evolving? [Brandon Paykamian, Governement Technology]
- WormGPT Cybercrime Tool Heralds an Era of AI Malware vs. AI Defenses [Nathan Eddy, Dark Reading]
- Malware:
- Android malware disguised as ChatGPT apps targeting smartphone users : Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Research [Manila Standard – Tech, Manila Standard – Tech]
- Triada Malware Infects Android Devices via Fake Telegram App [WAQAS, Hack Read]
- Source code for BlackLotus Windows UEFI malware leaked on GitHub [Bill Toulas, Bleeping Computer]
- Malware Steals Over 100,000 ChatGPT Accounts [Grace Ashiru, Tech in Africa]
- Fake PoC for Linux Kernel Vulnerability on GitHub Exposes Researchers to Malware? [The Hacker News, The Hacker News]
- New PyLoose Linux malware mines crypto directly from memory [Bill Toulas, Bleeping Computer]
- Vulnerabilities & Patches:
- Juniper Networks Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities in Junos OS [Ionut Arghire, Security Week]
- Unnamed APT eyes vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation industrial contollers [Zeljka Zorz, Help Net Security]
- Microsoft Fixes Six Zero-Days This Patch Tuesday [Phil Muncaster, Infosecurity Magazine]