Weekly News Digest 28 October - 03 November

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Supply chain attack hits LottieFiles users with crypto drainer malware

Unsuspecting?cryptocurrency owners were recently hit by unexpected prompts asking them to connect their cryptocurrency wallets when visiting certain websites that use LottieFiles software-as-a-service platform to help serve animations. Details here

Pacific Rim: 5-year battle with Chinese hackers targeting network devices

Sophos has?published a series of reports on how it has been battling Chinese threat actors for more than 5 years as they targeted networking devices worldwide. Read more

More Chinese hackers building network with hacked routers

Researchers have blogged about a Chinese hacking group called?Storm-0940 who is building a substantial small office and home office (SOHO) botnet using malware known as Quad7. Read more

New attack technique reverts patched Windows systems to vulnerable state

A new attack technique can?bypass Microsoft's Driver Signature Enforcement (DSE) on fully patched Windows systems, leading to operating system (OS) downgrade attacks. More here

Dutch police gain access to Redline, Meta infostealer servers

The Dutch National Police revealed on Monday (October 28) that they gained “full access” to all of the servers used by the Redline and Meta infostealers. Read more

France’s second-largest ISP breached, 19 million subscribers impacted

Free, France’s second-largest internet service provider (ISP), has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack over the weekend. Read more?

As Windows NTLM phase-out continues, the hashes keep leaking

Microsoft announced NTLM was to be retired back in late 2023 and while that process continues, NTLM also continues to pose a headache for users. Read more

Russian national charged for developing Redline infostealer

The U.S. has charged a Russian national for his alleged role in developing the Redline information-stealing malware.?More here

New version of Android FakeCall Trojan shows it's still under active development

The Trojan is used by attackers to target Android phone users to carry out voice-based phishing (vishing) attacks in order to steal sensitive information relating to banking and financial institutions. Read more

Peru’s Interbank confirms breach following data leak

Interbank, a leading financial institution in Peru, has confirmed it suffered a data breach. The disclosure came after a?threat actor leaked data stolen from Interbank online. Read more

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