Security Affairs newsletter Round 226





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DealPly adware abuses reputation services to remain
under the radar


Houston County Schools in Alabama delayed the school
years opening due to a malware attack


Poshmark, the social commerce marketplace, discloses
a data breach


Fraudster stole $870,000 from 2 US universities with
spear-phishing mails


GermanWiper, a data-wiping malware that is targeting
Germany


Hacking Radio Blasting Systems for Fun &
Explosions


Machete cyber-espionage group targets Latin America
military


StockX hacked, customers data offered for sale on
the dark web


The US Gov is testing high-altitude balloons for
surveillance


CafePress Data Breach exposes technical details of
23 Million users


Crooks turn victims into money mules via
confidence/romance scams


Expert publicly disclosed a zero-day vulnerability
in KDE


QualPwn Bugs in Qualcomm chips could allow hacking
Android Over the Air


Russia-linked STRONTIUM APT targets IoT devices to
hack corporate networks


The Evolution of Aggah: From Roma225 to the RG
Campaign


New Lord Exploit Kit appears in the threat landscape

OilRig APT group: the evolution of attack techniques
over time


SWAPGS Attack – A new Spectre-V1 attack affects
modern chips


The number of exploits in the Echobot botnet reached
59


American Insurance firm State Farm victim of
credential stuffing attacks


Cisco addressed critical flaws in Cisco Small
Business 220 Series Smart Switches


New strain of Clipsa malware launches brute-force
attacks on WordPress sites


WhatsApp flaws allow the attackers to manipulate
conversations


3Fun Dating App leaked members location and personal
details


A Zero-Day in Steam client for Windows affects over
100 Million users


Apple announces major changes to its bug bounty
program, including higher rewards


Emsisoft released a free decryptor for JSWorm 4.0

Android Apps containing Clicker Trojan installed on
over 100M devices

City of Naples, Florida, lost $700K after a cyberattack

Varenyky Spambot Trojan targets French users in
alleged sextortion campaign













Pierluigi Paganini





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