IT Security Weekend Catch Up – November 15, 2024

Afraid of missing important security news during the week? We’re here to help! Every week we put together a curated list of all important security news in one place, for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!

For the less technical

  1. Google is testing the ‘impact’ of removing EU news from search results
  2. Polish judge’s new mission: Kremlin propaganda from Belarus
  3. Unmasking the fake MAGA accounts: stolen photos and digital lies
  4. Phone network employs AI “grandmother” to waste scammers’ time with meandering conversations
  5. Western drivers remain sceptical of in-vehicle AI
  6. EU AI Act: Draft guidance for general purpose AIs shows first steps for Big AI to comply
  7. The WIRED guide to protecting yourself from government surveillance
  8. Discord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history
  9. Bitcoin Fog operator sentenced for money laundering conspiracy
  10. Inside the massive crime industry that’s hacking billion-dollar companies

For the more technical

  1. Microsoft November 2024 Patch Tuesday
  2. 2023 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities
  3. Multiple vulnerabilities in the Mazda In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) system
  4. Hidden connections among SEO malware operations
  5. Strela Stealer: Today’s invoice is tomorrow’s phish
  6. New stealer uses invalid cert to compromise systems
  7. Life on a crooked RedLine: Analyzing the infamous infostealer’s backend
  8. New campaign uses Remcos RAT to exploit victims
  9. AsyncRAT’s infection tactics via open directories: Technical analysis
  10. LodaRAT: Established malware, new victim patterns
  11. SpyNote: Unmasking a sophisticated Android malware
  12. Silent Skimmer gets loud (again)
  13. Evasive ZIP concatenation: Trojan targets Windows users
  14. GoIssue – the tool behind recent GitHub phishing attacks
  15. Financially motivated Chinese threat actor SilkSpecter targeting Black Friday shoppers
  16. Breaking down Earth Estries’ persistent TTPs in prolonged cyber operations
  17. ShrinkLocker (+decryptor): From friend to foe, and back again
  18. APT actors embed malware within macOS Flutter applications
  19. GuLoader: Evolving tactics in latest campaign targeting European industry
  20. Hamas-affiliated threat actor WIRTE continues its Middle East operations and moves to disruptive activity
  21. Iranian “Dream Job” campaign 11.24
  22. ESET APT Activity Report Q2 2024–Q3 2024
  23. China-nexus TAG-112 compromises Tibetan websites to distribute Cobalt Strike
  24. A three beats waltz: The ecosystem behind Chinese state-sponsored cyber threats

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