IT Security Weekend Catch Up – February 2, 2025

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. OpenAI furious DeepSeek might have stolen all the data OpenAI stole from us
  2. Microsoft now hosts AI model accused of copying OpenAI data
  3. WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members were targets of Israeli spyware
  4. EU sanctions Russian GRU hackers for cyberattacks against Estonia
  5. Google says hackers abuse Gemini AI to empower their attacks
  6. Cracked and Nulled marketplaces disrupted in international cyber operation
  7. Google blocked 2.36 million risky Android apps from Play Store in 2024

For the more technical

  1. Get the latest software updates from Apple
  2. Stealing HttpOnly cookies with the cookie sandwich technique
  3. Clone2Leak: Your Git credentials belong to us
  4. The J-magic show: Magic packets and where to find them
  5. Wiz research uncovers exposed DeepSeek database leaking sensitive information, including chat history
  6. Time Bandit ChatGPT jailbreak bypasses safeguards on sensitive topics
  7. BYOVD to the next level. Blind EDR with Windows Symbolic Link
  8. New SLAP & FLOP attacks expose Apple M-series chips to speculative execution exploits
  9. Browser Syncjacking: How any browser extension can be used to takeover your device
  10. Threat actors take taxes into account
  11. Active exploitation: New Aquabot variant phones home
  12. Active exploitation of zero-day Zyxel CPE vulnerability (CVE-2024-40891)
  13. Arctic Wolf observes campaign exploiting SimpleHelp RMM software for initial access
  14. Coyote Banking Trojan: A stealthy attack via LNK files
  15. Lumma Stealer’s GitHub-based delivery explored via managed detection and response
  16. Phorpiex – downloader delivering ransomware
  17. APT28, the long hand of Russian interests

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