Here are some of the most important cybersecurity updates this week ๐
๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ โ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐?
โถ Hackers claimed to have accessed sensitive employee and client data from the Banque de France and initially listed the files for $50,000, later dropping to $10,000.
โถ The bank denied any breach of its secured information systems, attributing the incident to unauthorized access to an external HR extranet, now disabled.
โถ The group behind the attack, Near2tlg, has a record of high-profile breaches, including Direct Assurance and Mediboard.
๐ก๏ธ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข-๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฌ
โถ Researchers discovered a BYOVD (Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver) attack leveraging an old Avast anti-rootkit driver to disable over 140 security processes.
โถ Avast patched the flaw in 2021, and Microsoft has blocked older versions of the driver, but legacy systems remain vulnerable.
โ๏ธ ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐ฌ โ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก
โถ Microsoftโs November 2024 Exchange Server update caused widespread mail flow disruptions due to conflicts with custom mail flow rules.
โถ The re-released SUv2 update resolves these issues and addresses spoofing exploits (CVE-2024-49040).
โก ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐จ-๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ
โถ RomCom threat actors exploited two zero-day vulnerabilities:
โข CVE-2024-9680 (Firefox RCE).
โข CVE-2024-49039 (Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation).
โถ Fake websites lured victims to deploy RomCom RAT, targeting users across Europe and North America.
๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ฑ
โถ The first UEFI bootkit for Linux, dubbed Bootkitty, disables kernel signature verification and preloads malicious modules during the init process.
โถ Hooks and patches in Secure Boot bypass integrity checks, presenting a new threat landscape.