Security Affairs newsletter Round 508 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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Subaru Starlink flaw allowed experts to remotely hack cars
Participants in the Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 earned $886,250
U.S. CISA adds SonicWall SMA1000 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
J-magic malware campaign targets Juniper routers
SonicWall warns of a critical CVE-2025-23006 zero-day likely exploited in the wild
U.S. CISA adds JQuery flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 Day 2: organizers awarded $335,500
Chinese threat actors used two advanced exploit chains to hack Ivanti CSA
Cisco addresses a critical privilege escalation bug in Meeting Management
U.S. President Donald Trump granted a “full and unconditional pardon” to Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road creator
Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 Day 1: organizers awarded $382,750 for 16 zero-days
Subaru Starlink flaw allowed experts to remotely hack cars
Two ransomware groups abuse Microsoft’s Office 365 platform to gain access to target organizations
Cloudflare blocked a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack
A 7-Zip bug allows to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) feature
Former CIA analyst pleaded guilty to leaking top-secret documents
New Mirai botnet variant Murdoc Botnet targets AVTECH IP cameras and Huawei HG532 routers
CERT-UA warned of scammers impersonating the agency using fake AnyDesk requests
HPE is investigating IntelBroker’s claims of the company hack
Esperts found new DoNot Team APT group’s Android malware
Malicious npm and PyPI target Solana Private keys to steal funds from victims’ wallets
Planet WGS-804HPT Industrial Switch flaws could be chained to achieve remote code execution
A flaw in the W3 Total Cache plugin exposes hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites to attacks

International Press – Newsletter

Cybercrime

HPE investigates breach as hacker claims to steal source code  

Malware stole internal PowerSchool passwords from engineer’s hacked computer 

Former CIA Analyst Pleads Guilty to Transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information  

Trump pardons Silk Road dark web market creator Ross Ulbricht 

TRIPLESTRENGTH Hits Cloud for Cryptojacking, On-Premises Systems for Ransomwarehttps://blog.lumen.com/the-j-magic-show-magic-packets-and-where-to-find-them/

Millions Impacted by PowerSchool Data Breach  

Malware

Gmail For Exfiltration: Malicious npm Packages Target Solana Private Keys and Drain Victims’ Wallets      

Threat Bulletin: Weaponized Software Targets Chinese-Speaking Organizations 

The J-Magic Show: Magic Packets and Where to find them 

HellCat and Morpheus | Two Brands, One Payload as Ransomware Affiliates Drop Identical Code

Homebrew macOS Users Targeted With Information Stealer Malware  

Lumma Stealer: Fake CAPTCHAs & New Techniques to Evade Detection      

Hacking

Hack The Emulated Planet: Vulnerability Hunting Planet WGS-804HPT Industrial Switch  

Mercedes-Benz Head Unit security research report

Nebula Broker: offensive operations made in Italy  

Attempts to carry out cyberattacks using AnyDesk, allegedly on behalf of CERT-UA  

CISA and FBI Release Advisory on How Threat Actors Chained Vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud Service Applications  

PANdora’s Box: Vulnerabilities Found in NGFW

Lessons From Red Teaming 100 Generative AI Products  

Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 – Day Three and Final Results

Hacking Subaru: Tracking and Controlling Cars via the STARLINK Admin Panel  

Hidden Waymo feature let researcher customize robotaxi’s display      

Intelligence and Information Warfare 

Android malware in DoNot APT Operations 

Philippines arrests Chinese national suspected of spying on critical infrastructure 

Two North Korean Nationals and Three Facilitators Indicted for Multi-Year Fraudulent Remote Information Technology Worker Scheme that Generated Revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea  

PlushDaemon compromises supply chain of Korean VPN service  

Cybersecurity

DORA’s Deadline Looms: Navigating the EU’s Mandate for Threat Led Penetration Testing

DORA Arrives: European Financial Services Faces New Regulation  

Record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack and global DDoS trends for 2024 Q4 

MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years  

Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in ‘horribly shortsighted’ decision  

Android’s New Identity Check Feature Locks Device Settings Outside Trusted Locations

Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head

Cloudflare Issue Can Leak Chat App Users’ Broad Location  

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