THN Cybersecurity Recap: Top Threats, Tools and Trends (Oct 7 - Oct 13)

Hey there, it's your weekly dose of "what the heck is going on in cybersecurity land " – and trust me, you NEED to be in the loop this time. We've got everything from zero-day exploits and AI gone rogue to the FBI playing crypto kingpin – it's full of stuff they don't 🤫 want you to know. So let's...

A Mysterious Hacking Group Has 2 New Tools to Steal Data From Air-Gapped Machines

It's hard enough creating one air-gap-jumping tool. Researchers say the group GoldenJackal did it twice in five years...

GoldenJackal Target Embassies and Air-Gapped Systems Using Malware Toolsets

A little-known threat actor tracked as GoldenJackal has been linked to a series of cyber attacks targeting embassies and governmental organizations with an aim to infiltrate air-gapped systems using two disparate bespoke toolsets. Victims included a South Asian embassy in Belarus and a European...

Apple Releases Critical iOS and iPadOS Updates to Fix VoiceOver Password Vulnerability

Apple has released iOS and iPadOS updates to address two security issues, one of which could have allowed a user's passwords to be read out aloud by its VoiceOver assistive technology. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-44204, has been described as a logic problem in the new Passwords app...

PUB-A-322820753

In mmGetMobileIdIndexForNsUpdate of mmGmmPduCodec.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an incorrect bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation...

Amid Air Strikes and Rockets, an SMS From the Enemy

As Israel intensifies its attacks on Lebanon, eerie messages have been arriving on the phones of civilians on both sides of the border, with authorities in each country accusing the other of psychological warfare...

RAMBO Attack: Electromagnetic Waves Steal Data from Air-Gapped Systems

Discover the RAMBO attack, a groundbreaking method that uses electromagnetic waves to steal data from air-gapped systems. Learn…...

About the security content of iOS 17.7 and iPadOS 17.7

About the security content of iOS 17.7 and iPadOS 17.7 This document describes the security content of iOS 17.7 and iPadOS 17.7. About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches ...

New PIXHELL Attack Exploits LCD Screen Noise to Exfiltrate Data from Air-Gapped Computers

A new side-channel attack dubbed PIXHELL could be abused to target air-gapped computers by breaching the "audio gap" and exfiltrating sensitive information by taking advantage of the noise generated by pixels on an LCD screen. "Malware in the air-gap and audio-gap computers generates crafted pixe...

New RAMBO Attack Uses RAM Radio Signals to Steal Data from Air-Gapped Networks

A novel side-channel attack has been found to leverage radio signals emanated by a device's random access memory RAM as a data exfiltration mechanism, posing a threat to air-gapped networks. The technique has been codenamed RAMBO short for "Radiation of Air-gapped Memory Bus for Offense" by Dr...

CVE-2024-23364

Transient DOS when processing the non-transmitted BSSID profile sub-elements present within the MBSSID Information Element IE of a beacon frame that is received from over-the-air OTA...

U.S. Dept Of Defense: Publicly Editable U.S. Air Force Google Spreadsheet Exposing Student Leave Data

The U.S. Air Force Google Spreadsheet that exposed student leave data was publicly editable, allowing any unauthorized user to access and modify the restricted contents...

CVE-2024-7408

CVE-2024-7408 affects Airveda Air Quality Monitor PM2.5/PM10. The issue is information disclosure through plaintext transmission in the AP pairing mode, enabling an attacker in proximity to capture Wi‑Fi traffic. This can facilitate an Evil Twin attack on the targeted system. The CVSS metrics ind...

CVE-2024-7408 Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Airveda Air Quality Monitor

This vulnerability exists in Airveda Air Quality Monitor PM2.5 PM10 due to transmission of sensitive information in plain text during AP pairing mode. An attacker in close proximity could exploit this vulnerability by capturing Wi-Fi traffic of Airveda-AP. Successful exploitation of this...

CVE-2024-7408 Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Airveda Air Quality Monitor

This vulnerability exists in Airveda Air Quality Monitor PM2.5 PM10 due to transmission of sensitive information in plain text during AP pairing mode. An attacker in close proximity could exploit this vulnerability by capturing Wi-Fi traffic of Airveda-AP. Successful exploitation of this...

Apple Security Update: iOS 17.6.1 and iPadOS 17.6.1

Apple recommends to install security update iOS 17.6.1 and iPadOS 17.6.1 on devices iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later,...

Apple Security Update: iOS 17.6.1 and iPadOS 17.6.1

Apple recommends to install security update iOS 17.6.1 and iPadOS 17.6.1 on devices iPhone XS and later, iPad Pro 13-inch, iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2nd generation and later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 11-inch 1st generation and later, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 6th generation and later,...

PT-2024-19831 · Qualcomm · 315 5G Iot Modem Firmware +98

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: No specific software or versions are mentioned. Description: The issue occurs when a NAS receives ODAC criteria of length 1 and type 1 in registration accept OTA, resulting in a transient DOS. Recommendations: At the moment, there is no...

Apple Security Update: iOS 15.8.3 and iPadOS 15.8.3

Apple recommends to install security update iOS 15.8.3 and iPadOS 15.8.3 on devices iPhone 6s all models, iPhone 7 all models, iPhone SE 1st generation, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4th generation, and iPod touch 7th generation...

Apple Security Update: iOS 15.8.3 and iPadOS 15.8.3

Apple recommends to install security update iOS 15.8.3 and iPadOS 15.8.3 on devices iPhone 6s all models, iPhone 7 all models, iPhone SE 1st generation, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4th generation, and iPod touch 7th generation...