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Carly Page@TechCrunch
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The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), the largest public-sector union in Pennsylvania, has announced a significant data breach affecting over 500,000 members. The breach, which occurred in July 2024, resulted in attackers stealing sensitive personal information. PSEA is now notifying the impacted individuals about the incident and the potential risks.
The stolen data includes highly sensitive information, such as government-issued identification documents, Social Security numbers, passport numbers, medical information, and financial data like card numbers with PINs and expiration dates. Member account numbers, PINs, passwords, and security codes were also accessed. PSEA took steps to ensure, to the best of its ability and knowledge, that the stolen data was deleted. Recommended read:
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Pierluigi Paganini@Security Affairs
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A Russian zero-day broker known as Operation Zero is offering up to $4 million for zero-day exploits targeting the Telegram messaging app. This broker exclusively sells vulnerabilities to Russian government and private organizations, suggesting a significant interest from these entities in exploiting Telegram's security flaws. The high bounty offered indicates the immense value of potential targets to these organizations and their willingness to invest heavily in acquiring such exploits.
Operation Zero has released multiple bounty tiers for security vulnerabilities targeting Telegram, with the price depending on the user interaction required. Remote code execution vulnerabilities needing one user interaction fetch $500,000, while a zero-click RCE vulnerability is valued at $1.5 million. A complete exploit chain capable of compromising the entire system may command up to $4 million. This highlights the potential for targeted attacks on individuals or user groups through the platform, given Telegram's user base of over a billion. Recommended read:
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info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)@The Hacker News
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A new Golang-based backdoor has been discovered that leverages the Telegram Bot API for command-and-control (C2) communications. Cybersecurity researchers at Netskope Threat Labs detailed the malware, suggesting it may be of Russian origin. According to security researcher Leandro Fróes, the malware, while seemingly still under development, is fully functional and acts as a backdoor once executed. The backdoor utilizes an open-source library offering Golang bindings for the Telegram Bot API.
Once launched, the malware checks if it’s running under a specific location and name ("C:\Windows\Temp\svchost.exe"). If not, it copies itself to that location and creates a new process. The backdoor interacts with the Telegram Bot API to receive commands from an attacker-controlled chat, supporting commands to execute PowerShell commands, relaunch itself, and self-destruct. Though not fully fleshed out, a screenshot command is also present. Netskope highlights the use of cloud applications like Telegram presents a challenge for defenders, as attackers exploit the ease of use and setup these apps provide during various attack phases. The use of the Russian language in the "/cmd" instruction, which sends the message "Enter the command:" in Russian, further supports the assessment of potential Russian origin. This malware uses Telegram for C2, and has the capability of executing PowerShell commands and self-destructing to evade detection. Recommended read:
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Mandvi@Cyber Security News
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A critical zero-day vulnerability, dubbed EvilLoader, has been discovered in Telegram for Android by security researcher 0x6rss. This exploit allows attackers to disguise malicious APK files as video files, potentially leading to unauthorized malware installations on users' devices. The vulnerability exploits Telegram's file handling mechanism, tricking the app into treating HTML files with .mp4 extensions as legitimate video files, even though the file is not a video file.
When a user attempts to play these crafted "videos," Telegram prompts them to open the file in an external application, potentially leading to the installation of malicious software. For the attack to succeed, users must click the embedded link multiple times, disable Android’s security restriction on installing apps from unknown sources, and proceed with the installation. The file facilitating this attack has been available for sale on underground hacker forums. Recommended read:
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