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** ~this week in security~
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a cybersecurity newsletter by @zackwhittaker (https://mastodon.social/@zac=
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** THIS WEEK=2C TL;DR
------------------------------------------------------------
PowerSchool breach may affect millions of students; no MFA on hacked accou=
nt (https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/powerschool-data-breach-victims-say-=
hackers-stole-all-historical-student-and-teacher-data/)
TechCrunch: Bear with me=2C there's a lot this week. Let's start with one=
of the biggest hacks of the year (already=2C I know): PowerSchool=2C used=
by 18=2C000 schools and 60+ million students=2C was breached. In absence=
of information from the company=2C affected school districts helped each=
other (https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/18/how-victims-of-powerschools-data=
-breach-helped-each-other-investigate-massive-hack/) to investigate=2C whi=
le some districts say "all" historical staff and student (https://techcrun=
ch.com/2025/01/15/powerschool-data-breach-victims-say-hackers-stole-all-hi=
storical-student-and-teacher-data/) data was stolen. Turns out PowerSchool=
wasn't using MFA (https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/17/malware-stole-interna=
l-powerschool-passwords-from-engineers-hacked-computer/) on one of its sup=
port accounts=2C which granted the hackers access to steal gobs of data. A=
lot of highly sensitive student data was taken; including grades=2C medic=
al data=2C SSNs=2C and more. Many schools have already notified
their students of the breach=2C so stay on alert for more. My team at Tech=
Crunch did incredible reporting on this story this week (disclosure: obvio=
us bias alert!). Keep a close eye on this!
More: PowerSchool (https://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/) | T=
echCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/17/malware-stole-internal-powers=
chool-passwords-from-engineers-hacked-computer/) | K12TechPro (https://k12=
techpro.com/one-week-later-and-we-still-have-questions-about-the-powerscho=
ol-breach/) | USA Today (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/202=
5/01/13/powerschool-data-breach-what-to-know-students/77667159007/) | @mal=
warejake (https://infosec.exchange/@malwarejake/113845139843736751)
https://infosec.exchange/@malwarejake/113845139843736751
Treasury names and sanctions Salt Typhoon=2C and the hacker targeting Trea=
sury (https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2792)
U.S. Treasury: In its final days=2C the Biden administration's cyber team=
has named=2C shamed=2C and sanctioned the group known as Salt Typhoon=2C=
the China-backed hackers behind the biggest breach of U.S. phone and inte=
rnet giants; as well as the hacker behind the recent Treasury hacks. Look=
at that; things can happen at speed when they want to get done... Per the=
Treasury=2C Salt Typhoon is linked to a Sichuan-based cybersecurity compa=
ny called Sichuan Juxinhe=2C and has "direct involvement" with the hacking=
group. Meanwhile=2C the U.S. Treasury is sanctioning Yin Kecheng=2C a Sha=
nghai-based cyber actor affiliated with the Chinese MSS=2C the ministry fo=
r foreign intelligence=2C with the hack of the Treasury itself. Bloomberg=
($) (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-16/treasury-hackers-=
focused-on-sanctions-intelligence-report-says) revealed that the scope of=
the Treasury hack includes the breach of 400+ computers and the theft of=
more than 3=2C000 files from the department. All this comes in the
same week that the feds unsealed action (https://arstechnica.com/tech-poli=
cy/2025/01/fbi-forces-chinese-malware-to-delete-itself-from-thousands-of-u=
s-computers/) they took to force-remove the China-linked PluxX malware fro=
m thousands of U.S. computers. Departing CISA chief Jen Easterly posted so=
me words (https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/strengthening-americas-res=
ilience-against-prc-cyber-threats) on the threat from China; and the outgo=
ing FBI director (https://bsky.app/profile/kimzetter.bsky.social/post/3lfm=
znfaj2k2u) also shared his views.
More: Washington Post ($) (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-securit=
y/2025/01/13/salt-typhoon-china-sanctions-biden/) | CBS News (https://www.=
cbsnews.com/news/fbi-director-christopher-wray-on-threats-america-faces-de=
cision-to-step-down-60-minutes-transcript/) | Ars Technica (https://arstec=
hnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/fbi-forces-chinese-malware-to-delete-itself-=
from-thousands-of-us-computers/) | @argvee (https://x.com/argvee/status/18=
79926597815504948) | @dnvolz (https://x.com/dnvolz/status/1878822293817971=
074)

Biden admin goes all out on final cyber executive order (https://www.csoon=
line.com/article/3802476/biden-white-house-to-go-all-out-in-final-sweeping=
-cybersecurity-order.html)
CSO Online: Relatedly... it's the Biden cyber team's swan song with their=
final executive order. Rushed out in the last days of the administration=
=2C outgoing top cyber official Anne Neuberger set out the order as settin=
g up the next administration on the best possible footing. But as it was h=
er last briefing=2C Neuberger said it wasn't clear to her who was doing wh=
at in cyber under Trump =E2=80=94 since she won't be around to see it. Muc=
h of the order was patching issues the government had worked on over the p=
ast few years. It's unclear if the Trump admin will accept or rescind the=
order=2C details of which you can read here (https://www.whitehouse.gov/b=
riefing-room/presidential-actions/2025/01/16/executive-order-on-strengthen=
ing-and-promoting-innovation-in-the-nations-cybersecurity/) and Wired ($)=
(https://www.wired.com/story/biden-executive-order-cybersecurity-ai-and-m=
ore/) has a breakdown=2C too. Much of the Trump admin's public rhetoric ha=
s been on cyber-offense=2C which only really seems like a smart
idea if you've got an incredibly strong defense base at home =E2=80=94 whi=
ch... we don't.
More: White House (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-a=
ctions/2025/01/16/executive-order-on-strengthening-and-promoting-innovatio=
n-in-the-nations-cybersecurity/) | Cyberscoop (https://cyberscoop.com/aggr=
essive-cyber-offense-trump-administration-us-strategy-debate/) | CNBC (htt=
ps://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/16/biden-administration-launches-cybersecurity-e=
xecutive-order.html) | Axios (https://www.axios.com/2025/01/16/biden-execu=
tive-order-ai-cyber-security-trump)

Fortinet warns of auth. bypass zero-day under attack to hijack firewalls (=
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet-warns-of-auth-bypa=
ss-zero-day-exploited-to-hijack-firewalls/)
Bleeping Computer: It's a day ending in "y=2C" so of course there's yet an=
other major bug in a widely used enterprise security edge device that allo=
ws hackers to break into the network ostensibly protected by the product.=
This week it's Fortinet=2C whose firewalls are vulnerable to CVE-2024-555=
91 (https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-535) =2C which Fortinet says=
is under active exploitation in the wild. Arctic Wolf (https://arcticwolf=
=2Ecom/resources/blog/console-chaos-targets-fortinet-fortigate-firewalls/) s=
ays the bug was first exploited back in November=2C so... that's probably=
a fair number of organizations pwned so far. This lands in the same week=
that a hacking group released config files and VPN credentials on over 15=
=2C000 Fortinet devices=2C which @GossiTheDog (https://doublepulsar.com/20=
22-zero-day-was-used-to-raid-fortigate-firewall-configs-somebody-just-rele=
ased-them-a7a74e0b0c7f?gi=3D06d38535bbd7) has a good blog post with more d=
etails.
More: Fortinet (https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-535) | TechCrunc=
h (https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/hackers-are-exploiting-a-new-fortinet=
-firewall-bug-to-breach-company-networks/) | The Register (https://www.the=
register.com/2025/01/14/miscreants_mass_exploited_fortinet_firewalls/)

Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday of 2025 patches 161 bugs (https://krebsons=
ecurity.com/2025/01/microsoft-happy-2025-heres-161-security-updates/)
Krebs on Security: Speaking of bugs=2C get your fill of flaws in this mont=
h's Patch Tuesday. Krebs has your run-down of the 161 updates from Microso=
ft=2C including three privilege escalation zero-days in Hyper-V=2C but lit=
tle is known about the bugs under attack in the wild just yet. The monthly=
bug patch includes six kernel address leak fixes=2C all submitted by @yar=
den_shafir (https://x.com/yarden_shafir/status/1879340852654551053) . That=
's incredible work! And thanks as always to Krebs for pulling these report=
s together!
More: CrowdStrike (https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/patch-tuesday-an=
alysis-january-2025/) | Cyberscoop (https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-patch=
-tuesday-january-2025/) | @screaminggoat (https://infosec.exchange/@scream=
inggoat/113826625290043358)
https://x.com/yarden_shafir/status/1879340852654551053
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** THE STUFF YOU MIGHT'VE MISSED
------------------------------------------------------------
Texas sues Allstate for violating privacy rights of 45 million Americans (=
https://therecord.media/texas-sues-allstate-data-privacy-cars)
The Record: Texas' attorney general is suing Allstate and its subsidiary A=
rity for allegedly collecting=2C using and selling cellphone location data=
and customers' movements of more than 45 million Americans without their=
knowledge=2C per a presser (https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/rel=
eases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-allstate-and-arity-unlawfully-colle=
cting-using-and-selling-over-45) . (Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/=
gadgets/2025/01/allstate-sued-for-allegedly-tracking-drivers-behavior-thro=
ugh-third-party-apps/) has some good yarn=2C too.) Allstate and other insu=
rers would "use that consumer=E2=80=99s data to justify increasing their c=
ar insurance premium." Yuck=2C gross. Damn=2C if only they'd do something=
about this kind of invasive data collection and not say=2C oh I don't kno=
w=2C not focus on some nebulous threat from TikTok?

At least 8 Americans wrongly arrested after AI face matches (https://www.w=
ashingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2025/police-artificial-intelligence=
-facial-recognition/)
Washington Post ($): Get yourself a pot of coffee and riled up for this we=
ekend long-read. This infuriating story (the piece itself is very well don=
e) looks at deficiencies in policing standards across the U.S. resulting i=
n overconfidence by police that AI and facial recognition was working =E2=
=80=94 when it absolutely wasn't. The effect that these arrests had on the=
ir lives can't be understated.

How Barcelona became an unlikely hub for spyware makers (https://techcrunc=
h.com/2025/01/13/how-barcelona-became-an-unlikely-hub-for-spyware-startups=
/)
TechCrunch: Sun=2C seafood=2C beautiful beaches... and spyware? That's Bar=
celona=2C Europe's newest spyware hub=2C according to multiple people invo=
lved in the spyware and exploit making business=2C who spoke with @lorenzo=
fb (https://bsky.app/profile/lorenzofb.bsky.social/post/3lfpkfzkucc2r) . T=
he piece follows a would-be hire at a shadowy=2C secretive spyware maker s=
tarting out in Barcelona. Sure=2C Barcelona sounds fun and the city clearl=
y has incentives to move there=2C but it's actually easier for spyware mak=
ers to export their products to Europe from Europe than it is from Israel=
=2C where many of these companies started out. At least for one person=2C=
moving to Spain was because of "expulsion" over emigration. This story go=
t an important shoutout by Citizen Lab's @jsrailton (https://bsky.app/prof=
ile/jsrailton.bsky.social) at the U.N. Security Council=2C which saw gover=
nments this week call for regulations
(https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/governments-call-for-spyware-regulation=
s-in-un-security-council-meeting/) on the use of spyware.

Millions of 'failed' accounts vulnerable due to Google's OAuth Flaw (https=
://trufflesecurity.com/blog/millions-at-risk-due-to-google-s-oauth-flaw)
Truffle Security: OAuth=2C the login feature that lets you sign in with an=
online account (think the "sign in with Google" login option) can have it=
s benefits=2C but you're putting your account access in the hands of someo=
ne else; in this case=2C Google. If you lose access to your account (or Go=
ogle bans you)=2C you're stuffed. This same issue happens with expired or=
lost domains=2C such as when a startup collapses; you can re-access any a=
ccount that's connected to the newly revived domain (like Zoom=2C HR syste=
ms=2C and more). Truffle Security has a good post on what happens if you b=
uy these expired domains and what access you can get to defunct Google acc=
ounts. The research was presented at ShmooCon; you can watch the talk from=
the blog.
https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/millions-at-risk-due-to-google-s-oauth-fl=
aw
Russian FSB campaign aims to exploit WhatsApp accounts (https://www.micros=
oft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/16/new-star-blizzard-spear-phishing-ca=
mpaign-targets-whatsapp-accounts/)
Microsoft: Hackers believed to be associated with Russia's FSB are behind=
a new campaign targeting access to WhatsApp users. Microsoft's new resear=
ch shows (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/16/new-sta=
r-blizzard-spear-phishing-campaign-targets-whatsapp-accounts/) the hackers=
are using fake QR codes to gain access to WhatsApp accounts =E2=80=94 whi=
ch=2C let's not forget=2C are widely used across governments (and in the U=
=2EK. (https://www.politico.eu/article/the-british-governments-disappearing-=
whatsapps/) ). The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/j=
an/17/russian-hackers-star-blizzard-whatsapp-accounts-ministers-officials)=
has a good tl;dr.
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** OTHER NEWSY NUGGETS
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Clop claims hacked Cleo customers: The Clop ransomware gang's latest mass-=
hack campaign targeting customers of Cleo Software seemed to return little=
=2C if anything=2C on the ransom front and appears to have been a bust. Cl=
op named dozens of companies that it claimed to have hacked in recent week=
s by way of exploiting a zero-day in the Cleo software used by its custome=
rs=2C but actually=2C many of the companies said they had no evidence they=
were hacked (https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/16/clop-ransomware-gang-names=
-dozens-of-victims-hit-by-cleo-mass-hack-but-several-firms-dispute-breache=
s/) (which of course doesn't mean they weren't)=2C but several said they w=
eren't even Cleo customers! (via TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2025/0=
1/16/clop-ransomware-gang-names-dozens-of-victims-hit-by-cleo-mass-hack-bu=
t-several-firms-dispute-breaches/) )

Gov't websites awash with scams and porn: Reports this week show both U.S.=
federal (https://theintercept.com/2025/01/14/government-websites-porn-spa=
m-hack/) and Indian government websites (https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/07=
/indian-government-websites-are-still-redirecting-users-to-scam-sites/) ar=
e full of spam=2C scams=2C and sometimes porn=2C for reasons that aren't c=
ompletely clear=2C but somehow=2C somewhere=2C hackers are breaking in and=
dropping pages and redirects to their own sites=2C which are getting cach=
ed in Google and other search engines. It's not a new issue by any means..=
=2E and yet=2C nevertheless=2C it persists. (via The Intercept ($) (https://=
theintercept.com/2025/01/14/government-websites-porn-spam-hack/) =2C @dell=
(https://bsky.app/profile/dell.bsky.social/post/3lfqntcqbis2v) )
https://bsky.app/profile/dell.bsky.social/post/3lfqntcqbis2v
British ban busts bad bods' business: The U.K. government says it's going=
to =E2=80=94 probably=2C maybe=2C someday =E2=80=94 ban itself and other=
public sector organizations=2C including schools and local councils=2C fr=
om paying any hacker ransoms following a cyberattack. The U.K.'s security=
minister says it's only a proposal for now (details within (https://www.g=
ov.uk/government/news/world-leading-proposals-to-protect-businesses-from-c=
ybercrime) )=2C but comes after a series of major hacks at NHS trusts acro=
ss the U.K. over the past year=2C including the Synnovis lab hack=2C which=
Bloomberg ($) (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-14/nhs-ran=
somware-hack-caused-patient-harm-in-uk-data-shows) reports that a post-mor=
tem of the incident shows it had real-world harm on patients. (via U.K. go=
vernment (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/world-leading-proposals-to-pr=
otect-businesses-from-cybercrime) =2C Home Office
(https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ransomware-proposals-to-incre=
ase-incident-reporting-and-reduce-payments-to-criminals) )

Otelier breach exposes millions of hotel goers: Well=2C this ain't good: O=
telier=2C a hotel management platform=2C was hit by a data breach after th=
reat actors broke into the company's AWS S3 cloud storage and stole millio=
ns of guests' information and reservations from well-known hotel chains li=
ke Marriott=2C Hilton=2C and Hyatt. Otelier confirmed it was hacked=2C and=
apparently it was due to stolen credentials (through info-stealing malwar=
e=2C no less =E2=80=94 a common theme!). It's unclear if MFA was used; but=
either way=2C that's an eye-wateringly big breach for such a simple=2C ba=
sic security issue. (via Bleeping Computer (https://www.bleepingcomputer.c=
om/news/security/otelier-data-breach-exposes-info-hotel-reservations-of-mi=
llions/) )

CISA to get new leadership: Politico reports that with leadership at CISA=
(and the rest of the Biden administration's political appointments) leavi=
ng on January 20 ahead of the Trump admin's inauguration=2C the CISA top j=
ob may end up going to former Dept. of Energy and NSC staffer Sean Plankey=
=2E I guess we'll find out in=2C *checks notes*=2C a day or two or whenever.=
(via Politico (https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/15/congress/=
sean-plankey-likely-to-lead-u-s-cyber-agency-00198382) )

TikTok and others disappear after U.S. ban: We can't not talk about the Ti=
kTok ban that went into effect overnight. I have a lot of opinions on this=
=2C but suffice to say=2C it's clearly a First Amendment issue (https://co=
nstitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/) to ban an app (ie. Cong=
ress created a law that prohibits free expression)=2C and that the nationa=
l security concerns aren't that much different from the U.S. tech giants t=
hat exploit their users the same way=2C just at home where that data=2C an=
d algorithms that handle that data=2C can also be used against them. If Ti=
kTok is a national security threat=2C so is Meta=2C so is X=2C and so are=
data brokers that collect all of this data and share it with others. And=
please=2C don't try to use a shady VPN to get around the ban; not least=
=2C you can't=2C but also it's just very=2C very bad for your security to=
hand your network traffic to an entity you cannot trust any more than you=
r ISP. (via BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6p1g54q85o) =2C
Associated Press (https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-trump-biden-china-=
bdc79b7ce741a81761f67ea56d410103) =2C Wired ($) (https://www.wired.com/sto=
ry/how-to-get-around-the-us-tiktok-ban/) )
https://x.com/ShyBucketGetter/status/1879400978946097448
~ ~


** THE HAPPY CORNER
------------------------------------------------------------
There's no time to wait. Happy corner=2C commence!

Next time you hear that a large enterprise or corporate giant was hit by a=
"sophisticated attacker=2C" remember that it was probably just a fat cat=
(https://x.com/vxunderground/status/1878184456340615458) and not the moun=
tain lion you might be picturing.
https://x.com/vxunderground/status/1878184456340615458
Moving on. Not even Harry Potter can escape the corporate phishing test (h=
ttps://hachyderm.io/@forrestbrazeal/113829121978374399) .
https://hachyderm.io/@forrestbrazeal/113829121978374399
Now=2C in obscure science news (https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cly9vl9jjk=
vo) . Imagine you're a piece of interstellar rock=2C hurtling through spac=
e at absolutely ridiculous speeds. You're whizzing past asteroids=2C stars=
=2C and through the dust of the occasional comet trail. Then=2C out of now=
here=2C you see this bright=2C blue=2C beautiful planet in the distance...=
and as you get nearer=2C you see that it's this round=2C gorgeous oasis i=
n space=2C and you can't wait to get even closer. As you approach=2C you f=
eel like you're speeding up=2C as you dodge your way through a cluster of=
orbiting satellites... you're getting hotter and hotter=2C but closer and=
closer... and you're nearly there and...
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cly9vl9jjkvo
=2E..whoops? Well=2C by catching this footage on a doorbell camera (https://=
www.bbc.com/news/videos/cly9vl9jjkvo) =2C it's a historic first since thes=
e sorts of events don't happen very often=2C scientists say (https://www.l=
ivescience.com/space/doorbell-camera-captures-1st-ever-video-of-the-sound-=
and-sight-of-a-meteorite-crash-landing) .

And before we go: bonus cybercat (https://infosec.exchange/@hal_pomeranz/1=
13851892936658346) =2C because why not?
If you have good news you want to share=2C get in touch at: this@weekinsec=
urity.com (mailto:this@weekinsecurity.com?subject=3DGood%20news%20for%20yo=
ur%20newsletter) .
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** CYBER CATS & FRIENDS
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Meet Shane=2C this week's cyber cat. If you think companies take your secu=
rity and privacy seriously=2C you'd be right to be suspicious. Shane=2C on=
the other hand=2C really does want you to take your security and privacy=
seriously. You're a great advocate=2C Shane! (ba-dum tssk.) Thanks so muc=
h to Rob S. for sending in!
Shane is a very handsome=2C green-eyed tabby cat who's looking directly in=
to the camera with a serious (but cute!) expression on his face.
Keep sending in your cyber cats! (mailto:this@weekinsecurity.com?Subject=
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29%2C%20their%20name%2C%20and%20also%20your%20name%20and/or%20Twitter%20ha=
ndle%20if%20you%20want%20credit.) (or a non-feline friend). Drop me an ema=
il at any time with their name and a photo=2C and they'll be featured in a=
n upcoming newsletter!
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<span style=3D"font-size:15px"><span style=3D"=
font-family:arial=2Chelvetica neue=2Chelvetica=2Csans-serif"><strong><a hr=
ef=3D"https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/powerschool-data-breach-victims-sa=
y-hackers-stole-all-historical-student-and-teacher-data/" style=3D"mso-lin=
e-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust=
: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Pow=
erSchool breach may affect millions of students; no MFA on hacked account<=
/a></strong><br>
<strong>TechCrunch: </strong>Bear with me=2C there's a lot this week. Let'=
s start with one of the biggest hacks of the year (already=2C I know): Pow=
erSchool=2C used by 18=2C000 schools and 60+ million students=2C was breac=
hed. In absence of information from the company=2C affected school distric=
ts <a href=3D"https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/18/how-victims-of-powerschool=
s-data-breach-helped-each-other-investigate-massive-hack/" style=3D"mso-li=
ne-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjus=
t: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">he=
lped each other</a> to investigate=2C while some districts say <a href=3D"=
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/powerschool-data-breach-victims-say-hack=
ers-stole-all-historical-student-and-teacher-data/" style=3D"mso-line-heig=
ht-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%=
;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">"all" his=
torical staff and student</a> data was stolen. Turns out PowerSchool <a hr=
ef=3D"https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/17/malware-stole-internal-powerschool=
-passwords-from-engineers-hacked-computer/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule:=
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color:=
#007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">wasn't using MFA=
</a> on one of its support accounts=2C which granted the hackers access to=
steal gobs of data. A lot of highly sensitive student data was taken; inc=
luding grades=2C medical data=2C SSNs=2C and more. Many schools have alrea=
dy notified their students of the breach=2C so stay on alert for more. My=
team at TechCrunch did incredible reporting on this story this week (<em>=
disclosure: obvious bias alert!</em>). Keep a close eye on this!<br>
<strong>More:</strong> <a href=3D"https://www.powerschool.com/security/sis=
-incident/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 1=
00%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text=
-decoration: underline;">PowerSchool</a> | <a href=3D"https://techcrunch.c=
om/2025/01/17/malware-stole-internal-powerschool-passwords-from-engineers-=
hacked-computer/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adj=
ust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: norma=
l;text-decoration: underline;">TechCrunch</a> | <a href=3D"https://k12tech=
pro.com/one-week-later-and-we-still-have-questions-about-the-powerschool-b=
reach/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;=
-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-dec=
oration: underline;">K12TechPro</a> | <a href=3D"https://www.usatoday.com/=
story/news/education/2025/01/13/powerschool-data-breach-what-to-know-stude=
nts/77667159007/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adj=
ust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: norma=
l;text-decoration: underline;">USA Today</a> | <a href=3D"https://infosec.=
exchange/@malwarejake/113845139843736751" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: e=
xactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #0=
07C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">@malwarejake</a></s=
pan></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size:15px"><span style=3D"=
font-family:arial=2Chelvetica neue=2Chelvetica=2Csans-serif"><strong><a hr=
ef=3D"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2792" style=3D"mso-l=
ine-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adju=
st: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">T=
reasury names and sanctions Salt Typhoon=2C and the hacker targeting Treas=
ury</a></strong><br>
<strong>U.S. Treasury: </strong>In its final days=2C the Biden administrat=
ion's cyber team has named=2C shamed=2C and <em>sanctioned</em> the group=
known as Salt Typhoon=2C the China-backed hackers behind the biggest brea=
ch of U.S. phone and internet giants; as well as the hacker behind the rec=
ent Treasury hacks. Look at that; things <em>can</em> happen at speed when=
they want to get done... Per the Treasury=2C Salt Typhoon is linked to a=
Sichuan-based cybersecurity company called Sichuan Juxinhe=2C and has "di=
rect involvement" with the hacking group. Meanwhile=2C the U.S. Treasury i=
s sanctioning Yin Kecheng=2C a Shanghai-based cyber actor affiliated with=
the Chinese MSS=2C the ministry for foreign intelligence=2C with the hack=
of the Treasury itself. <a href=3D"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/article=
s/2025-01-16/treasury-hackers-focused-on-sanctions-intelligence-report-say=
s" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webk=
it-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decorati=
on: underline;">Bloomberg ($)</a> revealed that the scope of the Treasury=
hack includes the breach of 400+ computers and the theft of more than 3=
=2C000 files from the department. All this comes in the same week that the=
<a href=3D"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/fbi-forces-chinese=
-malware-to-delete-itself-from-thousands-of-us-computers/" style=3D"mso-li=
ne-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjus=
t: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">fe=
ds unsealed action</a> they took to force-remove the China-linked PluxX ma=
lware from thousands of U.S. computers. Departing CISA chief Jen Easterly=
posted <a href=3D"https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/strengthening-ame=
ricas-resilience-against-prc-cyber-threats" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule:=
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color:=
#007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">some words</a> o=
n the threat from China; and the <a href=3D"https://bsky.app/profile/kimze=
tter.bsky.social/post/3lfmznfaj2k2u" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactl=
y;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89=
;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">outgoing FBI director</a=
> also shared his views.<br>
<strong>More:</strong> <a href=3D"https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-=
security/2025/01/13/salt-typhoon-china-sanctions-biden/" style=3D"mso-line=
-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:=
100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Wash=
ington Post ($)</a> | <a href=3D"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-director=
-christopher-wray-on-threats-america-faces-decision-to-step-down-60-minute=
s-transcript/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust=
: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;t=
ext-decoration: underline;">CBS News</a> | <a href=3D"https://arstechnica.=
com/tech-policy/2025/01/fbi-forces-chinese-malware-to-delete-itself-from-t=
housands-of-us-computers/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text=
-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weig=
ht: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Ars Technica</a> | <a href=3D"http=
s://x.com/argvee/status/1879926597815504948" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule=
: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color:=
#007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">@argvee</a> | <a=
href=3D"https://x.com/dnvolz/status/1878822293817971074" style=3D"mso-lin=
e-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust=
: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">@dn=
volz</a><br>
<br>
<strong><a href=3D"https://www.csoonline.com/article/3802476/biden-white-h=
ouse-to-go-all-out-in-final-sweeping-cybersecurity-order.html" style=3D"ms=
o-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-a=
djust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;=
">Biden admin goes all out on final cyber executive order</a></strong><br>
<strong>CSO Online: </strong>Relatedly... it's the Biden cyber team's swan=
song with their final executive order. Rushed out in the last days of the=
administration=2C outgoing top cyber official Anne Neuberger set out the=
order as setting up the next administration on the best possible footing.=
But as it was her last briefing=2C Neuberger said it wasn't clear to her=
who was doing what in cyber under Trump =E2=80=94 since she won't be arou=
nd to see it. Much of the order was patching issues the government had wor=
ked on over the past few years. It's unclear if the Trump admin will accep=
t or rescind the order=2C details of which you can read <a href=3D"https:/=
/www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2025/01/16/executiv=
e-order-on-strengthening-and-promoting-innovation-in-the-nations-cybersecu=
rity/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-=
webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-deco=
ration: underline;">here</a> and <a href=3D"https://www.wired.com/story/bi=
den-executive-order-cybersecurity-ai-and-more/" style=3D"mso-line-height-r=
ule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;col=
or: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Wired ($)</a>=
has a breakdown=2C too. Much of the Trump admin's public rhetoric has bee=
n on cyber-offense=2C which only really seems like a smart idea if you've=
got an incredibly strong defense base at home =E2=80=94 which... we don't=
=2E<br>
<strong>More:</strong> <a href=3D"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room=
/presidential-actions/2025/01/16/executive-order-on-strengthening-and-prom=
oting-innovation-in-the-nations-cybersecurity/" style=3D"mso-line-height-r=
ule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;col=
or: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">White House</=
a> | <a href=3D"https://cyberscoop.com/aggressive-cyber-offense-trump-admi=
nistration-us-strategy-debate/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms=
-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font=
-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Cyberscoop</a> | <a href=3D"h=
ttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/16/biden-administration-launches-cybersecurity=
-executive-order.html" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-siz=
e-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight:=
normal;text-decoration: underline;">CNBC</a> | <a href=3D"https://www.axi=
os.com/2025/01/16/biden-executive-order-ai-cyber-security-trump" style=3D"=
mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size=
-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underlin=
e;">Axios</a><br>
<br>
<strong><a href=3D"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet=
-warns-of-auth-bypass-zero-day-exploited-to-hijack-firewalls/" style=3D"ms=
o-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-a=
djust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;=
">Fortinet warns of auth. bypass zero-day under attack to hijack firewalls=
</a></strong><br>
<strong>Bleeping Computer: </strong>It's a day ending in "y=2C" so of <em>=
course</em> there's yet another major bug in a widely used enterprise secu=
rity edge device that allows hackers to break into the network ostensibly=
protected by the product. This week it's Fortinet=2C whose firewalls are=
vulnerable to <a href=3D"https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-535" s=
tyle=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-t=
ext-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:=
underline;">CVE-2024-55591</a>=2C which Fortinet says is under active exp=
loitation in the wild. <a href=3D"https://arcticwolf.com/resources/blog/co=
nsole-chaos-targets-fortinet-fortigate-firewalls/" style=3D"mso-line-heigh=
t-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;=
color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Arctic Wol=
f</a> says the bug was first exploited back in November=2C so... that's pr=
obably a fair number of organizations pwned so far. This lands in the same=
week that a hacking group released config files and VPN credentials on ov=
er 15=2C000 Fortinet devices=2C which <a href=3D"https://doublepulsar.com/=
2022-zero-day-was-used-to-raid-fortigate-firewall-configs-somebody-just-re=
leased-them-a7a74e0b0c7f?gi=3D06d38535bbd7" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule:=
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color:=
#007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">@GossiTheDog</a>=
has a good blog post with more details.<br>
<strong>More:</strong> <a href=3D"https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-2=
4-535" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-=
webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-deco=
ration: underline;">Fortinet</a> | <a href=3D"https://techcrunch.com/2025/=
01/14/hackers-are-exploiting-a-new-fortinet-firewall-bug-to-breach-company=
-networks/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 1=
00%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text=
-decoration: underline;">TechCrunch</a> | <a href=3D"https://www.theregist=
er.com/2025/01/14/miscreants_mass_exploited_fortinet_firewalls/" style=3D"=
mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size=
-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underlin=
e;">The Register</a><br>
<br>
<strong><a href=3D"https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/microsoft-happy-202=
5-heres-161-security-updates/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-=
text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-=
weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Microsoft's first Patch Tuesda=
y of 2025 patches 161 bugs</a></strong><br>
<strong>Krebs on Security: </strong>Speaking of bugs=2C get your fill of f=
laws in this month's Patch Tuesday. Krebs has your run-down of the 161 upd=
ates from Microsoft=2C including three privilege escalation zero-days in H=
yper-V=2C but little is known about the bugs under attack in the wild just=
yet. The monthly bug patch includes six kernel address leak fixes=2C all=
submitted by <a href=3D"https://x.com/yarden_shafir/status/18793408526545=
51053" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-=
webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-deco=
ration: underline;">@yarden_shafir</a>. That's incredible work! And thanks=
as always to Krebs for pulling these reports together!<br>
<strong>More:</strong> <a href=3D"https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/blog/p=
atch-tuesday-analysis-january-2025/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactl=
y;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89=
;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">CrowdStrike</a> | <a hre=
f=3D"https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-january-2025/" style=
=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-=
size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: unde=
rline;">Cyberscoop</a> | <a href=3D"https://infosec.exchange/@screaminggoa=
t/113826625290043358" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size=
-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: n=
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<span style=3D"font-size:15px"><span style=3D"=
font-family:arial=2Chelvetica neue=2Chelvetica=2Csans-serif"><strong><a hr=
ef=3D"https://therecord.media/texas-sues-allstate-data-privacy-cars" style=
=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-=
size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: unde=
rline;">Texas sues Allstate for violating privacy rights of 45 million Ame=
ricans</a></strong><br>
<strong>The Record: </strong> Texas' attorney general is suing Allstate an=
d its subsidiary Arity for allegedly collecting=2C using and selling cellp=
hone location data and customers' movements of more than 45 million Americ=
ans without their knowledge=2C per <a href=3D"https://www.texasattorneygen=
eral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-allstate-and-arity=
-unlawfully-collecting-using-and-selling-over-45" style=3D"mso-line-height=
-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;c=
olor: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">a presser</=
a>. (<a href=3D"https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/allstate-sued-for-=
allegedly-tracking-drivers-behavior-through-third-party-apps/" style=3D"ms=
o-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-a=
djust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;=
">Ars Technica</a> has some good yarn=2C too.) Allstate and other insurers=
would "use that consumer=E2=80=99s data to justify increasing their car i=
nsurance premium." Yuck=2C gross. Damn=2C if only they'd do something abou=
t <em>this</em> kind of invasive data collection and not say=2C <em>oh I d=
on't know</em>=2C not focus on some nebulous threat from TikTok?<br>
<br>
<strong><a href=3D"https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/202=
5/police-artificial-intelligence-facial-recognition/" style=3D"mso-line-he=
ight-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 10=
0%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">At leas=
t 8 Americans wrongly arrested after AI face matches</a></strong><br>
<strong>Washington Post ($): </strong> Get yourself a pot of coffee and ri=
led up for this weekend long-read. This infuriating story (the piece itsel=
f is very well done) looks at deficiencies in policing standards across th=
e U.S. resulting in overconfidence by police that AI and facial recognitio=
n was working =E2=80=94 when it absolutely wasn't. The effect that these a=
rrests had on their lives can't be understated.<br>
<br>
<strong><a href=3D"https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/13/how-barcelona-became-=
an-unlikely-hub-for-spyware-startups/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exac=
tly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C=
89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">How Barcelona became a=
n unlikely hub for spyware makers</a></strong><br>
<strong>TechCrunch: </strong> Sun=2C seafood=2C beautiful beaches... and s=
pyware? That's Barcelona=2C Europe's newest spyware hub=2C according to mu=
ltiple people involved in the spyware and exploit making business=2C who s=
poke with <a href=3D"https://bsky.app/profile/lorenzofb.bsky.social/post/3=
lfpkfzkucc2r" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:=
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;te=
xt-decoration: underline;">@lorenzofb</a>. The piece follows a would-be hi=
re at a shadowy=2C secretive spyware maker starting out in Barcelona. Sure=
=2C Barcelona sounds fun and the city clearly has incentives to move there=
=2C but it's actually easier for spyware makers to export their products t=
o Europe <em>from</em> Europe than it is from Israel=2C where many of thes=
e companies started out. At least for one person=2C moving to Spain was be=
cause of "expulsion" over emigration. This story got an important shoutout=
by Citizen Lab's <a href=3D"https://bsky.app/profile/jsrailton.bsky.socia=
l" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webk=
it-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decorati=
on: underline;">@jsrailton</a> at the U.N. Security Council=2C which saw g=
overnments this week <a href=3D"https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/governme=
nts-call-for-spyware-regulations-in-un-security-council-meeting/" style=3D=
"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-siz=
e-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underli=
ne;">call for regulations</a> on the use of spyware.<br>
<br>
<strong><a href=3D"https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/millions-at-risk-due-t=
o-google-s-oauth-flaw" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-siz=
e-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight:=
normal;text-decoration: underline;">Millions of 'failed' accounts vulnera=
ble due to Google's OAuth Flaw</a></strong><br>
<strong>Truffle Security: </strong> OAuth=2C the login feature that lets y=
ou sign in with an online account (think the "sign in with Google" login o=
ption) can have its benefits=2C but you're putting your account access in=
the hands of someone else; in this case=2C Google. If you lose access to=
your account (or Google bans you)=2C you're stuffed. This same issue happ=
ens with expired or lost domains=2C such as when a startup collapses; you=
can re-access any account that's connected to the newly revived domain (l=
ike Zoom=2C HR systems=2C and more). Truffle Security has a good post on w=
hat happens if you buy these expired domains and what access you can get t=
o defunct Google accounts. The research was presented at ShmooCon; you can=
watch the talk from the blog.</span></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size:15px"><span style=3D"=
font-family:arial=2Chelvetica neue=2Chelvetica=2Csans-serif"><strong><a hr=
ef=3D"https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/01/16/new-star-bl=
izzard-spear-phishing-campaign-targets-whatsapp-accounts/" style=3D"mso-li=
ne-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjus=
t: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Ru=
ssian FSB campaign aims to exploit WhatsApp accounts</a></strong><br>
<strong>Microsoft: </strong> Hackers believed to be associated with Russia=
's FSB are behind a new campaign targeting access to WhatsApp users. Micro=
soft's new research <a href=3D"https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bl=
og/2025/01/16/new-star-blizzard-spear-phishing-campaign-targets-whatsapp-a=
ccounts/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100=
%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-d=
ecoration: underline;">shows</a> the hackers are using fake QR codes to ga=
in access to WhatsApp accounts =E2=80=94 which=2C let's not forget=2C are=
widely used across governments (and <a href=3D"https://www.politico.eu/ar=
ticle/the-british-governments-disappearing-whatsapps/" style=3D"mso-line-h=
eight-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 1=
00%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">in the=
U.K.</a>). <a href=3D"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/17/=
russian-hackers-star-blizzard-whatsapp-accounts-ministers-officials" style=
=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-=
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rline;">The Guardian</a> has a good tl;dr.</span></span>
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<span style=3D"font-size:15px"><span style=3D"=
font-family:arial=2Chelvetica neue=2Chelvetica=2Csans-serif"><strong>Clop=
claims hacked Cleo customers: </strong> The Clop ransomware gang's latest=
mass-hack campaign targeting customers of Cleo Software seemed to return=
little=2C if anything=2C on the ransom front and appears to have been a b=
ust. Clop named dozens of companies that it claimed to have hacked in rece=
nt weeks by way of exploiting a zero-day in the Cleo software used by its=
customers=2C but actually=2C many of the companies said they had <a href=
=3D"https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/16/clop-ransomware-gang-names-dozens-of=
-victims-hit-by-cleo-mass-hack-but-several-firms-dispute-breaches/" style=
=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-=
size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: unde=
rline;">no evidence they were hacked</a> (which of course doesn't mean the=
y weren't)=2C but several said they weren't even Cleo customers! (<em>via=
<a href=3D"https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/16/clop-ransomware-gang-names-d=
ozens-of-victims-hit-by-cleo-mass-hack-but-several-firms-dispute-breaches/=
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t-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoratio=
n: underline;">TechCrunch</a></em>)<br>
<br>
<strong>Gov't websites awash with scams and porn: </strong> Reports this w=
eek show both <a href=3D"https://theintercept.com/2025/01/14/government-we=
bsites-porn-spam-hack/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-si=
ze-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight:=
normal;text-decoration: underline;">U.S. federal</a> and <a href=3D"https=
://techcrunch.com/2025/01/07/indian-government-websites-are-still-redirect=
ing-users-to-scam-sites/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-=
size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weigh=
t: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Indian government websites</a> are=
full of spam=2C scams=2C and sometimes porn=2C for reasons that aren't co=
mpletely clear=2C but somehow=2C <em>somewhere</em>=2C hackers are breakin=
g in and dropping pages and redirects to their own sites=2C which are gett=
ing cached in Google and other search engines. It's not a new issue by any=
means... and yet=2C nevertheless=2C it persists. (<em>via <a href=3D"http=
s://theintercept.com/2025/01/14/government-websites-porn-spam-hack/" style=
=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-=
size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: unde=
rline;">The Intercept ($)</a>=2C <a href=3D"https://bsky.app/profile/dell.=
bsky.social/post/3lfqntcqbis2v" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms=
-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font=
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font-family:arial=2Chelvetica neue=2Chelvetica=2Csans-serif"><strong>Briti=
sh ban busts bad bods' business: </strong> The U.K. government says it's g=
oing to =E2=80=94 probably=2C maybe=2C someday =E2=80=94 ban itself and ot=
her public sector organizations=2C including schools and local councils=2C=
from paying any hacker ransoms following a cyberattack. The U.K.'s securi=
ty minister says it's only a proposal for now (<a href=3D"https://www.gov.=
uk/government/news/world-leading-proposals-to-protect-businesses-from-cybe=
rcrime" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;=
-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-dec=
oration: underline;">details within</a>)=2C but comes after a series of ma=
jor hacks at NHS trusts across the U.K. over the past year=2C including th=
e Synnovis lab hack=2C which <a href=3D"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/art=
icles/2025-01-14/nhs-ransomware-hack-caused-patient-harm-in-uk-data-shows"=
style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit=
-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration=
: underline;">Bloomberg ($)</a> reports that a post-mortem of the incident=
shows it had real-world harm on patients. (<em>via <a href=3D"https://www=
=2Egov.uk/government/news/world-leading-proposals-to-protect-businesses-from=
-cybercrime" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:=
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;te=
xt-decoration: underline;">U.K. government</a>=2C <a href=3D"https://www.g=
ov.uk/government/consultations/ransomware-proposals-to-increase-incident-r=
eporting-and-reduce-payments-to-criminals" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule:=
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color:=
#007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Home Office</a><=
/em>)<br>
<br>
<strong>Otelier breach exposes millions of hotel goers: </strong> Well=2C=
<em>this ain't good</em>: Otelier=2C a hotel management platform=2C was h=
it by a data breach after threat actors broke into the company's AWS S3 cl=
oud storage and stole millions of guests' information and reservations fro=
m well-known hotel chains like Marriott=2C Hilton=2C and Hyatt. Otelier co=
nfirmed it was hacked=2C and apparently it was due to stolen credentials (=
through info-stealing malware=2C no less =E2=80=94 a common theme!). It's=
unclear if MFA was used; but either way=2C that's an eye-wateringly big b=
reach for such a simple=2C basic security issue. (<em>via <a href=3D"https=
://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/otelier-data-breach-exposes-info=
-hotel-reservations-of-millions/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-=
ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;fo=
nt-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Bleeping Computer</a></em>)=
<br>
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<strong>CISA to get new leadership: </strong> Politico reports that with l=
eadership at CISA (and the rest of the Biden administration's political ap=
pointments) leaving on January 20 ahead of the Trump admin's inauguration=
=2C the CISA top job may end up going to former Dept. of Energy and NSC st=
affer Sean Plankey. I guess we'll find out in=2C <em>*checks notes*</em>=
=2C a day or two or whenever. (<em>via <a href=3D"https://www.politico.com=
/live-updates/2025/01/15/congress/sean-plankey-likely-to-lead-u-s-cyber-ag=
ency-00198382" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust=
: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;t=
ext-decoration: underline;">Politico</a></em>)<br>
<br>
<strong>TikTok and others disappear after U.S. ban: </strong> We can't <em=
>not</em> talk about the TikTok ban that went into effect overnight. I hav=
e a lot of opinions on this=2C but suffice to say=2C it's clearly a <a hre=
f=3D"https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/" style=3D=
"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-siz=
e-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underli=
ne;">First Amendment issue</a> to ban an app (ie. Congress created a law t=
hat prohibits free expression)=2C and that the national security concerns=
aren't that much different from the U.S. tech giants that exploit their u=
sers <em>the same way</em>=2C just at home where that data=2C and algorith=
ms that handle that data=2C can also be used against them. If TikTok is a=
national security threat=2C so is Meta=2C so is X=2C and so are data brok=
ers that collect all of this data and share it with others. And please=2C=
don't try to use a shady VPN to get around the ban; not least=2C you can'=
t=2C but also it's just very=2C very bad for your security to hand your ne=
twork traffic to an entity you <em>cannot trust</em> any more than your IS=
P. (<em>via <a href=3D"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz6p1g54q85o" sty=
le=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-tex=
t-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: un=
derline;">BBC News</a>=2C <a href=3D"https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban=
-trump-biden-china-bdc79b7ce741a81761f67ea56d410103" style=3D"mso-line-hei=
ght-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100=
%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Associat=
ed Press</a>=2C <a href=3D"https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-around-t=
he-us-tiktok-ban/" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-ad=
just: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: norm=
al;text-decoration: underline;">Wired ($)</a></em>)</span></span>
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hey=E2=80=99d use it to exploit me. That=E2=80=99s why I trust it only wit=
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l;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: l=
eft;"><span style=3D"font-size:19px"><span style=3D"font-weight:bolder">TH=
E HAPPY CORNER</span></span></h3>

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=2C Helvetica=2C sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;mso-line-hei=
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%;word-break: break-word;color: #202020;text-align: left;">

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font-family:arial=2Chelvetica neue=2Chelvetica=2Csans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-style:normal">There's no time to wait. Happy corner=2C <em>commen=
ce!</em></span><br>
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se or corporate giant was hit by a "sophisticated attacker=2C" remember th=
at it was <a href=3D"https://x.com/vxunderground/status/187818445634061545=
8" style=3D"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webk=
it-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decorati=
on: underline;">probably just a fat cat</a> and not the mountain lion you=
might be picturing. </span></span></span>
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/status/1878184456340615458" title=3D"" class=3D"" target=3D"_blank" style=
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derground tweet: &quot;This image is a perfectly analogy for most enterpri=
se compromises =E2=80=94 a &quot;sophisticated attacker&quot; was NOT a st=
ate-sponsored Threat Actor. It was just a fat cat=2C&quot; followed by a f=
at ginger cat that was mistaken for a mountain lion." src=3D"https://mcuse=
rcontent.com/e1ad6038c994abec17dafb116/images/d30a9647-ab85-3b1f-836b-043b=
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=3D"padding: 0px 18px 9px;font-family: Arial=2C &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;=
=2C Helvetica=2C sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;mso-line-hei=
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font-family:arial=2Chelvetica neue=2Chelvetica=2Csans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-style:normal">Moving on. Not even Harry Potter can <a href=3D"htt=
ps://hachyderm.io/@forrestbrazeal/113829121978374399" style=3D"mso-line-he=
ight-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 10=
0%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">escape=
the corporate phishing test</a>.</span></span></span>
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stbrazeal/113829121978374399" title=3D"" class=3D"" target=3D"_blank" styl=
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uot;" src=3D"https://mcusercontent.com/e1ad6038c994abec17dafb116/images/62=
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=3D"font-style:normal">Now=2C <a href=3D"https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c=
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solutely ridiculous speeds. You're whizzing past asteroids=2C stars=2C and=
through the dust of the occasional comet trail. Then=2C out of nowhere=2C=
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el like you're speeding up=2C as you dodge your way through a cluster of o=
rbiting satellites... you're getting hotter and hotter=2C but closer and c=
loser... and you're nearly there and...</span></span></span>
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font-family:arial=2Chelvetica neue=2Chelvetica=2Csans-serif"><span style=
=3D"font-style:normal">...<em>whoops</em>? Well=2C by catching this footag=
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ne-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjus=
t: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">on=
a doorbell camera</a>=2C it's a historic first since these </span>sorts o=
f events don't happen very often=2C <a href=3D"https://www.livescience.com=
/space/doorbell-camera-captures-1st-ever-video-of-the-sound-and-sight-of-a=
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osec.exchange/@hal_pomeranz/113851892936658346" style=3D"mso-line-height-r=
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t</a>=2C because why not?</span></span></span>
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l;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: l=
eft;"><span style=3D"font-size:19px"><span style=3D"font-weight:bolder">CY=
BER CATS &amp; FRIENDS</span></span></h3>

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<span style=3D"font-size:15px"><span style=3D"=
font-family:arial=2Chelvetica neue=2Chelvetica=2Csans-serif">Meet Shane=2C=
this week's cyber cat. If you think companies take your security and priv=
acy seriously=2C you'd be right to be suspicious. Shane=2C on the other ha=
nd=2C really does want you to take your security and privacy seriously. Yo=
u're a great advo<em><u>cat</u></em>e=2C Shane! (ba-dum tssk.) Thanks so m=
uch to Rob S. for sending in!</span></span>
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font-family:arial=2Chelvetica neue=2Chelvetica=2Csans-serif"><a href=3D"ma=
ilto:this@weekinsecurity.com?Subject=3DCyber%20Cat%20%28%26%20Friends%29%2=
0submission&Body=3DPlease%20include%20a%20JPG%20of%20your%20cyber%20cat%20=
%28or%20other%20non-feline%20friend%29%2C%20their%20name%2C%20and%20also%2=
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xt-decoration: underline;"><strong>Keep sending in your cyber cats!</stron=
g></a> (or a non-feline friend). Drop me an email at any time with their n=
ame and a photo=2C and they'll be featured in an upcoming newsletter!</spa=
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