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Anti-government hackers have defaced payment systems installed in public tr=
ansport buses in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, to play pro-European songs and=
slogans.

The incident took place on Friday morning as residents headed to work.

The ticket scanners and point-of-sale devices played the national anthems o=
f Georgia and the EU, along with pro-EU speeches from local politicians:

* The Georgian national anthem.
* A phrase from Georgia's first President Zviad Gamsakhurdia, from his fam=
ous 1991 speech declaring the restoration of the country's independence: "L=
ong live the independence of Georgia!"
* A segment from late Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania's statement at the Coun=
cil of Europe in 1999: "I am Georgian, therefore I am European."
* Statements from Bidzina Ivanishvili's pre-election speeches.
* Obscene remarks made by current president and pro-Kremlin figure Mikheil=
Kavelashvili.
* Beethoven's "Ode to Joy," considered the EU's unofficial anthem.
* The phrase "Glory to Ukraine, glory to Georgia, f*** Russia!"

The Tbilisi City Hall [https://news.risky.biz/r/2f4324f7?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-=
407e-b496-c57050db16ff] shut down the system and is allowing residents to t=
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The hacks take place after almost three months of daily anti-government pro=
tests. Massive anti-government protests [https://news.risky.biz/r/3c1d8501?=
m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] erupted in Tbilisi on October 28 =
last year after a pro-Kremlin party won the country's Parliamentary electio=
n [https://news.risky.biz/r/e131499a?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16=
ff] among allegations of massive fraud, threats of violence, and ballot stu=
ffing.

The winning Georgia Dream party canceled the country's EU ascension process=
, passed oppressive laws, and canceled the country's presidential election,=
appointing a president through the Parliament instead=E2=80=94putting even=
more fuel on the ongoing protests.

No hacktivist group has taken credit for the attacks yet.

This marks the first time that hacking has played any role in Georgia's ant=
i-Russian resistance movement. This also marks the first time I've seen in-=
bus payment and ticket scanning systems get hacked. So, an A+ for originali=
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Breaches, hacks, and security incidents

Phemex crypto-heist: A threat actor has stolen $70 million worth of crypto-=
assets from Singapore-based exchange Phemex. The attackers stole multiple t=
ypes of crypto at the same time in a coordinated attack last Thursday. Phem=
ex paused and then resumed operations after addressing the hack. Some anony=
mous security researchers have told reporters that the techniques used in t=
he attack are reminiscent of North Korean hacking group TraderTraitor. [Add=
itional coverage in The Block [https://news.risky.biz/r/07990449?m=3D1a80b1=
45-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]]

NoOnes crypto-heist: A threat actor has stolen $8 million worth of crypto-a=
ssets from crypto P2P marketplace NoOnes. The hack took place on the first =
day of the year and exploited a vulnerability in the platform's Solana brid=
ge. According to open-source investigators, the stolen funds were passed th=
rough the Tornado Cash mixing service. [Additional coverage in the Crowdfun=
dInsider [https://news.risky.biz/r/d835e82b?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57=
050db16ff]]

BeyondTrust breach: Identity service provider BeyondTrust has updated its d=
ata breach disclosure [https://news.risky.biz/r/011b20d1?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-=
407e-b496-c57050db16ff] and says that only 17 of its customers were impacte=
d by a security breach last December.

UnitedHealth doubles breach impact numbers: UnitedHealth says that 190 mill=
ion Americans had their data stolen in a ransomware attack at its Change He=
althcare subsidiary last year. The company almost doubled the initial numbe=
r of 100 million it put out last year. UnitedHealth says it has now notifie=
d most of the affected individuals. Change Healthcare was hit by the AlphV =
ransomware gang in February of last year in an incident that caused pharmac=
y and prescription issuance outages all over the country. [Additional cover=
age in TechCrunch [https://news.risky.biz/r/89f391b1?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e=
-b496-c57050db16ff]]

British Museum network down after insider attack: London police have arrest=
ed a former employee who broke into the British Museum and shut down severa=
l IT systems. Officials say the man's actions took down the museum's ticket=
booking system. Several exhibitions were closed on Friday as a result of t=
he intrusion. [Additional coverage in The Guardian [https://news.risky.biz/=
r/b59d0da6?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]]

Emergency systems hacked in Israeli schools: Pro-Palestine hacktivist group=
Handala has breached the Israeli Ministry of National Security and has sen=
t false missile alerts to Israeli schools and kindergartens. The alerts wer=
e sent to smartphones via SMS and to raid and emergency systems [https://ne=
ws.risky.biz/r/739d850e?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] installed=
in schools and kindergartners. The group claims it wiped the system after =
sending the alerts. [Additional coverage in Ynet [https://news.risky.biz/r/=
a90a19b6?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]]

TalkTalk breach: UK ISP TalkTalk is investigating a data breach at a third-=
party supplier after some of its subscriber data was posted on a hacking fo=
rum last week. The threat actor claims to have stolen the details of nearly=
19 million TalkTalk users in a breach this month. TalkTalk previously expe=
rienced a major breach in 2015 [https://news.risky.biz/r/f162a824?m=3D1a80b=
145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff].


General tech and privacy

Windows Administrator Protection: The Microsoft security team has published=
its first-ever technical explanation [https://news.risky.biz/r/e9cffad1?m=
=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] about the new Administrator Protec=
tion (AP) feature coming to Windows 11, a system that requires biometrics a=
uthentication to perform admin-level tasks. We first covered this back in N=
ovember [https://news.risky.biz/r/e5639596?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c570=
50db16ff].

Samsung Galaxy S25 Content Credentials: Samsung's new line of Galaxy S25 de=
vices are the first-ever devices to feature a new technology named Content =
Credentials. The new tech detects and automatically labels AI-generated con=
tent. Content Credentials currently supports images, but the technology wil=
l be extended to audio, video, and documents. [Additional coverage in TechC=
runch [https://news.risky.biz/r/d5d508fa?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050=
db16ff]]

PayPal fined over security failures: The New York Department of Financial S=
ervices has fined PayPal $2 million [https://news.risky.biz/r/822c85cc?m=3D=
1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] for failing to secure sensitive custo=
mer data. The agency says PayPal did not use personnel trained in cybersecu=
rity risks when updating its backend to integrate the IRS' Form 1099-K. Dev=
elopers left sensitive data unredacted in PayPal's systems, which allowed t=
hreat actors to be able to easily retrieve it once they compromised a user =
account.

Google launches custom Web Store: Google has launched [https://news.risky.b=
iz/r/873f938e?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] a custom Chrome Web=
Store for enterprises to allow companies to filter what extensions appear =
on the store for their employees and avoid unwanted malware being installed=
=2E

More Texas car privacy probes: The Texas OAG has filed cases against four m=
ore automakers (Ford, Hyundai, Toyota, and Fiat Chrysler) over their car da=
ta collection practices. It previously also sued GM. No cases against Tesla=
, though, a car literally made to work on the cloud and track everything. [=
Additional coverage in The Record [https://news.risky.biz/r/09c6a6d2?m=3D1a=
80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]]

BlueSky spam networks: Underground services that sell follows, likes, and r=
eply spam have acquired BlueSky in their sights. One such service appears t=
o have registered over 8,000 BlueSky accounts [https://news.risky.biz/r/23d=
fd991?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] for future abuse.

Image via @conspirator0


Government, politics, and policy

Belarus blocks internet during election weekend: The Belarusian government =
has taken down internet access across the country for three days during the=
country's presidential election this weekend. Officials ordered [https://n=
ews.risky.biz/r/81cafd7c?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] ISPs to =
shut down the internet between Friday and Sunday in order to prevent threat=
s to election infrastructure. The measure is most likely meant to prevent t=
he public from coordinating protests via social media, similar to those tha=
t took place four years ago.

Turkiye proposes controversial cybersecurity law: Turkish officials are fas=
t-tracking a cybersecurity bill through Parliament for the creation of a na=
tional cybersecurity directorate. The bill contains provisions that would g=
rant the new agency the power to collect and store data from all the countr=
y's institutions and critical infrastructure providers. It also contains a =
provision that effectively criminalizes reporting on security incidents if =
the government has not first confirmed a breach. The country's opposition h=
as warned the bill effectively lays out a legal foundation of a sprawling s=
urveillance apparatus on the grounds of cybersecurity threats. [Additional =
coverage in the Turkish Minute [https://news.risky.biz/r/9671df80?m=3D1a80b=
145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] and the Nordic Monitor [https://news.risky=
=2Ebiz/r/7e0ba5e1?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e=
-b496-c57050db16ff]] [h/t DataBreache=
s.net]

US cyber diplomacy funding halted: An order from Secretary of State Marco R=
ubio to halt all foreign aid has also ground to a halt the activity of the =
department's new cyber diplomacy bureau. [Additional coverage in The Record=
[https://news.risky.biz/r/f3e1e069?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16f=
f]]

US gives up ten old exploits: The US government has reported 39 vulnerabili=
ties to software vendors in fiscal year 2023. According to an unclassified =
report [PDF [https://news.risky.biz/r/19b58cf6?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-=
c57050db16ff]], ten of the 39 were old vulnerabilities the government had d=
iscovered in previous years and kept for its own internal use. This likely =
includes offensive cyber operations. [h/t Joseph Menn [https://news.risky.b=
iz/r/24b11878?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]]


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Arrests, cybercrime, and threat intel

US indicts new batch of DPRK IT workers: The US DOJ has charged [https://ne=
ws.risky.biz/r/6712c1cf?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] two North=
Korean IT workers who posed as Westerners to obtain jobs at US companies a=
nd raise money for the country's weapons program. The two, along with other=
co-conspirators, are believed to have generated over $866,000 over the pas=
t six years. The DOJ has also charged two US nationals for running a laptop=
farm that allowed the workers to disguise their location and pose as US re=
sidents.

Former employee pleads guilty to hacks: A 39-year-old Florida man has plead=
ed guilty [https://news.risky.biz/r/72c30bef?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c5=
7050db16ff] to hacking and destroying the IT network of his former employer=
=2E He is the former Disney employee wh=
o hacked the company's menu software t=
o remove allergy information and deface the menu with mass-shooting-related=
data. See this CourtWatch [https://news.risky.biz/r/4f72c9b3?m=3D1a80b145-=
9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] article on the original indictment.

No more investigations in Prince Harry hack: The UK government says it will=
not launch any new investigations into UK tabloid The Sun for its hacking =
of Prince Harry's personal smartphone. Officials have dropped any future in=
vestigations after the outlet admitted guilt [https://news.risky.biz/r/3aa6=
d0eb?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] and settled its case with th=
e UK royal house member. [Additional coverage in Byline Times [https://news=
=2Erisky.biz/r/91440d6b?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]]

Malaysian scam gang detained: Malaysian authorities have detained 16 locals=
for their role in an online cyber scam syndicate that targeted people in S=
ingapore. The group operated by calling victims posing as bank representati=
ves, government officials, and police officers and urging victims to transf=
er funds to new accounts under the gang's control. The group stole over $1.=
4 million just from this scheme alone. [Additional coverage in The Malay Ma=
il [https://news.risky.biz/r/3f5928d9?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db1=
6ff]]

New npm malware: Two-hundred-forty malicious npm packages were discovered a=
nd taken down last week. Check out the GitHub security advisory portal for=
=C2=A0more details [https://news.risky.biz/r/ed6adbfc?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407=
e-b496-c57050db16ff].

Email text salting: Cisco Talos observed an increase in the number of email=
threats leveraging hidden text salting [https://news.risky.biz/r/f7e13539?=
m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] (also known as "poisoning") in th=
e second half of 2024.

SSH tunneling: Sygnia says [https://news.risky.biz/r/76d33e84?m=3D1a80b145-=
9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] it's seeing ransomware gangs use SSH tunnels t=
o backdoor VMWare ESXi instances and deploy their file encryptors.

C2-over-QUIC: Security firm Active Countermeasures has published a pretty g=
ood overview [https://news.risky.biz/r/2c15f357?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496=
-c57050db16ff] of how threat actors are hiding C2 traffic using the QUIC pr=
otocol.

FunkSec group: Digital risk company Foresiet has published a profile on the=
tactics of FunkSec [https://news.risky.biz/r/cd572770?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-40=
7e-b496-c57050db16ff], a new threat actor that was last month's most prolif=
ic ransomware gang.

SimpleHelp campaign: ArcticWolf says it has spotted [https://news.risky.biz=
/r/b7ff297d?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] threat actors using S=
impleHelp remote access servers to breach corporate networks. The company h=
as yet to link the intrusions to a specific vulnerability but noted the cam=
paign started a week after Horizon3 published a report [https://news.risky.=
biz/r/d785653b?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] about three new Si=
mpleHelp vulnerabilities.

MyCrypter: A threat actor is selling access to a new malware crypting servi=
ce named MyCrypter [https://news.risky.biz/r/48882a10?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407=
e-b496-c57050db16ff].

Royal-to-BlackSuit rebrand: Red Sense researchers have published an overvie=
w of how the Royal ransomware group had slowly rebranded [https://news.risk=
y.biz/r/fc9da456?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] into what we kno=
w now as BlackSuit. Royal itself is an offshoot of the Conti gang, which it=
self is a rebrand of the old Ryuk crew.


Malware technical reports

Trojanized builder infects 18k: Over 18,000 users infected themselves with =
a backdoor after they downloaded a cracked malware builder. Security firm C=
loudSEK says [https://news.risky.biz/r/22d6dde6?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496=
-c57050db16ff] the builder was advertised using online tutorials, YouTube a=
nd Telegram channels, and GitHub repositories. The backdoor was hidden insi=
de a builder for the XWorm RAT, a popular malware strain. Users who attempt=
ed to use the builder had their browser, Discord, and Telegram data stolen.

Tangerine Turkey: Red Canary researchers have discovered a new malware stra=
in named Tangerine Turkey [https://news.risky.biz/r/878960fd?m=3D1a80b145-9=
ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]. The malware was first seen in November of last=
year and is a VBS worm that spreads via portable USB devices. Its primary =
role is to spread offline via USB and then deploy a cryptominer named Zephy=
r when the user connects to the internet.

SilentCryptoMiner: Dr.Web researchers have published an analysis of a three=
-year-old campaign deploying the SilentCryptoMiner malware [https://news.ri=
sky.biz/r/fd1d2cd6?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff].

Helldown ransomware: The ThreatMon team has published a report on the new H=
elldown ransomware [https://news.risky.biz/r/8208a03f?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407=
e-b496-c57050db16ff].

> "The Helldown ransomware group emerged as a significant cyber threat in A=
ugust 2024, demonstrating sophisticated capabilities in targeting both Linu=
x and Windows systems across multiple sectors and geographic regions. Throu=
gh our technical analysis, we have identified this group as a highly adapta=
ble threat actor group that has successfully compromised approximately 40 o=
rganizations, including notable targets such as Zyxel."

Premium Panel: Intrinsec researchers take a look at Premium Panel [https://=
news.risky.biz/r/3fed04c4?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff], a thre=
e-year-old phishing toolkit used in the wild.


Sponsor section

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APTs, cyber-espionage, and info-ops

Andariel: AhnLab researchers have spotted [https://news.risky.biz/r/ec1e395=
1?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] North Korean APT group Andariel=
using RID hijacking in recent attacks.

> "RID Hijacking is an attack technique that involves modifying the Relativ=
e Identifier (RID) value of an account with restricted privileges, such as =
a regular user or guest account, to match the RID value of an account with =
higher privileges, such as an administrator."

Silent Lynx: Seqrite researchers have discovered a new APT group named Sile=
nt Lynx [https://news.risky.biz/r/75c1cbdb?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c570=
50db16ff] that primarily targets government entities in Kyrgyzstan.

> "In our ongoing tracking of Silent Lynx, we discovered notable similariti=
es and overlaps with a Kazakhstan-based threat actor/group known as YoroTro=
oper [https://news.risky.biz/r/9b3d4208?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050d=
b16ff], as identified by our colleagues at Cisco Talos."

Kremlin disinfo switches to Germany: Russian-backed disinformation groups a=
re flooding the internet with disinformation and pro-AfD content ahead of G=
ermany's parliamentary election, according to reports from Antibot4Navalny =
[https://news.risky.biz/r/f83148d6?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff=
], Correctiv [https://news.risky.biz/r/a76be239?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496=
-c57050db16ff], the Gnida Project [https://news.risky.biz/r/de765925?m=3D1a=
80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff], and NewsGuard [https://news.risky.biz/=
r/eec125ff?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]. The campaign has been=
linked to a threat actor tracked as Storm-1516 [https://news.risky.biz/r/7=
58910be?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]. The group was active las=
t year attacking the Harris side and supporting the Trump campaign in the U=
S. The group is allegedly coordinated [https://news.risky.biz/r/c20fdb2b?m=
=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] by US fugitive turned Kremlin prop=
agandist John Mark Dougan. According to German intelligence services (via B=
ild [https://news.risky.biz/r/32cc8ff0?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db=
16ff]), Russian authorities allocate over $2 billion each year for disinfor=
mation operations.


Vulnerabilities, security research, and bug bounty

Zyxel reboot loops: A faulty application signature update has forced Zyxel =
firewalls into reboot loops [https://news.risky.biz/r/6f34a285?m=3D1a80b145=
-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]. The bug is impacting the company's USG FLEX =
or ATP series. Networks protected by these devices are currently exposed to=
attacks. Zyxel says device recovery is possible but only using on-site pre=
sence.

AMD CPU bug patch leaks early: Laptop maker ASUS has leaked [https://news.r=
isky.biz/r/a00f142b?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] a patch for a=
n upcoming major CPU vulnerability. The patch is for AMD CPUs on Windows. I=
t is unclear if the issue also impacts other CPU makers and platforms. [h/t=
Dan Goodin]

Atlassian security updates: Atlassian has released its monthly security upd=
ates [https://news.risky.biz/r/30868090?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050d=
b16ff] for January 2025.

New EDR bypass: Praetorian security researchers have discovered a new EDR b=
ypass [https://news.risky.biz/r/da5e2c25?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050=
db16ff] using CPU hardware breakpoints.

Llama code exec: Oligo has found a code exec vulnerability [https://news.ri=
sky.biz/r/8e94003e?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] in Meta's Llam=
a open-source AI model.

> "The vulnerability, CVE-2024-50050 [https://news.risky.biz/r/def7f8bf?m=
=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] enables attackers to execute arbit=
rary code on the llama-stack inference server from the network."

Kubernetes Windows bug write-up: Akamai security researcher Tomer Peled has=
published a technical write-up [https://news.risky.biz/r/adb2443e?m=3D1a80=
b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] on a bug tracked as CVE-2024-9042 [https:=
//news.risky.biz/r/406c5b13?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] that =
impacts Kubernetes Windows nodes. Peled says the bug can be used to take ov=
er K8s hosts.

Clone2Leak vulnerability: Flatt Security has discovered a vulnerability in =
the Git Credential Protocol, a system that stores user credentials in Git-b=
ased applications. Named Clone2Leak [https://news.risky.biz/r/09240d40?m=3D=
1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff], the bug allows threat actors to stea=
l a victim's Git credentials when they clone a malicious repository. Clone2=
Leak impacts the Git codebase, official GitHub desktop and CLI apps, and th=
ird-party repo managers.

Node.js CVE drama: Socket Security has a good article [https://news.risky.b=
iz/r/d3fcf70c?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] on a recent drama i=
n the infosec community about the issuance of a new CVE for outdated Node.j=
s installations.


Infosec industry

Pwn2Own Automotive 2025: Security researcher Sina Kheirkhah has won the Pwn=
2Own Automotive 2025 [https://news.risky.biz/r/adf2ed65?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-4=
07e-b496-c57050db16ff] hacking contest.

New tool=E2=80=94EByte ransomware: Purple teamer Codepulze has open-sourced=
EByte [https://news.risky.biz/r/9a692779?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c5705=
0db16ff], a Go-based ransomware strain.

New tool=E2=80=94WinVisor: The Elastic security team [https://news.risky.bi=
z/r/642d4b16?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] has released WinViso=
r [https://news.risky.biz/r/907e2bcd?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16=
ff], a hypervisor-based emulator for Windows x64 binaries.

New tool=E2=80=94YaraMonitor: Security researcher Monty has released YaraMo=
nitor [https://news.risky.biz/r/435229d0?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050=
db16ff], a tool to continuously ingest, analyze, and alert on malware sampl=
es given a set of Yara rules.

New tool=E2=80=94Slack Jack: Security researcher Abel de la Paz has release=
d Slack Jack [https://news.risky.biz/r/a9b08bad?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496=
-c57050db16ff], a tool to hijack a Slack bot using its token and perform va=
rious enumeration and exploitation attacks.

New tool=E2=80=94LOLTunnels: Security researcher Kamran Saifullah has relea=
sed a project named LOLTunnels [https://news.risky.biz/r/fd0eca94?m=3D1a80b=
145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]. The project tracks a list of digital tunn=
eling technologies that can be abused by threat actors as well as by inside=
rs for data exfiltrations, persistence, shell access, and more. The project=
is similar to other initiatives that track benign tools that can be abused=
for attacks on Windows (LOLBAS [https://news.risky.biz/r/560143f6?m=3D1a80=
b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff],=C2=A0LOLDrivers [https://news.risky.biz/=
r/28fee1db?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff], and=C2=A0LOFLCAB [htt=
ps://news.risky.biz/r/16ecf142?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]), =
Linux (GTFOBins [https://news.risky.biz/r/39c64563?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b=
496-c57050db16ff]), macOS (LOOBins [https://news.risky.biz/r/07d8c378?m=3D1=
a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]), CI/CD pipelines (LOTP [https://news.=
risky.biz/r/74a8578a?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]), ESXi VMs (=
LOLESXi [https://news.risky.biz/r/2c3e6b42?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c570=
50db16ff]), and RMM software (LOLRMM [https://news.risky.biz/r/76f0603a?m=
=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]).

Threat/trend reports: DataDog [https://news.risky.biz/r/8969cab2?m=3D1a80b1=
45-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff], Harfang Labs [https://news.risky.biz/r/b38=
92a8c?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff], Red Canary [https://news.r=
isky.biz/r/b90f9136?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff], Rising [http=
s://news.risky.biz/r/172d7543?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff], Se=
curonix [https://news.risky.biz/r/fea33d41?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c570=
50db16ff], and the World Economic Forum [https://news.risky.biz/r/9bccbffd?=
m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] have published reports and summar=
ies covering various infosec trends and industry threats.

JSAC 2024: Talks from Japan CERT's JSAC 2024 security conference, which too=
k place last January, are=C2=A0available on YouTube [https://news.risky.biz=
/r/6de5ae38?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff]. This year's edition =
videos have not yet been uploaded.

DeepSeek-R1: Chinese startup DeepSeek has released [https://news.risky.biz/=
r/2903fffc?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff] a new open-source AI m=
odel named DeepSeek-R1 that appears to be really good at coding, gaining qu=
ite a lot of positive reviews (and warnings) from the infosec community.


Risky Business Podcasts

In this podcast, Tom Uren and Adam Boileau talk about the continued importa=
nce of hack and leak operations. They didn't really affect the recent US pr=
esidential election, but they are still a powerful tool for vested interest=
s to influence public policy.



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hacks, and security incidents</strong></h3><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0;=
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st:</strong> A threat actor has stolen $70 million worth of crypto-assets f=
rom Singapore-based exchange Phemex. The attackers stole multiple types of =
crypto at the same time in a coordinated attack last Thursday. Phemex pause=
d and then resumed operations after addressing the hack. Some anonymous sec=
urity researchers have told reporters that the techniques used in the attac=
k are reminiscent of North Korean hacking group TraderTraitor. [<em>Additio=
nal coverage in </em><a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/07990449?m=3D1a80b=
145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #=
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=3D"font-weight: 700;">NoOnes crypto-heist:</strong> A threat actor has sto=
len $8 million worth of crypto-assets from crypto P2P marketplace NoOnes. T=
he hack took place on the first day of the year and exploited a vulnerabili=
ty in the platform&#39;s Solana bridge. According to open-source investigat=
ors, the stolen funds were passed through the Tornado Cash mixing service. =
[<em>Additional coverage in the </em><a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/d8=
35e82b?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: an=
ywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank"><em>=
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dentity service provider BeyondTrust has updated its <a href=3D"https://new=
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edHealth doubles breach impact numbers:</strong> UnitedHealth says that 190=
million Americans had their data stolen in a ransomware attack at its Chan=
ge Healthcare subsidiary last year. The company almost doubled the initial =
number of 100 million it put out last year. UnitedHealth says it has now no=
tified most of the affected individuals. Change Healthcare was hit by the A=
lphV ransomware gang in February of last year in an incident that caused ph=
armacy and prescription issuance outages all over the country. [<em>Additio=
nal coverage in </em><a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/89f391b1?m=3D1a80b=
145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #=
727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank"><em>TechCrunch</em><=
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=3D"font-weight: 700;">British Museum network down after insider attack:</s=
trong> London police have arrested a former employee who broke into the Bri=
tish Museum and shut down several IT systems. Officials say the man&#39;s a=
ctions took down the museum&#39;s ticket booking system. Several exhibition=
s were closed on Friday as a result of the intrusion. [<em>Additional cover=
age in </em><a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/b59d0da6?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-=
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ext-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank"><em>The Guardian</em></a>]</p=
><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"fon=
t-weight: 700;">Emergency systems hacked in Israeli schools:</strong> Pro-P=
alestine hacktivist group Handala has breached the Israeli Ministry of Nati=
onal Security and has sent false missile alerts to Israeli schools and kind=
ergartens. The alerts were sent to smartphones via SMS and to <a href=3D"ht=
tps://news.risky.biz/r/739d850e?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" s=
tyle=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline=
;" target=3D"_blank">raid and emergency systems</a> installed in schools an=
d kindergartners. The group claims it wiped the system after sending the al=
erts. [<em>Additional coverage in </em><a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/=
a90a19b6?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: =
anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank"><e=
m>Ynet</em></a>]</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><=
strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">TalkTalk breach:</strong> UK ISP TalkTal=
k is investigating a data breach at a third-party supplier after some of it=
s subscriber data was posted on a hacking forum last week. The threat actor=
claims to have stolen the details of nearly 19 million TalkTalk users in a=
breach this month. TalkTalk previously experienced a major breach in <a hr=
ef=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/f162a824?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050d=
b16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: u=
nderline;" target=3D"_blank">2015</a>.</p><div class=3D"kg-card kg-image-ca=
rd" style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em; padding: 0;"><img src=3D"https://news.risky=
=2Ebiz/content/images/2025/01/TalkTal=
k.png" class=3D"kg-image" alt loading=3D=
"lazy" width=3D"600" height=3D"294" style=3D"border: none; -ms-interpolatio=
n-mode: bicubic; max-width: 100%; display: block; margin: 0 auto; height: a=
uto; width: auto;"></div><h3 id=3D"general-tech-and-privacy" style=3D"margi=
n-top: 0; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &#39;Segoe UI&#39=
;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, &#39;Apple Color Emoji&#39;, &#39;=
Segoe UI Emoji&#39;, &#39;Segoe UI Symbol&#39;; line-height: 1.11em; font-w=
eight: 700; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin: 1.5em 0 0.5em 0; fo=
nt-size: 26px;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 800;">General tech and privac=
y</strong></h3><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><stron=
g style=3D"font-weight: 700;">Windows Administrator Protection:</strong> Th=
e Microsoft security team has published its <a href=3D"https://news.risky.b=
iz/r/e9cffad1?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-w=
rap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blan=
k">first-ever technical explanation</a> about the new Administrator Protect=
ion (AP) feature coming to Windows 11, a system that requires biometrics au=
thentication to perform admin-level tasks. We first covered this <a href=3D=
"https://news.risky.biz/r/e5639596?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff=
" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underl=
ine;" target=3D"_blank">back in November</a>.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.=
5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">Samsung Gal=
axy S25 Content Credentials:</strong> Samsung&#39;s new line of Galaxy S25 =
devices are the first-ever devices to feature a new technology named Conten=
t Credentials. The new tech detects and automatically labels AI-generated c=
ontent. Content Credentials currently supports images, but the technology w=
ill be extended to audio, video, and documents. [<em>Additional coverage in=
</em><a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/d5d508fa?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b=
496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-de=
coration: underline;" target=3D"_blank"><em>TechCrunch</em></a>]</p><p styl=
e=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight=
: 700;">PayPal fined over security failures:</strong> The New York Departme=
nt of Financial Services has fined PayPal <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz=
/r/822c85cc?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wra=
p: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank"=
>$2 million</a> for failing to secure sensitive customer data. The agency s=
ays PayPal did not use personnel trained in cybersecurity risks when updati=
ng its backend to integrate the IRS&#39; Form 1099-K. Developers left sensi=
tive data unredacted in PayPal&#39;s systems, which allowed threat actors t=
o be able to easily retrieve it once they compromised a user account.</p><p=
style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-w=
eight: 700;">Google launches custom Web Store:</strong> Google has <a href=
=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/873f938e?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db1=
6ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: und=
erline;" target=3D"_blank">launched</a> a custom Chrome Web Store for enter=
prises to allow companies to filter what extensions appear on the store for=
their employees and avoid unwanted malware being installed.</p><p style=3D=
"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 70=
0;">More Texas car privacy probes:</strong> The Texas OAG has filed cases a=
gainst four more automakers (Ford, Hyundai, Toyota, and Fiat Chrysler) over=
their car data collection practices. It previously also sued GM. No cases =
against Tesla, though, a car literally made to work on the cloud and track =
everything. [<em>Additional coverage in </em><a href=3D"https://news.risky.=
biz/r/09c6a6d2?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-=
wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_bla=
nk"><em>The Record</em></a>]</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-heigh=
t: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">BlueSky spam networks:</stro=
ng> Underground services that sell follows, likes, and reply spam have acqu=
ired BlueSky in their sights. One such service appears to have registered o=
ver <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/23dfd991?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b49=
6-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-deco=
ration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">8,000 BlueSky accounts</a> for future=
abuse.</p><div class=3D"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption" style=3D=
"margin: 0 0 1.5em; padding: 0;"><img src=3D"https://news.risky.biz/content=
/images/2025/01/conspirator0.jpg" class=3D"kg-image" alt loading=3D"lazy" w=
idth=3D"600" height=3D"353" style=3D"border: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: =
bicubic; max-width: 100%; display: block; margin: 0 auto; height: auto; wid=
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oji&#39;, &#39;Segoe UI Symbol&#39;; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10p=
x; line-height: 1.5em; color: #738a94; font-size: 13px;"><span style=3D"tex=
t-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Image via @conspirator0</span></di=
v></div><h3 id=3D"government-politics-and-policy" style=3D"margin-top: 0; f=
ont-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &#39;Segoe UI&#39;, Roboto, =
Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, &#39;Apple Color Emoji&#39;, &#39;Segoe UI Em=
oji&#39;, &#39;Segoe UI Symbol&#39;; line-height: 1.11em; font-weight: 700;=
text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin: 1.5em 0 0.5em 0; font-size: 26=
px;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 800;">Government, politics, and policy</=
strong></h3><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong s=
tyle=3D"font-weight: 700;">Belarus blocks internet during election weekend:=
</strong> The Belarusian government has taken down internet access across t=
he country for three days during the country&#39;s presidential election th=
is weekend. Officials <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/81cafd7c?m=3D1a80=
b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: =
#727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">ordered</a> ISPs to=
shut down the internet between Friday and Sunday in order to prevent threa=
ts to election infrastructure. The measure is most likely meant to prevent =
the public from coordinating protests via social media, similar to those th=
at took place four years ago.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-heig=
ht: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">Turkiye proposes controvers=
ial cybersecurity law:</strong> Turkish officials are fast-tracking a cyber=
security bill through Parliament for the creation of a national cybersecuri=
ty directorate. The bill contains provisions that would grant the new agenc=
y the power to collect and store data from all the country&#39;s institutio=
ns and critical infrastructure providers. It also contains a provision that=
effectively criminalizes reporting on security incidents if the government=
has not first confirmed a breach. The country&#39;s opposition has warned =
the bill effectively lays out a legal foundation of a sprawling surveillanc=
e apparatus on the grounds of cybersecurity threats. [<em>Additional covera=
ge in the </em><a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/9671df80?m=3D1a80b145-9c=
e5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272=
; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank"><em>Turkish Minute</em></a=
><em> and the </em><a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/7e0ba5e1?m=3D1a80b14=
5-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" rel=3D"noreferrer" style=3D"overflow-wrap: a=
nywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank"><em=
>Nordic Monitor</em></a>] [<em>h/t DataBreaches.net</em>]</p><p style=3D"ma=
rgin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;"=
>US cyber diplomacy funding halted:</strong> An order from Secretary of Sta=
te Marco Rubio to halt all foreign aid has also ground to a halt the activi=
ty of the department&#39;s new cyber diplomacy bureau. [<em>Additional cove=
rage in </em><a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/f3e1e069?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5=
-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; =
text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank"><em>The Record</em></a>]</p>=
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font=
-weight: 700;">US gives up ten old exploits:</strong> The US government has=
reported 39 vulnerabilities to software vendors in fiscal year 2023. Accor=
ding to an unclassified report [<a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/19b58cf=
6?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywher=
e; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank"><em>PDF</=
em></a>], ten of the 39 were old vulnerabilities the government had discove=
red in previous years and kept for its own internal use. This likely includ=
es offensive cyber operations. [<em>h/t </em><a href=3D"https://news.risky.=
biz/r/24b11878?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-=
wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_bla=
nk"><em>Joseph Menn</em></a>]</p><div class=3D"kg-card kg-image-card" style=
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s://news.risky.biz/r/a7e5408d?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" sty=
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target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"white-space: pre-wrap;">https://risky.biz=
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ybercrime, and threat intel</strong></h3><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; l=
ine-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">US indicts new batc=
h of DPRK IT workers:</strong> The US DOJ has <a href=3D"https://news.risky=
=2Ebiz/r/6712c1cf?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407=
e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow=
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ank">charged</a> two North Korean IT workers who posed as Westerners to obt=
ain jobs at US companies and raise money for the country&#39;s weapons prog=
ram. The two, along with other co-conspirators, are believed to have genera=
ted over $866,000 over the past six years. The DOJ has also charged two US =
nationals for running a laptop farm that allowed the workers to disguise th=
eir location and pose as US residents.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; =
line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">Former employee pl=
eads guilty to hacks:</strong> A 39-year-old Florida man has <a href=3D"htt=
ps://news.risky.biz/r/72c30bef?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" st=
yle=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;=
" target=3D"_blank">pleaded guilty</a> to hacking and destroying the IT net=
work of his former employer. He is the former Disney employee who hacked th=
e company&#39;s menu software to remove allergy information and deface the =
menu with mass-shooting-related data. See this <a href=3D"https://news.risk=
y.biz/r/4f72c9b3?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflo=
w-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_b=
lank"><em>CourtWatch</em></a> article on the original indictment.</p><p sty=
le=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weigh=
t: 700;">No more investigations in Prince Harry hack:</strong> The UK gover=
nment says it will not launch any new investigations into UK tabloid The Su=
n for its hacking of Prince Harry&#39;s personal smartphone. Officials have=
dropped any future investigations after the outlet <a href=3D"https://news=
=2Erisky.biz/r/3aa6d0eb?m=3D1a80b145-9c=
e5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"ov=
erflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=
=3D"_blank">admitted guilt</a> and settled its case with the UK royal house=
member. [<em>Additional coverage in </em><a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz=
/r/91440d6b?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wra=
p: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank"=
><em>Byline Times</em></a>]</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height=
: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">Malaysian scam gang detained:=
</strong> Malaysian authorities have detained 16 locals for their role in a=
n online cyber scam syndicate that targeted people in Singapore. The group =
operated by calling victims posing as bank representatives, government offi=
cials, and police officers and urging victims to transfer funds to new acco=
unts under the gang&#39;s control. The group stole over $1.4 million just f=
rom this scheme alone. [<em>Additional coverage in </em><a href=3D"https://=
news.risky.biz/r/3f5928d9?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=
=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" t=
arget=3D"_blank"><em>The Malay Mail</em></a>]</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.=
5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">New npm mal=
ware:</strong> Two-hundred-forty malicious npm packages were discovered and=
taken down last week. Check out the GitHub security advisory portal for&#x=
A0;<a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/ed6adbfc?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496=
-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decor=
ation: underline;" target=3D"_blank">more details</a>.</p><p style=3D"margi=
n: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">Em=
ail text salting:</strong> Cisco Talos observed an increase in the number o=
f email threats leveraging <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/f7e13539?m=
=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; =
color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">hidden text =
salting</a> (also known as &quot;poisoning&quot;) in the second half of 202=
4.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=
=3D"font-weight: 700;">SSH tunneling:</strong> <a href=3D"https://news.risk=
y.biz/r/76d33e84?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflo=
w-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_b=
lank">Sygnia says</a> it&#39;s seeing ransomware gangs use SSH tunnels to b=
ackdoor VMWare ESXi instances and deploy their file encryptors.</p><p style=
=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight:=
700;">C2-over-QUIC:</strong> Security firm Active Countermeasures has publ=
ished a <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/2c15f357?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e=
-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-=
decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">pretty good overview</a> of how t=
hreat actors are hiding C2 traffic using the QUIC protocol.</p><p style=3D"=
margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700=
;">FunkSec group:</strong> Digital risk company Foresiet has published a pr=
ofile on the tactics of <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/cd572770?m=3D1a=
80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color=
: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">FunkSec</a>, a ne=
w threat actor that was last month&#39;s most prolific ransomware gang.</p>=
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font=
-weight: 700;">SimpleHelp campaign:</strong> ArcticWolf says it has <a href=
=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/b7ff297d?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db1=
6ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: und=
erline;" target=3D"_blank">spotted</a> threat actors using SimpleHelp remot=
e access servers to breach corporate networks. The company has yet to link =
the intrusions to a specific vulnerability but noted the campaign started a=
week after Horizon3 published a <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/d78565=
3b?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhe=
re; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">report</=
a> about three new SimpleHelp vulnerabilities.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1=
=2E5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong=
style=3D"font-weight: 700;">MyCrypter:=
</strong> A threat actor is selling access to a new malware crypting servic=
e named <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/48882a10?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e=
-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-=
decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">MyCrypter</a>.</p><p style=3D"mar=
gin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">=
Royal-to-BlackSuit rebrand:</strong> Red Sense researchers have published a=
n overview of how the Royal ransomware group had <a href=3D"https://news.ri=
sky.biz/r/fc9da456?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overf=
low-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"=
_blank">slowly rebranded</a> into what we know now as BlackSuit. Royal itse=
lf is an offshoot of the Conti gang, which itself is a rebrand of the old R=
yuk crew.</p><div class=3D"kg-card kg-image-card" style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5e=
m; padding: 0;"><img src=3D"https://news.risky.biz/content/images/2025/01/R=
1.png" class=3D"kg-image" alt loading=3D"lazy" width=3D"600" height=3D"839"=
style=3D"border: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; max-width: 100%; d=
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ge" alt loading=3D"lazy" width=3D"600" height=3D"839" style=3D"border: none=
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rts" style=3D"margin-top: 0; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont=
, &#39;Segoe UI&#39;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, &#39;Apple Colo=
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ght: 1.11em; font-weight: 700; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; margin: =
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are technical reports</strong></h3><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-he=
ight: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">Trojanized builder infect=
s 18k:</strong> Over 18,000 users infected themselves with a backdoor after=
they downloaded a cracked malware builder. Security firm <a href=3D"https:=
//news.risky.biz/r/22d6dde6?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=
=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" t=
arget=3D"_blank">CloudSEK says</a> the builder was advertised using online =
tutorials, YouTube and Telegram channels, and GitHub repositories. The back=
door was hidden inside a builder for the XWorm RAT, a popular malware strai=
n. Users who attempted to use the builder had their browser, Discord, and T=
elegram data stolen.</p><div class=3D"kg-card kg-image-card" style=3D"margi=
n: 0 0 1.5em; padding: 0;"><img src=3D"https://news.risky.biz/content/image=
s/2025/01/xworm.png" class=3D"kg-image" alt loading=3D"lazy" width=3D"600" =
height=3D"395" style=3D"border: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; max-=
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div><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"=
font-weight: 700;">Tangerine Turkey:</strong> Red Canary researchers have d=
iscovered a new malware strain named <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/87=
8960fd?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: an=
ywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">Tang=
erine Turkey</a>. The malware was first seen in November of last year and i=
s a VBS worm that spreads via portable USB devices. Its primary role is to =
spread offline via USB and then deploy a cryptominer named Zephyr when the =
user connects to the internet.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-hei=
ght: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">SilentCryptoMiner:</strong=
> Dr.Web researchers have published an analysis of a three-year-old campaig=
n deploying the <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/fd1d2cd6?m=3D1a80b145-9=
ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #72727=
2; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">SilentCryptoMiner malware=
</a>.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong styl=
e=3D"font-weight: 700;">Helldown ransomware:</strong> The ThreatMon team ha=
s published a report on the new <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/8208a03=
f?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywher=
e; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">Helldown =
ransomware</a>.</p><blockquote style=3D"margin: 0; padding: 0; border-left:=
#727272 2px solid; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.6em; =
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d as a significant cyber threat in August 2024, demonstrating sophisticated=
capabilities in targeting both Linux and Windows systems across multiple s=
ectors and geographic regions. Through our technical analysis, we have iden=
tified this group as a highly adaptable threat actor group that has success=
fully compromised approximately 40 organizations, including notable targets=
such as Zyxel.&quot;</em></p></blockquote><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0;=
line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">Premium Panel:</s=
trong> Intrinsec researchers take a look at <a href=3D"https://news.risky.b=
iz/r/3fed04c4?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-w=
rap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blan=
k">Premium Panel</a>, a three-year-old phishing toolkit used in the wild.</=
p><div class=3D"kg-card kg-image-card" style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em; padding:=
0;"><img src=3D"https://news.risky.biz/content/images/2025/01/PP.png" clas=
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l that combines active scanning, passive discovery, and API integrations to=
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ne-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">Andariel:</strong> A=
hnLab researchers <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/ec1e3951?m=3D1a80b145=
-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727=
272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">have spotted</a> North =
Korean APT group Andariel using RID hijacking in recent attacks.</p><blockq=
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;"><em>&quot;RID Hijacking is an attack technique that involves modifying t=
he Relative Identifier (RID) value of an account with restricted privileges=
, such as a regular user or guest account, to match the RID value of an acc=
ount with higher privileges, such as an administrator.&quot;</em></p></bloc=
kquote><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=
=3D"font-weight: 700;">Silent Lynx:</strong> Seqrite researchers have disco=
vered a new APT group named <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/75c1cbdb?m=
=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; =
color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">Silent Lynx<=
/a> that primarily targets government entities in Kyrgyzstan.</p><blockquot=
e style=3D"margin: 0; padding: 0; border-left: #727272 2px solid; font-size=
: 17px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.6em; letter-spacing: -0.2px;"><p s=
tyle=3D"line-height: 1.6em; margin: 2em 25px; font-size: 1em; padding: 0;">=
<em>&quot;In our ongoing tracking of Silent Lynx, we discovered notable sim=
ilarities and overlaps with a Kazakhstan-based threat actor/group known as =
</em><a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/9b3d4208?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b4=
96-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-dec=
oration: underline;" target=3D"_blank"><em>YoroTrooper</em></a><em>, as ide=
ntified by our colleagues at Cisco Talos.&quot;</em></p></blockquote><p sty=
le=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weigh=
t: 700;">Kremlin disinfo switches to Germany:</strong> Russian-backed disin=
formation groups are flooding the internet with disinformation and pro-AfD =
content ahead of Germany&#39;s parliamentary election, according to reports=
from <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/f83148d6?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b=
496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-de=
coration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">Antibot4Navalny</a>, <a href=3D"htt=
ps://news.risky.biz/r/a76be239?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" st=
yle=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;=
" target=3D"_blank">Correctiv</a>, the <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/=
de765925?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: =
anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">Gn=
ida Project</a>, and <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/eec125ff?m=3D1a80b=
145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #=
727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">NewsGuard</a>. The c=
ampaign has been linked to a threat actor tracked as <a href=3D"https://new=
s.risky.biz/r/758910be?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"o=
verflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=
=3D"_blank">Storm-1516</a>. The group was active last year attacking the Ha=
rris side and supporting the Trump campaign in the US. The group is <a href=
=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/c20fdb2b?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db1=
6ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: und=
erline;" target=3D"_blank">allegedly coordinated</a> by US fugitive turned =
Kremlin propagandist John Mark Dougan. According to German intelligence ser=
vices (via <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/32cc8ff0?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-4=
07e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; te=
xt-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">Bild</a>), Russian authorities=
allocate over $2 billion each year for disinformation operations.</p><div =
class=3D"kg-card kg-image-card" style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em; padding: 0;"><i=
mg src=3D"https://news.risky.biz/content/images/2025/01/Storm.png" class=3D=
"kg-image" alt loading=3D"lazy" width=3D"600" height=3D"432" style=3D"borde=
r: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; max-width: 100%; display: block; =
margin: 0 auto; height: auto; width: auto;"></div><h3 id=3D"vulnerabilities=
-security-research-and-bug-bounty" style=3D"margin-top: 0; font-family: -ap=
ple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &#39;Segoe UI&#39;, Roboto, Helvetica, Aria=
l, sans-serif, &#39;Apple Color Emoji&#39;, &#39;Segoe UI Emoji&#39;, &#39;=
Segoe UI Symbol&#39;; line-height: 1.11em; font-weight: 700; text-rendering=
: optimizeLegibility; margin: 1.5em 0 0.5em 0; font-size: 26px;"><strong st=
yle=3D"font-weight: 800;">Vulnerabilities, security research, and bug bount=
y</strong></h3><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><stron=
g style=3D"font-weight: 700;">Zyxel reboot loops:</strong> A faulty applica=
tion signature update has forced Zyxel firewalls into <a href=3D"https://ne=
ws.risky.biz/r/6f34a285?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"=
overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" targe=
t=3D"_blank">reboot loops</a>. The bug is impacting the company&#39;s USG F=
LEX or ATP series. Networks protected by these devices are currently expose=
d to attacks. Zyxel says device recovery is possible but only using on-site=
presence.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong=
style=3D"font-weight: 700;">AMD CPU bug patch leaks early:</strong> Laptop=
maker ASUS has <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/a00f142b?m=3D1a80b145-9=
ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #72727=
2; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">leaked</a> a patch for an=
upcoming major CPU vulnerability. The patch is for AMD CPUs on Windows. It=
is unclear if the issue also impacts other CPU makers and platforms. [<em>=
h/t Dan Goodin</em>]</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em=
;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">Atlassian security updates:</strong>=
Atlassian has released its <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/30868090?m=
=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; =
color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">monthly secu=
rity updates</a> for January 2025.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line=
-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">New EDR bypass:</stron=
g> Praetorian security researchers have discovered a <a href=3D"https://new=
s.risky.biz/r/da5e2c25?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"o=
verflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=
=3D"_blank">new EDR bypass</a> using CPU hardware breakpoints.</p><p style=
=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight:=
700;">Llama code exec:</strong> Oligo has found a <a href=3D"https://news.=
risky.biz/r/8e94003e?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"ove=
rflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=
=3D"_blank">code exec vulnerability</a> in Meta&#39;s Llama open-source AI =
model.</p><blockquote style=3D"margin: 0; padding: 0; border-left: #727272 =
2px solid; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.6em; letter-sp=
acing: -0.2px;"><p style=3D"line-height: 1.6em; margin: 2em 25px; font-size=
: 1em; padding: 0;"><em>&quot;The vulnerability, </em><a href=3D"https://ne=
ws.risky.biz/r/def7f8bf?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"=
overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" targe=
t=3D"_blank"><em>CVE-2024-50050</em></a><em> enables attackers to execute a=
rbitrary code on the llama-stack inference server from the network.&quot;</=
em></p></blockquote><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><=
strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">Kubernetes Windows bug write-up:</strong=
> Akamai security researcher Tomer Peled has published a <a href=3D"https:/=
/news.risky.biz/r/adb2443e?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=
=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" t=
arget=3D"_blank">technical write-up</a> on a bug tracked as <a href=3D"http=
s://news.risky.biz/r/406c5b13?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" sty=
le=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;"=
target=3D"_blank">CVE-2024-9042</a> that impacts Kubernetes Windows nodes.=
Peled says the bug can be used to take over K8s hosts.</p><p style=3D"marg=
in: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">C=
lone2Leak vulnerability:</strong> Flatt Security has discovered a vulnerabi=
lity in the Git Credential Protocol, a system that stores user credentials =
in Git-based applications. Named <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/09240d=
40?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhe=
re; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">Clone2Le=
ak</a>, the bug allows threat actors to steal a victim&#39;s Git credential=
s when they clone a malicious repository. Clone2Leak impacts the Git codeba=
se, official GitHub desktop and CLI apps, and third-party repo managers.</p=
><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"fon=
t-weight: 700;">Node.js CVE drama:</strong> Socket Security has a <a href=
=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/d3fcf70c?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db1=
6ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: und=
erline;" target=3D"_blank">good article</a> on a recent drama in the infose=
c community about the issuance of a new CVE for outdated Node.js installati=
ons.</p><div class=3D"kg-card kg-image-card" style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em; pa=
dding: 0;"><img src=3D"https://news.risky.biz/content/images/2025/01/Jerry.=
png" class=3D"kg-image" alt loading=3D"lazy" width=3D"600" height=3D"313" s=
tyle=3D"border: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; max-width: 100%; dis=
play: block; margin: 0 auto; height: auto; width: auto;"></div><h3 id=3D"in=
fosec-industry" style=3D"margin-top: 0; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMa=
cSystemFont, &#39;Segoe UI&#39;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, &#39=
;Apple Color Emoji&#39;, &#39;Segoe UI Emoji&#39;, &#39;Segoe UI Symbol&#39=
;; line-height: 1.11em; font-weight: 700; text-rendering: optimizeLegibilit=
y; margin: 1.5em 0 0.5em 0; font-size: 26px;"><strong style=3D"font-weight:=
800;">Infosec industry</strong></h3><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-=
height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">Pwn2Own Automotive 2025=
:</strong> Security researcher Sina Kheirkhah has won the <a href=3D"https:=
//news.risky.biz/r/adf2ed65?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=
=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" t=
arget=3D"_blank">Pwn2Own Automotive 2025</a> hacking contest.</p><div class=
=3D"kg-card kg-image-card" style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em; padding: 0;"><img sr=
c=3D"https://news.risky.biz/content/images/2025/01/Pwn2.png" class=3D"kg-im=
age" alt loading=3D"lazy" width=3D"600" height=3D"334" style=3D"border: non=
e; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; max-width: 100%; display: block; margin=
: 0 auto; height: auto; width: auto;"></div><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0=
; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">New tool&#x2014;=
EByte ransomware:</strong> Purple teamer Codepulze has open-sourced <a href=
=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/9a692779?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db1=
6ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: und=
erline;" target=3D"_blank">EByte</a>, a Go-based ransomware strain.</p><p s=
tyle=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-wei=
ght: 700;">New tool&#x2014;WinVisor:</strong> The <a href=3D"https://news.r=
isky.biz/r/642d4b16?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"over=
flow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D=
"_blank">Elastic security team</a> has released <a href=3D"https://news.ris=
ky.biz/r/907e2bcd?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overfl=
ow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_=
blank">WinVisor</a>, a hypervisor-based emulator for Windows x64 binaries.<=
/p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"f=
ont-weight: 700;">New tool&#x2014;YaraMonitor:</strong> Security researcher=
Monty has released <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/435229d0?m=3D1a80b1=
45-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #7=
27272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">YaraMonitor</a>, a to=
ol to continuously ingest, analyze, and alert on malware samples given a se=
t of Yara rules.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><=
strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">New tool&#x2014;Slack Jack:</strong> Sec=
urity researcher Abel de la Paz has released <a href=3D"https://news.risky.=
biz/r/a9b08bad?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-=
wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_bla=
nk">Slack Jack</a>, a tool to hijack a Slack bot using its token and perfor=
m various enumeration and exploitation attacks.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 =
1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">New tool&=
#x2014;LOLTunnels:</strong> Security researcher Kamran Saifullah has releas=
ed a project named <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/fd0eca94?m=3D1a80b14=
5-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #72=
7272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">LOLTunnels</a>. The pr=
oject tracks a list of digital tunneling technologies that can be abused by=
threat actors as well as by insiders for data exfiltrations, persistence, =
shell access, and more. The project is similar to other initiatives that tr=
ack benign tools that can be abused for attacks on Windows (<a href=3D"http=
s://news.risky.biz/r/560143f6?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" sty=
le=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;"=
target=3D"_blank">LOLBAS</a>,&#xA0;<a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/28f=
ee1db?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: any=
where; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">LOLDr=
ivers</a>, and&#xA0;<a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/16ecf142?m=3D1a80b1=
45-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #7=
27272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">LOFLCAB</a>), Linux (=
<a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/39c64563?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c5=
7050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decorati=
on: underline;" target=3D"_blank">GTFOBins</a>), macOS (<a href=3D"https://=
news.risky.biz/r/07d8c378?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=
=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" t=
arget=3D"_blank">LOOBins</a>), CI/CD pipelines (<a href=3D"https://news.ris=
ky.biz/r/74a8578a?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overfl=
ow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_=
blank">LOTP</a>), ESXi VMs (<a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/2c3e6b42?m=
=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; =
color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">LOLESXi</a>)=
, and RMM software (<a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/76f0603a?m=3D1a80b1=
45-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #7=
27272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">LOLRMM</a>).</p><div =
class=3D"kg-card kg-image-card" style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em; padding: 0;"><i=
mg src=3D"https://news.risky.biz/content/images/2025/01/LOLTunnels.png" cla=
ss=3D"kg-image" alt loading=3D"lazy" width=3D"600" height=3D"449" style=3D"=
border: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; max-width: 100%; display: bl=
ock; margin: 0 auto; height: auto; width: auto;"></div><p style=3D"margin: =
0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">Threa=
t/trend reports:</strong> <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/8969cab2?m=3D=
1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; col=
or: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">DataDog</a>, <a=
href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/b3892a8c?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c570=
50db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration=
: underline;" target=3D"_blank">Harfang Labs</a>, <a href=3D"https://news.r=
isky.biz/r/b90f9136?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"over=
flow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D=
"_blank">Red Canary</a>, <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/172d7543?m=3D1=
a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; colo=
r: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">Rising</a>, <a h=
ref=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/fea33d41?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050=
db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: =
underline;" target=3D"_blank">Securonix</a>, and the <a href=3D"https://new=
s.risky.biz/r/9bccbffd?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"o=
verflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=
=3D"_blank">World Economic Forum</a> have published reports and summaries c=
overing various infosec trends and industry threats.</p><p style=3D"margin:=
0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong style=3D"font-weight: 700;">JSAC=
2024:</strong> Talks from Japan CERT&#39;s JSAC 2024 security conference, =
which took place last January, are&#xA0;<a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r=
/6de5ae38?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap:=
anywhere; color: #727272; text-decoration: underline;" target=3D"_blank">a=
vailable on YouTube</a>. This year&#39;s edition videos have not yet been u=
ploaded.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; line-height: 1.6em;"><strong s=
tyle=3D"font-weight: 700;">DeepSeek-R1:</strong> Chinese startup DeepSeek h=
as <a href=3D"https://news.risky.biz/r/2903fffc?m=3D1a80b145-9ce5-407e-b496=
-c57050db16ff" style=3D"overflow-wrap: anywhere; color: #727272; text-decor=
ation: underline;" target=3D"_blank">released</a> a new open-source AI mode=
l named DeepSeek-R1 that appears to be really good at coding, gaining quite=
a lot of positive reviews (and warnings) from the infosec community.</p><d=
iv class=3D"kg-card kg-image-card" style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em; padding: 0;"=
><img src=3D"https://news.risky.biz/content/images/2025/01/Sam-1.png" class=
=3D"kg-image" alt loading=3D"lazy" width=3D"599" height=3D"239" style=3D"bo=
rder: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; max-width: 100%; display: bloc=
k; margin: 0 auto; height: auto; width: auto;"></div><div class=3D"kg-card =
kg-image-card" style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em; padding: 0;"><img src=3D"https:/=
/news.risky.biz/content/images/2025/01/Alex.png" class=3D"kg-image" alt loa=
ding=3D"lazy" width=3D"597" height=3D"610" style=3D"border: none; -ms-inter=
polation-mode: bicubic; max-width: 100%; display: block; margin: 0 auto; he=
ight: auto; width: auto;"></div><div class=3D"kg-card kg-image-card" style=
=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5em; padding: 0;"><img src=3D"https://news.risky.biz/cont=
ent/images/2025/01/Kenn.png" class=3D"kg-image" alt loading=3D"lazy" width=
=3D"590" height=3D"288" style=3D"border: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicu=
bic; max-width: 100%; display: block; margin: 0 auto; height: auto; width: =
auto;"></div><div class=3D"kg-card kg-image-card" style=3D"margin: 0 0 1.5e=
m; padding: 0;"><img src=3D"https://news.risky.biz/content/images/2025/01/J=
aana.png" class=3D"kg-image" alt loading=3D"lazy" width=3D"530" height=3D"2=
12" style=3D"border: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; max-width: 100%=
; display: block; margin: 0 auto; height: auto; width: auto;"></div><h3 id=
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