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Cyber Highlights
Cyber incident
Deepfake Audio Posing as the CEO Targeting LastPass: Extracting Attack Patterns
Industry impacted: Information Technology
The LastPass incident underscores a sophisticated deepfake-based social engineering attack via unconventional channels such as WhatsApp, featuring audio impersonations of the CEO. This exemplifies the growing threat to corporate environments from advanced deepfake technology and multimodal communication, highlighting the critical need for enhanced security protocols and awareness.
QuoIntelligence analyzes Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday security notification and additional vulnerabilities currently exploited in the wild by unknown threat actors.
Rollups
Industry impacted: Communication Services, Consumer Discretionary, Energy, Financials, Government, Information Technology
- Stealing Credit Card Information with Deceptive Facebook Pixel Tracker
- CVE-2024-3400 PAN-OS: OS Command Injection Vulnerability in GlobalProtect Gateway
- Apple Alerts Users in 92 Countries to Mercenary Spyware Attacks
- Telegram Fixes Critical Zero-Day Allowing Attackers to Launch Python Scripts
- Similar XZ Utils Supply Chain Attack and Takeover Identified by Researchers on OpenJS Foundation’s JavaScript Open Source Project
- LockBit Ransomware Leak and New Opportunities in the Ransomware Landscape
2024 Elections Security: Insights Into Chinese and Russian Influence Operations
QuoIntelligence analyzes the EU’s increased scrutiny in Chinese foreign subsidies.
Rollups
Industry impacted: Communication Services, Information Technology
- Iran Launches First Direct Attack on Israel, Escalating Tensions in the Middle East
- China Mandates Telecoms To Phase Out Foreign Chips Amid Trade Tensions
- Cyber Defenses on High Alert for Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
Outlook
- 22 April – Darktrace LIVE: Milan 2024
- 25 April – SEKOP2024
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