Black Hat and DEF CON Roundup

‘Summer Camp’ for hackers features a compromised satellite, a homecoming for hackers and cyberwarfare warnings.

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Feds: Zeppelin Ransomware Resurfaces with New Compromise, Encryption Tactics

The CISA has seen a resurgence of the malware targeting a range of verticals and critical infrastructure organizations by exploiting RDP, firewall vulnerabilities.

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Facebook’s In-app Browser on iOS Tracks ‘Anything You Do on Any Website’

Researcher shows how Instagram and Facebook’s use of an in-app browser within both its iOS apps can track interactions with external websites.

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Starlink Successfully Hacked Using $25 Modchip

Belgian researcher Lennert Wouters revealed at Black Hat how he mounted a successful fault injection attack on a user terminal for SpaceX’s satellite-based internet system

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New Hacker Forum Takes Pro-Ukraine Stance

A uniquely politically motivated site called DUMPS focuses solely on threat activity directed against Russia and Belarus

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Cisco Confirms Network Breach Via Hacked Employee Google Account

Networking giant says attackers gained initial access to an employee’s VPN client via a compromised Google account.

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Podcast: Inside the Hackers’ Toolkit

This edition of the Threatpost podcast is sponsored by Egress.

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Microsoft Patches ‘Dogwalk’ Zero-Day and 17 Critical Flaws

August Patch Tuesday tackles 121 CVEs, 17 critical bugs and one zero-day bug exploited in the wild.

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Virtual Currency Platform ‘Tornado Cash’ Accused of Aiding APTs

U.S. Treasury blocked the business of the virtual currency mixer for laundering more than $7 billion for hackers, including $455 million to help fund North Korea’s missile program.

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Phishers Swim Around 2FA in Coinbase Account Heists

Attackers are spoofing the widely used cryptocurrency exchange to trick users into logging in so they can steal their credentials and eventually their funds.

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