Daily NCSC-FI news followup 2020-01-03

iOS 14.7.1: Apple Issues Urgent iPhone Update With Important Security Fixes www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2021/07/26/ios-1471-apple-issues-urgent-iphone-update-with-important-security-fixes/ Its only been a week since Apple released iOS 14.7, which itself included critical security fixes, but did not address a vulnerability in iMessage that adversaries could have been taking advantage of to attack iPhones with the Pegasus spyware. Researchers warn of unpatched […]

DDoS attacks in Q1 2021 securelist.com/ddos-attacks-in-q1-2021/102166/ Q1 2021 saw the appearance of two new botnets. News broke in January of the FreakOut malware, which attacks Linux devices. Cybercriminals exploited several critical vulnerabilities in programs installed on victim devices, including the newly discovered CVE-2021-3007. Botnet operators use infected devices to carry out DDoS attacks or mine […]

1B Mobile Users Vulnerable to Ongoing SimJacker Surveillance Attack threatpost.com/1b-mobile-users-vulnerable-to-ongoing-simjacker-surveillance-attack/148277/ More than one billion mobile users are at risk from a SIM card flaw being currently exploited by threat actors, researchers warn.. Also: www.zdnet.com/article/new-simjacker-attack-exploited-in-the-wild-to-track-users-for-at-least-two-years/. Report: simjacker.com/ New Clues Show How Russias Grid Hackers Aimed for Physical Destruction www.wired.com/story/russia-ukraine-cyberattack-power-grid-blackout-destruction/ A fresh look at the 2016 blackout […]