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Cybersecurity Brief – 2025-09-19

Major Incidents or Breaches

  • SonicWall suffered a breach of its MySonicWall cloud backup service, exposing firewall configuration backup files for fewer than 5% of customers. Impacted customers have been instructed to reset their passwords and import new configuration files.
  • Tiffany & Co. disclosed a data breach affecting thousands of customers in the US and Canada, with attackers accessing information related to gift cards.
  • Medical Associates of Brevard reported a data breach impacting nearly 250,000 individuals, attributed to the BianLian ransomware group.
  • ChatGPT was targeted in a server-side data theft attack using a zero-click method called ShadowLeak, which has since been fixed by OpenAI.
  • The Python Package Index (PyPI) invalidated all tokens stolen in the GhostAction supply chain attack and confirmed that threat actors did not use the stolen tokens to publish malicious packages.

Newly Discovered Vulnerabilities

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Cybersecurity Brief – 2025-09-18

Major Incidents or Breaches

  • ShinyHunters claims to have stolen over 1.5 billion Salesforce records from 760 companies via compromised Salesloft Drift OAuth tokens.
  • Insight Partners, a venture capital and private equity firm, has confirmed a ransomware breach impacting over 12,000 individuals, with personal information stolen.
  • SonicWall has warned customers to reset credentials following a breach that exposed firewall configuration backup files related to MySonicWall accounts.
  • A supply chain attack dubbed “Shai-Hulud” compromised over 180 NPM packages, injecting malicious code to harvest secrets, exfiltrate them to public repositories, and make private repositories public.
  • 224 malicious apps were removed from the Google Play Store after researchers uncovered a large-scale ad fraud campaign.
  • Airline data broker is selling at least five billion passenger records to US government agencies through a searchable database.

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Cybersecurity Brief – 2025-09-17

Major Incidents or Breaches

  • Jaguar Land Rover has extended its production shutdown for another week following a significant cyberattack that impacted systems at the end of August.
  • The US Department of Homeland Security exposed sensitive national security intelligence, including surveillance data on Americans, to thousands of unauthorized users due to a misconfigured data hub.
  • The RaccoonO365 phishing network, responsible for large-scale phishing campaigns, was dismantled following a joint operation by Microsoft and Cloudflare, resulting in the takedown of 338 malicious domains.
  • Google has removed 224 Android applications involved in the “SlopAds” ad fraud operation, which generated 2.3 billion ad requests daily and affected 38 million downloads globally.
  • At least 187 npm packages were compromised in a self-propagating supply chain attack, dubbed ‘Shai-Hulud’, which stole developer credentials and spread malware through infected packages.
  • The BreachForums hacking forum administrator, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, was resentenced to three years in prison for cybercrime charges, including the operation of the forum and possession of CSAM.

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Cybersecurity Brief – 2025-09-16

Major Incidents or Breaches

  • Over 40 npm packages were compromised in a software supply chain attack, with attackers leveraging a malicious bundle.js file to steal credentials from affected developers and users.
  • FinWise Bank disclosed an insider breach impacting 689,000 American First Finance customers. A former employee accessed sensitive files after termination, exposing customer information.
  • KillSec ransomware group breached a major Brazilian healthcare software provider, stealing sensitive patient data and affecting a critical element of the healthcare technology supply chain.
  • Google confirmed that hackers created a fraudulent account in its Law Enforcement Request System (LERS), potentially enabling unauthorised access to sensitive law enforcement data requests.
  • The FBI’s IC3 issued a warning regarding threat actors UNC6040 and UNC6395 targeting Salesforce customers. These groups have conducted data theft and extortion campaigns against organisations using Salesforce, with the FBI sharing indicators of compromise (IoCs).
  • Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) was affected by a cyber incident, as reported in recent threat intelligence bulletins.
  • Fairmont Federal Credit Union in West Virginia is notifying 187,000 people of a 2023 data breach that compromised personal, financial, and medical information.

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Cybersecurity Brief – 2025-09-15

Major Incidents or Breaches

  • The FBI has issued a FLASH alert regarding UNC6040 and UNC6395, two threat actor clusters actively compromising Salesforce environments. These actors are stealing sensitive data and engaging in extortion of affected organisations.

Notable Threat Actor Activity

  • Chinese-speaking users are being targeted by a malware campaign leveraging SEO poisoning. The campaign uses fake software distribution sites, hosted via GitHub Pages, to deliver HiddenGh0st, Winos, and kkRAT malware families.
  • A new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform named VoidProxy has been identified. VoidProxy is designed to target Microsoft 365 and Google accounts, including those protected by third-party single sign-on (SSO) services.

Trends, Tools, or Tactics of Interest

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Cybersecurity Brief – 2025-09-14

Major Incidents or Breaches

  • Apple has issued a fourth round of spyware attack notifications to users in France in 2025, confirmed by CERT-FR. These alerts relate to targeted campaigns using sophisticated spyware, with at least four notification waves sent this year.
  • The U.S. FBI has issued a flash alert regarding cybercriminal groups UNC6040 and UNC6395, which have conducted data theft attacks targeting Salesforce platforms. Indicators of compromise have been released to assist in detection and response.
  • A critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-5086) in Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso Manufacturing Operations Management software is being actively exploited. The vulnerability arises from deserialization of untrusted data, allowing attackers to achieve RCE. CISA has issued a warning regarding ongoing exploitation.
  • A payment system vendor, KioSoft, took over a year to patch a serious NFC card vulnerability that allowed infinite card top-ups, despite being notified in 2023. The patch has only recently been released.

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Cybersecurity Brief – 2025-09-13

Major Incidents or Breaches

  • Apple has sent a fourth round of spyware notifications to users in France in 2025, with CERT-FR confirming a targeted spyware campaign against Apple device users in the country.
  • Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) software is being actively exploited via a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-5086), with multiple advisories and warnings from CISA.
  • A payment system vendor (KioSoft) reportedly took over a year to patch a critical NFC card vulnerability that enabled infinite card top-ups, despite being notified in 2023.
  • A new ransomware group called Yurei was identified, with initial victim data published.

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Cybersecurity Brief – 2025-09-12

Major Incidents or Breaches

  • The UK train operator LNER disclosed a data breach involving a third-party supplier, resulting in the compromise of customer contact information and other data.
  • Panama’s Ministry of Economy and Finance reported a cyberattack claimed by the INC ransomware group, with indications that at least one computer was compromised.
  • Cornwell Quality Tools suffered a ransomware attack attributed to the Cactus group, impacting approximately 100,000 individuals.
  • Vyro AI experienced a data leak, attributed to poor cyber hygiene, exposing proprietary or sensitive data.
  • Apple issued warnings to customers targeted in a recent series of spyware attacks, as confirmed by the French national CERT (CERT-FR).
  • Microsoft Exchange Online experienced an outage in North America, disrupting email access for customers.
  • Meta faces whistleblower allegations of ignoring child sex abuse risks within its VR “metaverse” environment.

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Cybersecurity Brief – 2025-09-11

Major Incidents or Breaches

  • Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) confirmed a data breach following a recent cyberattack that forced system shutdowns and operational disruptions. Some company data was stolen in the incident.
  • The New York Blood Center began notifying affected individuals about a data breach resulting from a ransomware attack, confirming user data was stolen.
  • Plex, a media streaming platform, reported a data breach and advised users to reset their passwords.
  • The largest known supply-chain attack in the NPM ecosystem impacted approximately 10% of all cloud environments. Despite the scale, attackers reportedly gained little financial benefit.
  • An open-source developer known as “qix” disclosed a compromise of their GitHub account after being socially engineered to surrender access credentials.
  • A DDoS mitigation service provider in Europe was targeted by a distributed denial-of-service attack peaking at 1.5 billion packets per second.

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Cybersecurity Brief – 2025-09-10

Major Incidents or Breaches

  • Plex has disclosed a data breach affecting emails, usernames, password hashes, and authentication data stored in a database. Users have been urged to reset their passwords.
  • Wayne Memorial Hospital suffered a breach in May 2024, with hackers stealing names, Social Security numbers, financial information, and protected health information of approximately 160,000 individuals.
  • Qantas reduced executive pay following a data breach earlier this year in which threat actors compromised a third-party platform and accessed customer personal information.

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