NOYB, a European privacy group has filed a complaint with Austrian authorities, alleging that Mozilla breached GDPR by…

NOYB, a European privacy group has filed a complaint with Austrian authorities, alleging that Mozilla breached GDPR by enabling “Privacy Preserving Attribution” (PPA), a tracking feature in Firefox, by default without user consent.

The European Center for Digital Rights (NOYB) based in Vienna, Austria has lodged a formal complaint against Mozilla, accusing the company of turning its Firefox browser into a “tracking tool” through the introduction of a privacy feature known as Privacy Preserving Attribution (PPA).

In **July 2024**, Mozilla included the PPA feature in its Firefox update version 128.0. According to Mozilla, PPA is intended to help advertisers understand ad effectiveness without allowing individual websites to collect personal user data. Instead, Firefox itself aggregates ad interaction data on behalf of users before passing this information to advertisers. Mozilla presents this as a balanced solution that maintains user privacy while meeting advertising needs.

However, NOYB sees it differently. The advocacy group claims that PPA effectively turns Firefox into a tool that enables tracking, simply moving the data collection from websites to the browser itself.

According to NOYB’s **report**, the PPA feature violates users’ rights under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (**GDPR**), as it involves data processing without obtaining explicit user consent.

****Concerns Over Default Activation and Lack of Transparency****

NOYB’s main criticism is directed at Mozilla’s implementation of PPA. The feature was enabled by default without notifying users or seeking their consent, making it an opt-out rather than an opt-in system.

NOYB compares this approach to Google’s controversial **Privacy Sandbox**, which also faced criticism for centralizing user tracking within the browser. Felix Mikolasch, a data protection lawyer at NOYB, remarked, “Mozilla has just bought into the narrative that the advertising industry has a right to track users by turning Firefox into an ad measurement tool.”

According to the organization, the alleged lack of transparency has further alarmed privacy advocates, as users were neither informed about the feature nor given the opportunity to decide whether they wanted to participate. Mikolasch added, “It’s a shame that an organization like Mozilla believes that users are too dumb to say yes or no. Users should be able to make a choice, and the feature should have been turned off by default.”

Mozilla has long been **recognized as a privacy-focused company,** particularly as other popular browsers have been criticized for invasive data collection practices. This recent move, however, has called that reputation into question. PPA, while potentially less invasive compared to third-party cookies, nonetheless involves tracking that most users are unaware of, which has led NOYB to demand regulatory scrutiny.

****How to Disable Privacy Preserving Attribution in Firefox Browser?****

For users wanting to disable Privacy Preserving Attribution, Mozilla has **provided** an opt-out process that requires navigating Firefox settings:

*   Click the **menu button** and select **Settings**.
*   Navigate to the **Privacy & Security** section.
*   Under **Website Advertising Preferences**, uncheck the box labeled **“Allow websites to perform privacy-preserving ad measurement”**.

Nevertheless, NOYB has filed a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority (Available **here** (PDF) in English), asking them to investigate Mozilla’s behaviour. The advocacy group demands that Mozilla switch the feature to an opt-in system and properly inform users about the data collection. Moreover, NOYB insists that Mozilla should delete any data processed without proper user consent.

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Student Management System version 1.0 suffers from an insecure cookie handling vulnerability.

**Student Management System 1.0 Insecure Cookie Handling**

Posted Sep 30, 2024

Authored by indoushka

Student Management System version 1.0 suffers from an insecure cookie handling vulnerability.

tags | exploit, insecure cookie handling

SHA-256 | d658fbfc8c6a719141fdd1f2794283b78eab23b21c7970420e8965f026849eba

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    ====================================================================================================================================| # Title     : Student Management System 1.0 Insecure Cookie Handling Vulnerability                                               || # Author    : indoushka                                                                                                          || # Tested on : windows 10 Fr(Pro) / browser : Mozilla firefox 130.0.0 (64 bits)                                                   || # Vendor    : https://phpgurukul.com/student-management-system-using-php-and-mysql/                                              |====================================================================================================================================poc :[+] Dorking İn Google Or Other Search Enggine.[+] use payload : document.cookie = "username=user123; path=/; secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax";[+] The default username is admin & The chosen password is user123[+] http://127.0.0.1/studentms/admin/dashboard.php Greetings to :=====================================================================================jericho * Larry W. Cashdollar * LiquidWorm * Hussin-X * D4NB4R * Malvuln (John Page aka hyp3rlinx)|===================================================================================================

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Adversaries can exploit CVE-2024-6769 to jump from regular to admin access without triggering UAC, but Microsoft says it's not really a vulnerability.

Source: Panther Media GmbH via Alamy Stock Photo

Researchers have flagged a weakness they're tracking as CVE-2024-6769, calling it a combination user access control (UAC) bypass/privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows. It could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain full system privileges, they warned.

That's according to Fortra, which assigned the issue a medium severity score of 6.7 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) scale. Its proof-of-concept exploit demonstrates that "you have the ability to shut down the system," stressed Tyler Reguly, associate director of security R&D at Fortra. "There are certain locations on the drive where you can write and delete files that you couldn't previously." That includes, for example, C:\\Windows, so an attacker could take ownership over files owned by SYSTEM.

For its part, Microsoft acknowledged the research but said it does not consider this an actual vulnerability, because it falls under its concept of acceptability to have "non-robust" security boundaries.

**Understanding Integrity Levels in Windows**

To understand Fortra's findings, we have to go back to Windows Vista, when Microsoft introduced the model of Mandatory Integrity Control (MIC). Simply put, MIC assigned every user, process, and resource a level of access, called an integrity level. Low integrity levels were afforded to all, medium for authenticated users, high for administrators, and system for only the most sensitive and powerful.

Alongside those integrity levels came UAC, a security mechanism that runs most processes and applications at the medium level by default, and requires explicit permission for any actions that require greater privileges than that. Typically, an admin-level user can upgrade simply by right-clicking a command prompt and selecting "Run as Administrator."

By combining two exploit techniques, Fortra researchers demonstrated in their proof of concept how an already-authorized user could slither through this system, jumping across the security boundary imposed on the medium integrity level to obtain full administrative privileges, all without triggering UAC.

**Using CVE-2024-6769 to Jump Across User Boundaries**

To exploit CVE-2024-6769, an attacker first must have a foothold in a targeted system. This requires the medium integrity-level privileges of an average user, and the account from which the attack is triggered must belong to the system's administrative group (the type of account that could level up to admin privileges, if not for UAC being in its way).

The first step in the attack involves remapping the targeted system's root drive — such as "C:" — to a location under their control. This will also shift the "system32" folder, which many services rely on to load critical system files.

One such service is the CTF Loader, ctfmon.exe, which runs without administrator privileges at a high integrity level. If the attacker places a specially crafted, copycat DLL in the copycat system32 folder, ctfmon.exe will load it and execute the attacker's code at that high integrity level.

Next, if the attacker wishes to obtain full administrative privileges, they can poison the activation context cache, which Windows uses to load specific versions of libraries. To do this, they craft an entry in the cache pointing to a malicious version of a legitimate system DLL, contained in an attacker-generated folder. Through a specially crafted message to the Client/Server Runtime Subsystem (CSRSS) server, the fake file is loaded by a process that has administrator privileges, granting the attacker full control over the system.

**Microsoft: Not a Vulnerability**

Despite the potential for privilege escalation, Microsoft refused to accept the issue as a vulnerability. After Fortra reported it, the company responded by pointing to the "non-boundaries" section of the Microsoft Security Servicing Criteria for Windows, which outlines how "some Windows components and configurations are explicitly not intended to provide a robust security boundary." Under the pertinent "Administrator to Kernel" section, it reads:

> Administrative processes and users are considered part of the Trusted Computing Base (TCB) for Windows and are therefore not strongly isolated from the kernel boundary. Administrators are in control of the security of a device and can disable security features, uninstall security updates, and perform other actions that make kernel isolation ineffective.

Essentially, Reguly explains, "They see the admin-to-system boundary as a nonexistent boundary, because admin is trusted on a host." In other words, Microsoft doesn't consider CVE-2024-6769 a vulnerability if an admin user could ultimately perform the same system-level actions anyway, subject to UAC approval.

In a statement to Dark Reading, a Microsoft spokesperson highlighted that "The method requires membership in the Administrator group, so the so-called technique is just leveraging an intended permission or privilege which does not cross a security boundary."

Reguly and Fortra disagree with Microsoft's perspective. "When UAC was introduced, I think we were all sold on the idea that UAC was this great new security feature, and Microsoft has a history of fixing bypasses for security features," he says. "So if they're saying that this is a trust boundary that is acceptable to traverse, really what they're saying to me is that UAC is not a security feature. It's some sort of helpful mechanism, but it's not actually security related. I think it's a really strong philosophical difference."

**Windows Shops Should Still Beware UAC Bypass Risk**

Philosophical differences aside, Reguly stresses that businesses need to be aware of the risk in allowing lower-integrity admins to escalate their privileges to attain full system controls.

At the end of a CVE-2024-6769 exploit, an attacker would have full reign to manipulate or delete critical system files, upload malware, establish persistence, disable security features, access potentially sensitive data, and more.

"Thankfully, only administrators are impacted by this, which means that most of your standard users are unaffected," Fortra noted in an FAQ to reporters. "For administrators, it is important to ensure that you are not running binaries whose origins cannot be verified. For those admins, however, vigilance is the best defense at the moment."

**About the Author**

Nate Nelson is a freelance writer based in New York City. Formerly a reporter at Threatpost, he contributes to a number of cybersecurity blogs and podcasts. He writes "Malicious Life" -- an award-winning Top 20 tech podcast on Apple and Spotify -- and hosts every other episode, featuring interviews with leading voices in security. He also co-hosts "The Industrial Security Podcast," the most popular show in its field.

Novel Exploit Chain Enables Windows UAC Bypass

A malicious app disguised as a legitimate WalletConnect tool targeted mobile users on Google Play. The app stole…

A malicious app disguised as a legitimate WalletConnect tool targeted mobile users on Google Play. The app stole crypto assets from unsuspecting victims. Learn how to protect yourself from similar scams.

Check Point Research (CPR) has discovered the first-ever mobile crypto drainer app on Google Play, deceptively posing as the legitimate WalletConnect tool. The app targeted users directly on their mobile devices, stealing around $70,000 from at least 150 victims. This marks the first time a drainer has exclusively targeted mobile device users, using advanced social engineering tactics and sophisticated evasion techniques.

The fake crypto drainer and wallet app (Screenshot: CPR)

This app capitalized on the trusted name “WalletConnect,” a well-known protocol for connecting wallets to Decentralized Applications (dApps). By appearing as a genuine WalletConnect solution, it lured users who were struggling to connect their wallets to Web3 applications using traditional methods into installing it.

Once installed, the app would prompt users to connect their wallets. This seemingly harmless request was a trap. Upon connection, the app would silently activate the MS Drainer, a powerful toolkit designed to steal various crypto assets.

The MS Drainer would then scan the victim’s wallet for valuable assets like tokens and NFTs. It would prioritize stealing the most valuable ones, using clever techniques to minimize fees and avoid detection. The app also employed deceptive tactics to trick users into signing transactions that would grant the attacker permission to withdraw funds.

These transactions appeared legitimate, leading many victims to unknowingly compromise their assets. This process is repeated across multiple blockchain networks, allowing attackers to systematically steal victims’ assets.

The malicious WalletConnect app used advanced social engineering and technical manipulation, exploiting the complexities of the legitimate WalletConnect protocol, to deceive users into thinking it was a safe tool for connecting their cryptocurrency wallets to Web3 applications.

According to Check Point’s detailed technical report shared with Hackread.com ahead of publishing on Thursday, the app also used advanced evasion techniques, such as fake positive reviews, to remain undetected on Google Play’s verification process for nearly five months, causing significant damage. It managed to accumulate over 10,000 downloads and received numerous fake positive reviews, further deceiving potential victims.

Fake reviews (Screenshot: CPR)

This indicates the growing sophistication of cybercriminals in the decentralized finance ecosystem. Crypto drainers, which steal digital assets, are increasingly used by attackers, often using phishing websites and apps that mimic legitimate platforms. This case highlights the importance of user awareness and security in the DeFi space, reminding us yet again that even seemingly legitimate apps can harbour malicious intent.

Commenting on this, Alexander Chailytko, Cyber Security, Research & Innovation Manager at Check Point Software warned Android users to watch out before downloading an app from third-party as well as Google’s very own Google Play or Play Store.

“This incident is a wake-up call for the entire digital asset community as the emergence of the first mobile crypto drainer app on Google Play marks a significant escalation in the tactics used by cybercriminals and the rapidly evolving landscape of cyber threats in decentralized finance,” Alexander explained.

“This research highlights the critical need for advanced, AI-driven security solutions that can detect and prevent such sophisticated threats. Both users and developers must stay informed and take proactive measures to secure their digital assets.”

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Companies in this industry vertical tend toward large financial transactions with partners, suppliers, and customers.

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A small group of transportation and logistics companies in North America has been targeted in cunning business email compromise (BEC) attacks.

Since May, an unknown threat actor has weaponized at least 15 email accounts associated with its targeted companies. In a blog published on Sept. 24, Proofpoint researchers could not say how the threat actor first obtained access to these accounts. What is known is that the attacker is using the accounts to bury initial access malware inside of existing email chains, betting that recipients will have their guards down so deep into ongoing conversations with colleagues.

"Thread hijacking is obviously very effective," says Daniel Blackford, director of threat research for Proofpoint. "Once an account takeover has happened, this increased legitimacy makes it much harder for anyone but those who are the most vigilant" to spot it.

**Bespoke Phishing Attacks**

From May to July, the threat actor primarily hid payloads inside of Google Drive files leading to Internet shortcut (URL) files. When executed, the attack chain uses server message block (SMB) to retrieve an executable file from a remote share, which installs one of a number of different, known malware tools. Among them: Lumma, the most common infostealer in the world today; StealC; and the legitimate tool NetSupport.

In August, the attacker shifted to using the "ClickFix" technique for tricking victims into downloading its malware. With ClickFix, a malicious webpage presents the victim with a fake pop-up error message. Through a series of dialogue boxes, the victim is instructed to copy and paste a supposed fix for the issue into a PowerShell terminal or Windows Run. In fact, the so-called fix is a script, which downloads and runs an executable. In these recent phishing attempts, the executables for download included DanaBot and Arechclient2 (aka SectopRAT).

Why ClickFix works at all — despite asking for much more active engagement and technical monkeying from the victim — can seem confounding.

"The human psychology behind why really convoluted attack chains work continues to astonish me on a yearly basis," Blackford admits. He does, though, have a theory. "Something that I've heard is that it can be annoying to deal with IT, so if the 'solution' is right in front of you, and you don't have to communicate with a help desk and have people remote into your to your system to fix them, then maybe it's actually less trouble to just try to execute it yourself."

**Why Transport and Logistics Make Attractive Targets**

Various threat actors have disguised ClickFix behind fake Windows and Chrome updates. In this case, the attacker impersonated Samsara, AMB Logistics, and Astra TMS, platforms highly specialized for fleet and freight management, demonstrating the highly targeted nature of the campaign.

As Blackford notes, transport and logistics companies can make attractive targets for financially motivated cyberattacks. "They do business with lots of entities — suppliers for a lot of industrial manufacturers, for example," he says. "They're going to be corresponding with a lot of different companies. There's going to be a lot of moving parts — a lot of things in and out, constantly moving — so a lot of opportunities to find connected, future victims from just one company."

With fertile ground to sneak in amongst the many moving players and deals, he notes, "There are requests for quotes and invoices that are of a fairly large magnitude — that are, in terms of the finances involved, maybe an order of magnitude higher than in some other industries."

He adds that, while rare, "There also is some evidence recently of threat actors trying to redirect legitimate shipments to locations that are under their control."

**About the Author**

Nate Nelson is a freelance writer based in New York City. Formerly a reporter at Threatpost, he contributes to a number of cybersecurity blogs and podcasts. He writes "Malicious Life" -- an award-winning Top 20 tech podcast on Apple and Spotify -- and hosts every other episode, featuring interviews with leading voices in security. He also co-hosts "The Industrial Security Podcast," the most popular show in its field.

Transport, Logistics Orgs Hit by Stealthy Phishing Gambit

Who needs advanced malware when you can take advantage of a bunch of OSS tools and free cloud services to compromise your target?

Source: National Picture Library via Alamy Stock Photo

A threat actor is leveraging Cloudflare Worker cloud services and other tools to perform espionage against government and law enforcement targets in and around the Indian subcontinent.

"SloppyLemming" is an advanced persistent threat (APT) that Crowdstrike (tracking it as Outrider Tiger) has previously linked to India. That attribution rings consistent with the group's latest effort to steal valuable intelligence from a wide range of sensitive organizations in countries hugging India's borders.

Among its victims: government agencies — legislative bodies, foreign affairs, defense — IT and telecommunications providers, construction companies, and Pakistan's sole nuclear power facility. Pakistani police departments and other law enforcement came under particular fire, but SloppyLemming's attacks also spread to the Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan militaries and governments, as well as organizations in China's energy and academic sectors, and there have been hints of potential targeting in or around Australia's capital, Canberra.

The campaign, described in a new blog post from Cloudflare, employs Discord, Dropbox, GitHub, and most notably Cloudflare's own "Workers" platform together in phishing attack chains that end in credential harvesting and email compromise.

**Hackers Using Cloudflare Workers**

SloppyLemming attacks generally begin with a spear-phishing email — say, a fake maintenance alert from a police station's IT department. It distinguishes itself more in step two when it abuses Cloudflare's Workers service.

Cloudflare Workers are a serverless computing platform for running scripts that operate on Web traffic flowing through Cloudflare's global servers. They're essentially chunks of JavaScript that intercept requests made to a user's website in transit — before they reach the user's origin server and apply some sort of function to them, for example, redirecting links or adding security headers.

Like other flexible, multifunctional legitimate services, Cloudflare Workers can also be abused for malicious ends. In 2020, Korean hackers used Workers to perform SEO spam, and a backdoor called "BlackWater" used it to interface with its command-and-control (C2) server; the following year, attackers used it to facilitate a cryptocurrency scam.

SloppyLemming uses a custom-built tool called "CloudPhish" to handle credential logging logic and exfiltration. CloudPhish users first define their targets, and their intended channel for exfiltration. Then the program scrapes the HTML content associated with the target's webmail login page, and creates a malicious copycat with it. When the target enters their login information, it's stolen via a Discord webhook.

**Abusing Cloud Services**

SloppyLemming has other tricks up its sleeve, too. In limited cases, it used a malicious Worker to collect Google OAuth tokens.

Another Worker was used to redirect to a Dropbox URL, where lay a RAR file designed to exploit CVE-2023-38831, a "high" severity, 7.8 out of 10 CVSS-rated issue in WinRAR versions prior to 6.23. The same vulnerability was recently used by a Russian threat group against Ukrainian citizens. At the end of this Dropbox-heavy exploit chain was a remote access tool (RAT) that engaged several more Workers.

"They use at least three, or four, or five different cloud tools," notes Blake Darché, head of Cloudforce One at Cloudflare. "Threat actors generally are trying to take advantage of companies by using different services from different companies, so \[victims\] can't coordinate what they're doing."

To make sense of attack chains that spread across so many platforms, he says, "You've got to have good control of your network, and implement zero-trust architectures so you understand what's going in and out of your network, through all the different peripheries: DNS traffic, email traffic, Web traffic, understanding it in totality. I think a lot of organizations really struggle in this area."

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Multi Branch School Management System version 3.5 suffers from a backup disclosure vulnerability.

**Multi Branch School Management System 3.5 Backup Disclosure**

Posted Sep 25, 2024

Authored by indoushka

Multi Branch School Management System version 3.5 suffers from a backup disclosure vulnerability.

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SHA-256 | b4c3fb3408f8d7a80baf2b5ec0b035520c60a8b287134c61abe01863834639ea

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    =============================================================================================================================================| # Title     : Multi Branch School Management System 3.5 Backup Disclosure Vulnerability                                                   || # Author    : indoushka                                                                                                                   || # Tested on : windows 10 Fr(Pro) / browser : Mozilla firefox 129.0.1 (64 bits)                                                            || # Vendor    : https://school.ramomcoder.com/                                                                                              |=============================================================================================================================================poc :[+] Dorking İn Google Or Other Search Enggine.[+] Appears to leave backups in a world accessible directory under the document root.  [+] use Payload : /uploads/db_backup/[+] http://127.0.0.1/Multi/uploads/db_backup/Greetings to :=====================================================================================jericho * Larry W. Cashdollar * LiquidWorm * Hussin-X * D4NB4R * Malvuln (John Page aka hyp3rlinx)|===================================================================================================

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Complete Multi Hospital Management System version 1.0 suffers from a backup disclosure vulnerability.

**Complete Multi Hospital Management System 1.0 Backup Disclosure**

Posted Sep 25, 2024

Authored by indoushka

Complete Multi Hospital Management System version 1.0 suffers from a backup disclosure vulnerability.

tags | exploit, info disclosure

SHA-256 | e760cf3c5b44d7d8984817fcf92204fd9912a026b5d02720406cc72f12ac70ed

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**Complete Multi Hospital Management System 1.0 Backup Disclosure**

    =============================================================================================================================================| # Title     : Complete Multi Hospital Management System 1.0 Backup Disclosure Vulnerability                                               || # Author    : indoushka                                                                                                                   || # Tested on : windows 10 Fr(Pro) / browser : Mozilla firefox 129.0.1 (64 bits)                                                            || # Vendor    : https://www.campcodes.com/downloads/free-download-complete-multi-hospital-management-system/                                |=============================================================================================================================================poc :[+] Dorking İn Google Or Other Search Enggine.[+] Appears to leave backups in a world accessible directory under the document root.  [+] use Payload : /files/backups/[+] http://127.0.0.1/multihospital/files/backups/Greetings to :=====================================================================================jericho * Larry W. Cashdollar * LiquidWorm * Hussin-X * D4NB4R * Malvuln (John Page aka hyp3rlinx)|===================================================================================================

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Complete Multi Hospital Management System 1.0 Backup Disclosure

The advanced Python-based PysSilon malware can steal data, record keystrokes, and execute remote commands. The attackers behind it are promising to leak details of deleted X posts related to accused rapper and music producer Sean Combs.

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Threat actors are using the public's interest in a current scandal surrounding celebrity rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs to spread spyware, via files promising to reveal details of deleted posts related to Combs from the X social media platform.

Researchers have uncovered a version of the open source PySilon RAT, a remote access Trojan called "PdiddySploit" hiding in files posted online and then submitted to VirusTotal, according to analysis from Veriti Research published Sept. 24.

PySilon RAT is an advanced Python-based malware that can steal sensitive information, record keystrokes, capture screen activity, and execute remote commands, posing "serious threats to personal and organizational security," according to the post by Veriti.

Combs (aka P. Diddy), a rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur who has been in the public eye since the 1990s, is facing multiple charges of sexual assault and misconduct in New York, which has thrust him into the recent media spotlight. One area of acute public interest are controversial posts related to Combs and alleged illicit activity on X by fellow celebrities and musicians, such as Usher and Pink, as well as Combs himself that have since been deleted, according to Veriti.

"One of the most concerning aspects of this trend is the use of files related to Combs' social media activity, particularly from X.com," according to the post.

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Specifically, the researchers uncovered files containing posts and replies from Combs' now-deleted account on VirusTotal, where they were uploaded by a user named @lamps\_apple. "These files are part of an automated process of 'collecting posts and replies,' but they pose a high risk because they can be easily armed with malicious payloads," according to Veriti.

**Taking Advantage of Current Events**

The activity demonstrates how attackers are quick to take advantage of current events or media stories of interest to the public to spread malware by weaponizing content related to them. One clear example of this activity was during the COVID-19 pandemic, when multiple phishing and other malicious campaigns leveraged public interest in the virus and other health-related topics to spread malware.

"Given the intense media coverage surrounding P. Diddy and other public figures, attackers are using these files to lure curious users into downloading them, only to be infected with malware," according to Veriti. "The fact that P. Diddy and others have deleted their social media content adds an additional layer of intrigue, tempting users to open these files to see what was deleted."

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PsySilon RAT — discovered in 2022 — also has seen a surge in recent use by multiple threat actors, with more than 300 samples reported on VirusTotal since June 2023, according to Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL). Attackers use the malware to infiltrate systems, steal information, and even control devices remotely, according to Veriti.

PsySilon RAT is currently in version 3.6 and has been detected in numerous samples that imitate software, tools, and cracks, which likely originate from phishing websites, free software-downloading websites, and the like, according to Cyble.

Given the discovery of the RAT lurking behind the cover of PdiddySploit, it's likely that as the related scandal continues to attract attention, even more attackers will "leverage this malware to exploit public interest," according to Veriti.

**Don't Let Curiosity Cloud Safe Judgment**

It's perfectly natural for people to take an interest in trending topics and celebrity scandals, the researchers noted. However, that doesn't mean people should throw caution to the wind when interacting with any related files or content online.

"Curiosity can be dangerous," Veriti researchers warned, especially as attackers are well-versed in social engineering and "are always looking for ways to exploit human nature."

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To avoid falling prey to attackers aiming to capitalize on this and other news of public interest, Veriti advised that people avoid downloading suspicious files, especially if they encounter files claiming to contain deleted posts or exclusive content related to a celebrity scandal. They should always verify the source of these or any files before downloading something from the Internet, the researchers noted.

People also should be wary of email attachments because phishing emails remain a primary way that attackers spread malware. "If you receive an email with attachments related to the P. Diddy scandal, think twice before opening it," according to Veriti. Using up-to-date antivirus software and other protections to secure email accounts also effectively can delete malware or malicious files before they even reach someone's inbox.

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Sophisticated RAT Hides Behind P. Diddy Scandal Lures

Vienna-based privacy non-profit noyb (short for None Of Your Business) has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority (DPA) against Firefox maker Mozilla for enabling a new feature called Privacy Preserving Attribution (PPA) without explicitly seeking users' consent.
"Contrary to its reassuring name, this technology allows Firefox to track user behavior on websites," noyb said

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Vienna-based privacy non-profit noyb (short for None Of Your Business) has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority (DPA) against Firefox maker Mozilla for enabling a new feature called Privacy Preserving Attribution (PPA) without explicitly seeking users' consent.

"Contrary to its reassuring name, this technology allows Firefox to track user behavior on websites," noyb said. "In essence, the browser is now controlling the tracking, rather than individual websites."

Noyb also called out Mozilla for allegedly taking a leaf out of Google's playbook by "secretly" enabling the feature by default without informing users.

PPA, which is currently enabled in Firefox version 128 as an experimental feature, has its parallels in Google's Privacy Sandbox project in Chrome.

The initiative, now abandoned by Google, sought to replace third-party tracking cookies with a set of APIs baked into the web browser that advertisers can talk to in order to determine users' interests and serve targeted ads.

Put differently, the web browser acts as a middleman that stores information about the different categories that users can be slotted into based on their internet browsing patterns.

PPA, per Mozilla, is a way for sites to "understand how their ads perform without collecting data about individual people," describing it as a "non-invasive alternative to cross-site tracking."

It's also similar to Apple's Privacy Preserving Ad Click Attribution, which allows advertisers to measure the effectiveness of their ad campaigns on the web without compromising on user privacy.

The way PPA works is as follows: Websites that serve ads can ask Firefox to remember the ads in the form of an impression that includes details about the ads themselves, such as the destination website.

If a Firefox user ends up visiting the destination website and performs an action that's deemed valuable by the business – e.g., making an online purchase by clicking on the ad, also called "conversion" – that website can prompt the browser to generate a report.

The generated report is encrypted and submitted anonymously using the Distributed Aggregation Protocol (DAP) to an "aggregation service," after which the results are combined with other similar reports to create a summary such that it makes it impossible to learn too much about any individual.

This, in turn, is made possible by a mathematical framework called differential privacy that enables the sharing of aggregate information about users in a privacy-preserving manner by adding random noise to the results to prevent re-identification attacks.

"PPA is enabled in Firefox starting in version 128," Mozilla notes in a support document. "A small number of sites are going to test this and provide feedback to inform our standardization plans, and help us understand if this is likely to gain traction."

"PPA does not involve sending information about your browsing activities to anyone. Advertisers only receive aggregate information that answers basic questions about the effectiveness of their advertising."

It's this aspect that noyb has found fault with, as it's in violation of the European Union's (E.U.) stringent data protection regulations by enabling PPA by default without seeking users' permissions.

"While this may be less invasive than unlimited tracking, which is still the norm in the US, it still interferes with user rights under the E.U.'s GDPR," the advocacy group said. "In reality, this tracking option doesn't replace cookies either, but is simply an alternative - additional - way for websites to target advertising."

It further noted that a Mozilla developer justified the move by claiming that user's cannot make an informed decision and that "explaining a system like PPA would be a difficult task."

"It's a shame that an organization like Mozilla believes that users are too dumb to say yes or no," Felix Mikolasch, data protection lawyer at noyb, said. "Users should be able to make a choice and the feature should have been turned off by default."

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