Security Affairs newsletter Round 493 by Pierluigi Paganini covers various cybersecurity incidents internationally, such as Iran and China-linked actors utilizing ChatGPT for attack preparation and the Internet Archive data breach impacting 31 million users. The newsletter details ransomware exploits, critical software vulnerabilities, data breaches in organizations like MoneyGram, American Water, Universal Music, and FBCS affecting hundreds of thousands to millions of individuals. Additionally, it discusses the actions of threat actors like the Awaken Likho APT group targeting Russian government entities, U
S. CISA's updates on exploited vulnerabilities, and the cybercriminal activities of groups like LockBit, Salt Typhoon, and Twelve targeting government sites, broadband providers, and conversational platforms. The summaries also cover critical security flaw fixes by tech giants like Mozilla, Palo Alto, and Google in their software and services, including browser updates, firewall patches, and bug mitigations. Various malware incidents like the Necro Trojan, data skimming campaigns using Unicode obfuscation, and ongoing ransomware attacks exploiting Veeam Backup & Replication flaw are highlighted. ```https://securityaffairs.com/169724/breaking-news/security-affairs-newsletter-round-493-by-pierluigi-paganini-international-edition.html