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Iran and suspicious domains

They used fake news websites

https://www.cyberscoop.com/more-domains-...-iran-doj/

27 domains in the latest takedown were “registered with U.S.-based domain registrars and used top-level domains owned by U.S.-based registries,” according to the Justice statement, making them subject to several U.S. laws that restrict Iran’s economic activity in the U.S.
DOJ said the four domains allegedly aimed at U.S. audiences — rpfront.com, ahtribune.com, awdnews.com and criticalstudies.org — were in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, a transparency law that governs the political activities of representatives of foreign entities in the U.S.

Eastern European Ryuk Malware hits US Hospitals

https://www.cyberscoop.com/ransomware-ho...k-fireeye/

An Eastern European cybercriminal group has conducted ransomware attacks at multiple U.S. hospitals in recent days in some of the most disruptive cyber-activity in the sector during the coronavirus pandemic.The group, which FireEye calls UNC1878, has been deploying Ryuk ransomware and taking multiple hospital IT networks offline.

Oregon’s Sky Lakes Medical Center, Canton-Potsdam, Massena and Gouverneur hospitals are among its latest victims.

Apple releases patches for 3 iOS zero days

that hackers have been using for targeted attacks

https://www.cyberscoop.com/apple-ios-upd...ed-google/

Apple has issued fixes for three critical bugs in its software for iPhones, iPads and iPods that could allow an attacker to burrow into the inner sanctum of a device’s operating system and steal data.
Two of the bugs affect the kernel, the core of the device’s operating system which handles interactions between hardware and software. Controlling the kernel essentially gives an attacker free rein over a device’s operating system and the data stored in it.

Why should you apply the patches? Well, the consequences could be disastrous for hackers have been exploiting the vulnerabilities for quite some time now. So if you haven't updated your device this Thursday, now it's a perfect time to do it!