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An Iranian advanced persistent threat actor known as Agrius has been attributed as behind a set of data wiper attacks aimed at diamond industries in South Africa, Israel, and Hong Kong. The wiper, codenamed Fantasy by ESET, is believed to have been delivered via a supply chain attack targeting an Israeli software suite developer as part of a campaign that began in February 2022.

The Iranian Agrius APT hacking group is using a new 'Fantasy' data wiper in supply-chain attacks impacting organizations in Israel, Hong Kong, and South Africa. In this campaign, Agrius used a new wiper named 'Fantasy' hidden inside a software suite created by an Israeli vendor.

Three different security flaws have been disclosed in American Megatrends MegaRAC Baseboard Management Controller software that could lead to remote code execution on vulnerable servers. "The impact of exploiting these vulnerabilities include remote control of compromised servers, remote deployment of malware, ransomware and firmware implants, and server physical damage," firmware and hardware security company Eclypsium said in a report shared with The Hacker News.

IBM has fixed a high-severity security vulnerability affecting its Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL product that could be potentially exploited to tamper with internal repositories and run unauthorized code. The privilege escalation flaw, dubbed "Hell's Keychain" by cloud security firm Wiz, has been described as a "First-of-its-kind supply-chain attack vector impacting a cloud provider's infrastructure."

IBM has fixed a high-severity security vulnerability affecting its Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL product that could be potentially exploited to tamper with internal repositories and run unauthorized code. The privilege escalation flaw, dubbed "Hell's Keychain" by cloud security firm Wiz, has been described as a "First-of-its-kind supply-chain attack vector impacting a cloud provider's infrastructure."

A company's supply chain is like a body's nervous system: a mesh of interconnected manufacturers, vendors, sub-contractors, service delivery firms, even coding and collaboration tools. A recent study by NCC Group estimated that supply chain attacks increased by 51% in the last six months of 2021, and the BlackHat 2022 conference featured a number of talks highlighting the vulnerability of supply chains not just between companies connected by business operations, but also software coding practices.

Those affected may be unaware that their devices run services using the discontinued Boa web server, and that firmware updates and downstream patches do not address its known vulnerabilities. Boa is an open-source web server designed for embedded applications and used to access settings, management consoles, and sign-in screens in devices.

An ongoing supply chain attack has been leveraging malicious Python packages to distribute malware called W4SP Stealer, with over hundreds of victims ensnared to date. "The threat actor is still active and is releasing more malicious packages," Checkmarx researcher Jossef Harush said in a technical write-up, calling the adversary WASP. "The attack seems related to cybercrime as the attacker claims that these tools are undetectable to increase sales."

Emotet, one of the most evasive and destructive malware delivery systems, caused substantial damage during its initial reign. After a coordinated takedown by authorities in early 2021, Emotet has reemerged as a global threat that will persist for organizations.

As cyber attackers increasingly look to capitalize on accelerating digitalization that has seen many enterprises significantly increase their reliance on cloud-based solutions and services as well as third-party service providers, software supply chain risk has become a major concern of organizations. In this Help Net Security video, Andy Zollo, Regional VP of EMEA at Imperva, talks about how organizations can assess and mitigate cyber risks within their supply chain.