CrowdStrike Catastrophe, GTA6 Beta Scam, and FractalID Data Breach

Cybersecurity Digest for 22 July 2024

Today we discuss the following items:


Crowdstrike Issue:
Falcon Content Update Remediation and Guidance Hub | CrowdStrike
Helping our customers through the CrowdStrike outage - The Official Microsoft Blog
New Recovery Tool to help with CrowdStrike issue impacting Windows endpoints - Microsoft Community Hub

Threat Actors capitalizing on the CrowdStrike Incident:
Falcon Sensor Issue Likely Used to Target CrowdStrike Customers
Likely eCrime Actor Capitalizing on Falcon Sensor Issues | CrowdStrike
Fake CrowdStrike fixes target companies with malware, data wipers (bleepingcomputer.com)

GTA VI Fake Beta Pushing Malware
Gamers Beware: There’s No Such Thing as ‘GTA VI Beta Version’ to Download from Sponsored Facebook Ads. It’s Malware! (bitdefender.com)

MediSecure
MediSecure cyber security incident (homeaffairs.gov.au)
MediSecure – Media / Public Statement (wordpress.com)

FractalID Data Breach
Infostealer Infection Results in Data Breach of Blockchain Identity Platform, Fractal ID | InfoStealers

Recorded Future Report:
Security Challenges Rise as QR Code and AI-Generated Phishing Proliferate | Recorded Future