CyberHoot Newsletter – June 2025

17th June 2025 | Blog, Newsletters

CyberHoot June Newsletter: Stay Informed, Stay Secure

Welcome to the June edition of CyberHoot’s newsletter, where we keep you up to speed on the latest cybersecurity threats and best practices to protect your organization. This month, we’re spotlighting several critical developments that demand your attention—from newly discovered Apple AirPlay vulnerabilities impacting millions of users, to a concerning exploit involving Zoom’s remote control feature. We also dive into the growing threat of fraudulent worker scams and explore how strengthening HR security processes can serve as a powerful first line of defense.

Don’t miss these essential reads to stay ahead of cyber threats and safeguard your digital ecosystem.

Apple Alert: Critical AirPlay Vulnerabilities Expose Millions to Cyber Threats

Apple’s AirPlay protocol is under fire as newly discovered “AirBorne” vulnerabilities expose billions of devices to zero-click attacks, data theft, and network-spreading malware—highlighting urgent security gaps in both Apple and third-party ecosystems.

Cybersecurity Advisory: Hackers Exploit Zoom’s Remote Control Feature

A new cyberattack campaign dubbed “Elusive Comet” is exploiting Zoom’s remote control feature through social engineering to infiltrate the systems of cryptocurrency traders and venture capitalists, enabling malware deployment and data theft.

Bolstering HR Security Processes to Counter Fraudulent Worker Scams

Discover how HR teams can counter rising tech job scams by enhancing identity verification, interview processes, and ongoing employee monitoring to protect against fraudulent remote workers.

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Cybrary Term of the Month:

Wiper Malware

Wiper Malware is malicious software that wipes away everything that comes in its path. The sole purpose of this malware is to cause destruction of the victim’s devices. This malware destroys the Master Boot Record of a computer making it inoperable. While it can end up causing substantial financial losses for the affected parties, its primary goal is not to steal money or sell information to cybercriminals but rather the destruction of information itself and/or the device.

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Recently Added Features

General Release Notes

Added new ‘Training Link’ variable to policy messages to allow admins to customize the name of the training link instead of just defaulting to ‘LINK’.
Added support for Arabic, Russian and Greek language translation.
Training start date can be editable even after the training has started for Power Ups.
Added the abiliy to change manager under mass user actions in Power platform and created an API endpoint to handle this action.
Added the ability to change manager under mass actions in Autopilot.
Added new settings to HootPhish Challenge to allow admins to enable/disable the public results page and set an expiration date for access to that page.
Updated user status page in Autopilot to be power-up aware, so scores will only show now based on enabled power-ups.
Updated user scoring algorithm to include an AttackPhish score and made it be power-up aware so scoring now will only include enabled power-ups.
Updated compliance % to only take into account past due assignments.
Added the ability for users to see their Hoot Rank Avatar after every assignment providing additional rewards and encouragement.

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