News for April 20, 2025

News for April 20, 2025

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 19 Apr 2025


Microsoft is Killing Skype - and Refusing Refunds for Prepaid International Calls

https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/12/027252/microsoft-is-killing-skype---and-refusing-refunds-for-prepaid-international-calls

 

Key Discovery in ECDSA: Understanding Implementation and Security Risk

https://hacken.io/insights/ecdsa/

https://soatok.blog/2020/05/26/learning-from-ladderleak-is-ecdsa-broken/

 

BPFDoor Malware Uses Reverse Shell to Expand Control Over Compromised Networks

https://gbhackers.com/bpfdoor-malware/

 

Unpowered SSD endurance investigation finds severe data loss and performance issues

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/unpowered-ssd-endurance-investigation-finds-severe-data-loss-and-performance-issues-reminds-us-of-the-importance-of-refreshing-backups

 

Incomplete Patch Leaves NVIDIA and Docker Users at Risk

https://hackread.com/incomplete-patch-leaves-nvidia-docker-users-at-risk/

 

Five Ways Your Favorite Stablecoin Could Totally Fall Apart

https://hackernoon.com/five-ways-your-favorite-stablecoin-could-totally-fall-apart

 

New ResolverRAT malware targets pharma and healthcare orgs worldwide

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-resolverrat-malware-targets-pharma-and-healthcare-orgs-worldwide/

 

The Most Dangerous Hackers You’ve Never Heard Of

https://www.wired.com/story/most-dangerous-hackers-youve-never-heard-of/

 

KiloEx Platform Suffers $7.4 Million Loss Due to Security Breach

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/04-14-2025-kiloex-platform-suffers-7-4-million-loss-due-to-security-breach-22921222834569

 

Trump's Tariffs Triggered The Great Reset | Grant Williams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPWE2c2mIhk

 

Solid Financial files for bankruptcy after pig butchering scandal

https://www.americanbanker.com/news/solid-financial-files-for-bankruptcy-after-pig-butchering-scandal

 

How a Secretive Gambler Called 'The Joker' Beat the Texas Lottery

https://idle.slashdot.org/story/25/04/13/1716210/how-a-secretive-gambler-called-the-joker-beat-the-texas-lottery

 

Smishing Campaign Hits Toll Road Users with $5 Payment Scam

https://gbhackers.com/smishing-campaign-hits-toll-road-users/

 

Goldman puts US$4,000 gold on the agenda as hunt for havens grows

https://financialpost.com/investing/goldman-puts-us4000-gold-on-the-agenda

 

How to Break Into Cybersecurity Without a Degree or a Million-Dollar Lab

https://hackernoon.com/how-to-break-into-cybersecurity-without-a-degree-or-a-million-dollar-lab

 

Chinese state media: police in Harbin accuse the NSA of launching “advanced” cyberattacks during the Asian Winter Games in February 2025 and name three agents

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/chinas-harbin-says-us-launched-advanced-cyber-attacks-winter-games-2025-04-15/

 

Only 11% of El Salvador’s registered Bitcoin firms operational

https://cointelegraph.com/news/el-salvador-bitcoin-firms-operational-status

 

Hertz confirms customer info, drivers' licenses stolen in data breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hertz-confirms-customer-info-drivers-licenses-stolen-in-data-breach/

 

4chan hacked. Hacker reopens /qa/ and leaks all admins emails

https://old.reddit.com/r/4chan/comments/1jzkjlg/4chan_hacked_hacker_reopens_qa_and_leaks_all/

https://hackread.com/4chan-breached-soyjak-forum-hacker-source-code-leak/

 

Ransomware Group Claims Hacking of Oregon Regulator After Data Breach Denial

https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-group-claims-hacking-of-oregon-regulator-after-data-breach-denial/

 

SquareX to Uncover Data Splicing Attacks at BSides San Francisco, A Major DLP Flaw that Compromises Data Security of Millions

https://hackread.com/squarex-to-uncover-data-splicing-attacks-at-bsides-san-francisco-a-major-dlp-flaw-that-compromises-data-security-of-millions/

 

UK minister's X account hacked to promote crypto scam

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5drp0n8zjo

 

Skyward Specialty Insurance Data Breach Lawsuit Investigation

https://www.claimdepot.com/investigations/skyward-specialty-insurance-data-breach

 

Microsoft Teams File Sharing Unavailable Due to Unexpected Outage

https://gbhackers.com/microsoft-teams-file-sharing-unavailable/

 

Investigation Underway After Abnormal Token Minting on ZKSync Network

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/04-15-2025-investigation-underway-after-abnormal-token-minting-on-zksync-network-22954722780386

 

Relaxing Spanish Guitar Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpeLnqWEh1Y

 

Inside DAI: The Crypto Dollar That Defends Itself with Code

https://hackernoon.com/inside-dai-the-crypto-dollar-that-defends-itself-with-code

 

At the request of a South Korean regulator, Apple blocked 14 crypto apps and Google blocked 17, including exchanges KuCoin and MEXC, from their app stores

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/04/14/kucoin-mexc-and-12-crypto-exchanges-apple-apps-blocked-in-south-korea

 

Landmark Admin data breach impact now reaches 1.6 million people

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/landmark-admin-data-breach-impact-now-reaches-16-million-people/

 

A skeptic’s guide to quitting your smartphone

https://www.vox.com/technology/406829/light-phone-iphone-screen-time-kids

 

Tokenization of the market, from stocks to bonds to real estate is coming, says BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, if we can solve one problem

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/12/tokenization-stock-bond-real-estate-trading-market-coming-blackrock.html

 

Threat Actor Allegedly Selling Fortinet Firewall Zero-Day Exploit

https://www.securityweek.com/threat-actor-allegedly-selling-fortinet-firewall-zero-day-exploit/

 

New “Slopsquatting” Threat Emerges from AI-Generated Code Hallucinations

https://hackread.com/slopsquatting-threat-ai-generated-code-hallucinations/

 

Generate a free, disposable email address within seconds. Protect your privacy, avoid spam, and access websites safely without compromising your personal email

https://1sec-mail.com/

 

Zoom Security Concerns Arise After Crypto Theft Incident

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/04-15-2025-zoom-security-concerns-arise-after-crypto-theft-incident-22937512138633

 

WHAT, REALLY, IS CHINA’S POPULATION?

https://gizadeathstar.com/2025/04/what-really-is-chinas-population/

 

Govtech giant Conduent confirms client data stolen in January cyberattack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/govtech-giant-conduent-confirms-client-data-stolen-in-january-cyberattack/

 

2 Apple Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Actively Exploited in “Extremely” Sophisticated iOS Attacks

https://gbhackers.com/2-apple-zero-day-vulnerabilities/

 

BidenCash Market Dumps 1 Million Stolen Credit Cards on Russian Forum

https://hackread.com/bidencash-market-leak-credit-cards-russian-forum/

 

Mantra CEO says OM token recovery ‘primary concern’ but in early stages

https://cointelegraph.com/news/mantra-om-buybacks-preeminent-early-stages

 

Gold Up 15'714% Since FDR and the Bankers Defaulted in 1933. Paper Dollar Down 99.363%.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohILZ0MMPkg

 

Hacked Crosswalks In Bay Area Play Deepfake-Style Messages From Tech Billionaires

https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/14/1932207/hacked-crosswalks-in-bay-area-play-deepfake-style-messages-from-tech-billionaires

 

Microsoft blocks ActiveX by default in Microsoft 365, Office 2024

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-blocks-activex-by-default-in-microsoft-365-office-2024/

 

Concerns Over Manipulation in Cryptocurrency Markets Raised by DeFiance Capital Founder

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/04-15-2025-concerns-over-manipulation-in-cryptocurrency-markets-raised-by-defiance-capital-founder-22931975957442

 

Enhanced Version of ‘BPFDoor’ Linux Backdoor Seen in the Wild

https://www.securityweek.com/enhanced-version-of-bpfdoor-linux-backdoor-seen-in-the-wild/

 

Water-based battery offers 2,000-cycle stability

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-04-based-battery-stability.html

 

Crypto exchange Kraken begins rolling out commission-free trading for over 11,000 US-listed stocks and ETFs, initially in nine US states and DC

https://www.theblock.co/post/350735/kraken-unveils-phased-rollout-for-us-stocks-and-etf-trading-shares-plans-for-uk-and-european-expansion

 

Microsoft Warns of Node.js Abuse for Malware Delivery

https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-warns-of-node-js-abuse-for-malware-delivery/

 

Google Blocked 5.1B Harmful Ads and Suspended 39.2M Advertiser Accounts in 2024

https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/google-blocked-51b-harmful-ads-and.html

 

ENS Developer Warns of Sophisticated Phishing Attack Exploiting Google Vulnerability

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/04-16-2025-ens-developer-warns-of-sophisticated-phishing-attack-exploiting-google-vulnerability-22995874571945

 

Operation BULUT: Encrypted Chats from Sky ECC, ANOM Lead to 232 Arrests

https://hackread.com/operation-bulut-encrypted-chats-sky-ecc-anom-arrests/

 

Decentralized exchange KiloEx says $7.5M exploit has been contained

https://cointelegraph.com/news/kiloex-exploited-attacker-used-price-oracle-7-5-million

 

India Buys US Gold and Silver to Rebalance Trade Under Trump

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-04-15/india-buys-us-gold-and-silver-rebalance-trade-under-trump

 

Researchers claim breakthrough in fight against AI’s frustrating security hole

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/04/researchers-claim-breakthrough-in-fight-against-ais-frustrating-security-hole/

 

Dangerous Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability in Yelp

https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2025/04/15/dangerous-arbitrary-file-read-vulnerability-in-yelp-cve-2025-3155/

 

Cloud Misconfigurations – A Leading Cause of Data Breaches

https://gbhackers.com/cloud-misconfigurations/

 

HELICOPTER CRASHES, TELEPORTATION SPECULATIONS, DIRECTED ENERGY DEALS, ...

https://gizadeathstar.com/2025/04/helicopter-crashes-teleportation-speculations-directed-energy-deals-pt-2/

 

Russians lure European diplomats into malware trap with wine-tasting invite

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/16/cozy_bear_grapeloader/

 

Oklahoma Senate Committee Rejects Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/04-16-2025-oklahoma-senate-committee-rejects-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-bill-22990651146353

 

Is Linux under the control of the USA gov?

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1k0ezdi/is_linux_under_the_control_of_the_usa_gov/

 

Cybersecurity World On Edge As CVE Program Prepares To Go Dark

https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/16/0050230/cybersecurity-world-on-edge-as-cve-program-prepares-to-go-dark

 

HRL Laboratories and Boeing Achieve Key Milestone in Quantum Entanglement Swapping Satellite Mission

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/04/16/hrl-laboratories-and-boeing-achieve-key-milestone-in-quantum-entanglement-swapping-satellite-mission/

 

Huntress Documents In-The-Wild Exploitation of Critical Gladinet Vulnerabilities

https://www.securityweek.com/huntress-documents-in-the-wild-exploitation-of-critical-gladinet-vulnerabilities/

 

Crypto Bankruptcies List & History

https://buybitcoinworldwide.com/bankruptcies/

 

CVE Program Stays Online as CISA Backs Temporary MITRE Extension

https://hackread.com/cve-program-online-cisa-temporary-mitre-extension/

 

Harvest Ransomware Attack: Stolen Data Now Publicly Disclosed

https://gbhackers.com/harvest-ransomware-attack/

 

Binance acting as adviser to governments on crypto regulations

https://cryptorank.io/news/feed/55a04-binance-helping-countries-craft-crypto-frameworks-national-bitcoin-strategies-ceo-says

 

Chrome extensions with 6 million installs have hidden tracking code

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chrome-extensions-with-6-million-installs-have-hidden-tracking-code/

 

Serbian student activist’s phone hacked using Cellebrite zero-day exploit

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1k17zx5/serbian_student_activists_phone_hacked_using/

 

Zoom restores service after an hours-long outage

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/zoom-restores-service-after-an-hours-long-outage/

 

This New Stablecoin Claims It Can Earn You Yield Without the Risky Crypto Shenanigans

https://hackernoon.com/this-new-stablecoin-claims-it-can-earn-you-yield-without-the-risky-crypto-shenanigans

 

Microsoft is making Windows 11 23H2, 22H2 less secure than 24H2 by killing a VBS feature

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-making-windows-11-23h2-22h2-less-secure-than-24h2-by-killing-a-vbs-feature/

 

Ahold Delhaize confirms data theft after INC ransomware claims attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ahold-delhaize-confirms-data-theft-after-inc-ransomware-claims-attack/

 

GPS Spoofing Attacks Spike in Middle East, Southeast Asia

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/gps-spoofing-attacks-spike-middle-east-southeast-asia

 

Mobile Security – Emerging Risks in the BYOD Era

https://gbhackers.com/emerging-mobile-security-risks/

 

Cryptocurrency Market Experiences $199 Million in Liquidations Over 24 Hours

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/04-17-2025-cryptocurrency-market-experiences-199-million-in-liquidations-over-24-hours-23046571881297

 

Boogie Woogie Piano Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd2Gb3b7jlU

 

Mass Ransomware Campaign Hits S3 Buckets Using Stolen AWS Keys

https://hackread.com/mass-ransomware-campaign-s3-buckets-stolen-aws-keys/

 

Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/04/17/0429213/astronomers-detect-a-possible-signature-of-life-on-a-distant-planet

 

CISA warns of increased breach risks following Oracle Cloud leak

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-increased-breach-risks-following-oracle-cloud-leak/

 

Gold Prices Could Surge Amid Concerns Over Federal Reserve Independence

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/04-18-2025-gold-prices-could-surge-amid-concerns-over-federal-reserve-independence-23078511161057

 

Florida’s New Social Media Bill Says The Quiet Part Out Loud And Demands An Encryption Backdoor

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/17/floridas-new-social-media-bill-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-and-demands-an-encryption-backdoor/

 

DeFi platform KiloEx offers $750K bounty to hacker

https://cointelegraph.com/news/kilo-ex-dex-offers-750k-bounty-hacker

 

Answer to Win Your Share of $5000: What is a Blockchain Node and How Does it Work?

https://hackernoon.com/answer-to-win-your-share-of-$5000-what-is-a-blockchain-node-and-how-does-it-work

 

Chinese hackers target government structures with upgraded RAT malware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-target-russian-govt-with-upgraded-rat-malware/

 

Legends International Discloses Data Breach

https://www.classaction.org/data-breach-lawsuits/legends-international-april-2025

 

Federal Judge Declares Google's Digital Ad Network Is an Illegal Monopoly

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/17/1950221/federal-judge-declares-googles-digital-ad-network-is-an-illegal-monopoly

 

Cyber attack on a municipal service organization in the Czech Republic

https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/kyberzlocinci-utocili-na-prazskou-spravu-sluzeb-hrozi-zverejnenim-citlivych_2504180500_pik

 

Cyber attack on an administration in Belgium

https://www.rtbf.be/article/les-connexions-internet-du-service-public-de-wallonie-coupees-a-la-suite-d-une-intrusion-11535036

 

Cyber incident at a consulting company in Australia

https://williambuck.com/media-centre/2025/04/william-buck-cyber-incident/

 

Cyber attack on radiology centers in Switzerland

https://www.nau.ch/news/schweiz/cyberangriff-auf-rontgenunternehmen-in-der-westschweiz-66967991

 

Optician chain in France affected by cyber attack on IT service provider

https://www.bfmtv.com/tech/cybersecurite/l-enseigne-d-opticiens-alain-afflelou-victime-d-une-cyberattaque_AV-202504160579.html

 

Cyber attack on a cancer foundation in Luxembourg

https://www.lessentiel.lu/de/story/luxemburg-fondation-cancer-bestaetigt-versuchten-cyberangriff-103326985

 

Node.js malvertising campaign targets crypto users

https://securityaffairs.com/176651/hacking/node-js-malvertising-campaign-targets-crypto-users.html

 

State Sponsored Hackers now Widely Using ClickFix Attack Technique in Espionage Campaigns

https://gbhackers.com/state-sponsored-hackers-now-widely-using-clickfix-attack/

 

Multi-Stage Malware Attack Uses .JSE and PowerShell to Deploy Agent Tesla and XLoader

https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/multi-stage-malware-attack-uses-jse-and.html

 

Quantum Computing May Challenge Bitcoin's Security, Says Adam Back

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/04-18-2025-quantum-computing-may-challenge-bitcoin-s-security-says-adam-back-23087113391273

 

Ahold Delhaize Confirms Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack

https://www.securityweek.com/ahold-delhaize-confirms-data-stolen-in-ransomware-attack/

 

KiloEx Attacker Returns 1.4 Million USDT

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/04-18-2025-kiloex-attacker-returns-1-4-million-usdt-23073903533626

 

Multiple Groups Exploit NTLM Flaw in Microsoft Windows

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/multiple-group-exploiting-ntlm-flaw

 

Manta Network Co-Founder Warns of Sophisticated Phishing Attack

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/04-18-2025-manta-network-co-founder-warns-of-sophisticated-phishing-attack-23072379785153

 

Former NY Police Sgt. Gets 18 Months In Prison For Acting As CCP Agent

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/former-ny-police-sgt-gets-18-months-prison-acting-ccp-agent

 

GoDaddy Registry Error Knocked Zoom Offline for Nearly Two Hours

https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/18/1123249/godaddy-registry-error-knocked-zoom-offline-for-nearly-two-hours

 

How to Build a Quantum State: Inside Colorado’s Strategy for a Quantum-Ready Public

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/04/18/how-to-build-a-quantum-state-inside-colorados-strategy-for-a-quantum-ready-public/

 

Former Wall Street Executive Charged with Investor Fraud in Crypto Casino Venture

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/04-18-2025-former-wall-street-executive-charged-with-investor-fraud-in-crypto-casino-venture-23099034322034

 

New Android SuperCard X Malware Uses NFC-Relay Technique for POS & ATM Transactions

https://gbhackers.com/new-android-supercard-x-malware/

 

What is Bitcoinlib, and how did hackers target it?

https://cointelegraph.com/explained/what-is-bitcoinlib-and-how-did-hackers-target-it

 

Break ECDSA encryption with Shor’s algorithm and get 1 BTC as a prize

https://www.qdayprize.org/

 

Lindsey Stirling, Karolina Protsenko and others

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKkzbbLYPuI&list=PLdmvwyBhD_Yuq__1P6xkSX5AtMYJz_xSm

 

 

 

 

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https://zapier.com/blog/how-to-use-chatgpt-to-summarize-an-article/

 

 

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