News for April 6, 2025

News for April 6, 2025

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 5 Apr 2025


Twitter (X) Hit by 2.8 Billion Profile Data Leak

https://hackread.com/twitter-x-of-2-8-billion-data-leak-an-insider-job/

 

North Korean hackers adopt ClickFix attacks to target crypto firms

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-hackers-adopt-clickfix-attacks-to-target-crypto-firms/

 

Coinbase users hit by $46M in suspected phishing scams — ZachXBT

https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-users-hit-by-46m-phishing-scams

 

Oracle Hit with Lawsuit Over Alleged Cloud Breach Affecting Millions

https://hackread.com/oracle-lawsuit-over-cloud-breach-affecting-millions/

 

Galaxy Digital pays $200mn to settle luna crypto-trading probe

https://www.ft.com/content/d433db80-b24f-490b-9b35-995827af3823

 

Confiscated Gold and Stashed Alien Tech

https://dailyreckoning.com/your-government-at-work-confiscated-gold-and-stashed-alien-tech/

 

Argentina To Declassify Nazi Archives... But Did Hitler Escape There Too?

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/argentina-declassify-nazi-archives-did-hitler-escape-there-too

 

Hacker transfers $70M out of payment platform UPCX

https://cointelegraph.com/news/unauthorized-entity-transfers-70-m-out-of-payment-platform-upcx

 

Cyberattacks by AI agents are coming

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/04/1114228/cyberattacks-by-ai-agents-are-coming/

 

Retirement funds reportedly raided after unexplained portal probes and data theft

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/australian_retirement_funds_attacked/

 

New Android Spyware Tricks Users by Demanding Passwords for Uninstallation

https://gbhackers.com/new-android-spyware-tricks-users/

 

Wealthy Americans Have Death Rates On Par With Poor Europeans

https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/0153232/wealthy-americans-have-death-rates-on-par-with-poor-europeans

 

Global Insights with Frank Giustra

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

 

An introduction to zero-click attacks

https://www.lrqa.com/en/insights/articles/an-introduction-to-zero-click-attacks/

https://www.wallarm.com/what/zero-click-attack

 

Europcar GitLab breach exposes data of up to 200,000 customers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/europcar-gitlab-breach-exposes-data-of-up-to-200-000-customers/

 

NSA and Global Allies Declare Fast Flux a National Security Threat

https://hackread.com/nsa-allies-fast-flux-a-national-security-threat/

 

Intimate images from kink and LGBTQ+ dating apps left exposed online

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/04/intimate-images-from-kink-and-lgbtq-dating-apps-left-exposed-online

 

London Mayor Axes Cyber Crime Victim Support Line

https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/01/1531202/london-mayor-axes-cyber-crime-victim-support-line?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

 

Lucid PhaaS Hits 169 Targets in 88 Countries Using iMessage and RCS Smishing

https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/lucid-phaas-hits-169-targets-in-88.html

 

Hackers strike Australia's largest pension funds in coordinated attacks

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/multiple-australian-pension-funds-hit-by-coordinated-hacking-media-reports-say-2025-04-04/

 

No Gold At Fort Knox? Exposing The Shocking Truth!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_eZt5TW3Wo

 

Zero-click attacks: How your wallet can be hacked without a click

https://cointelegraph.com/explained/zero-click-attacks-how-your-wallet-can-be-hacked-without-a-click

 

Trump fires head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/04/trump-fires-head-of-national-security-agency-and-cyber-command/

 

Chainalysis: North Korean hackers stole $6B+ in crypto over the past decade and accounted for 60%+ of theft losses in 2024; the regime commands 8,000 hackers

https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/north-korea-cryptocurrency-580d7d3f

 

New advanced FIN7's Anubis backdoor allows to gain full system control on Windows

https://securityaffairs.com/176134/malware/new-advanced-fin7s-anubis-backdoor-allows-to-gain-full-system-control-on-windows.html

 

Lazarus APT Jumps on ClickFix Bandwagon in Recent Attacks

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/lazarus-apt-clickfix-bandwagon-attacks

 

Patient information posted on dark web after cyber attack on IVF company Genea

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-26/genea-ivf-cyber-incident-ransomware/104985242

 

Genetic data site openSNP to close and delete data over privacy concerns

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/genetic-data-site-opensnp-to-close-and-delete-data-over-privacy-concerns/

 

DPRK 'IT Workers' Pivot to Europe for Employment Scams

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/dprk-it-workers-europe-employment

 

Oracle tells clients of second recent hack, log-in data stolen, Bloomberg News reports

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/oracle-tells-clients-second-recent-hack-log-in-data-stolen-bloomberg-news-2025-04-02/

 

677,000 Euros stolen from a pharmaceutical company in Austria

https://kurier.at/chronik/niederoesterreich/cyberangriff-pharmaunternehmen-marinomed-677000-euro/403028666

 

Hackers Exploit Stripe API for Web Skimming Card Theft on Online Stores

https://hackread.com/hackers-exploit-stripe-api-web-skimming-card-theft/

 

Texas State Bar warns of data breach after INC ransomware claims attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/texas-state-bar-warns-of-data-breach-after-inc-ransomware-claims-attack/

 

Cyber attack on a political party in Poland

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/polish-pm-tusk-says-there-has-been-cyberattack-it-systems-his-political-party-2025-04-02/

 

FBI investigating cyberattack, ID theft that defrauded Baltimore City of $1.5M

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/stolen-money-cyberattack-id-theft-baltimore-city/64354458

 

Federal Govt Layoffs Dominate Biggest March Job Losses In 36 Years

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/doge-impact-federal-govt-layoffs-dominate-biggest-march-job-losses-36-years

 

GitHub expands security tools after 39 million secrets leaked in 2024

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-expands-security-tools-after-39-million-secrets-leaked-in-2024/

 

Hacker Leaks 144GB of Royal Mail Group Data, Blames Supplier Spectos

https://hackread.com/hacker-leaks-royal-mail-group-data-supplier-spectos/

 

Qilin Operators Imitate ScreenConnect Login Page to Deploy Ransomware and Gain Admin Access

https://gbhackers.com/qilin-operators-imitate-screenconnect-login-page/

 

Elon Discovered 14 "Magic Money Computers" Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1GVN1jjOYE

 

Ransomware Group Takes Credit for National Presto Industries Attack

https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-group-takes-credit-for-national-presto-industries-attack/

 

Desperate in Deutschland

https://dailyreckoning.com/desperate-in-deutschland/

 

Hacker Claims Twilio’s SendGrid Data Breach, Selling 848,000 Records

https://hackread.com/hacker-twilio-sendgrid-data-breach-customer-data/

 

Cisco AnyConnect VPN Server Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Trigger DoS

https://gbhackers.com/cisco-anyconnect-vpn-server-vulnerability/

 

Stablecoin issuer Circle takes another stab at a public listing

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/stablecoin-issuer-circle-takes-another-stab-at-a-public-listing/

 

President Trump's tariffs are set to disrupt the Bitcoin mining sector, as many of the largest miners are based in the US and the supply chain is rooted in Asia

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-03/tariffs-threaten-to-upend-bitcoin-mining-supply-chain-mara-riot?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0MzY3MjA4OSwiZXhwIjoxNzQ0Mjc2ODg5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVTRLTlRUMEFGQjQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI2NzFDMDBFRDY0QjI0Qjc5ODAxNTNFRUJCQjIxODM1MSJ9._MIGvKLcZOCBzG9kQ6GLWUiudvKISaXckT_2P1OwQR4&leadSource=uverify%20wall

 

Hackers are selling counterfeit phones with crypto-stealing malware

https://cointelegraph.com/news/counterfeit-android-devices-loaded-crypto-stealing-malware

 

Fed Planning MASSIVE Hedge Fund Bailout (What You Must Know)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qUBkKZwYPE

 

Why is someone mass-scanning Juniper and Palo Alto Networks products?

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/unknown_scanners_probing_juniper_paloalto/

 

Location, name, and photos of random kids shown to parents in child tracker mix up

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/04/location-name-and-photos-of-random-kids-shown-to-parents-in-child-tracker-mix-up

 

Legacy Stripe API Exploited to Validate Stolen Payment Cards in Web Skimmer Campaign

https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/legacy-stripe-api-exploited-to-validate.html

 

Hunters International Ransomware Gang Rebranding, Shifting Focus

https://www.securityweek.com/hunters-international-ransomware-gang-rebranding-shifting-focus/

 

New Triada Trojan comes preinstalled on Android devices

https://securityaffairs.com/176143/malware/new-triada-comes-preinstalled-on-android-devices.html

 

Online ransom letter at an IT service provider in the Republic of China / Taiwan

https://emops.twse.com.tw/server-java/t05sr01_1_e?&isNew=Y&seq_no=1&spoke_time=170231&spoke_date=20250331&co_id=6214

 

Cyber attack on the Uruguayan Attorney General's Office

https://www.subrayado.com.uy/fiscalia-reporta-intento-ataque-cibernetico-y-asegura-que-no-hubo-acceso-informacion-sensible-n973285

 

The Best of Classical Piano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPxuhz02ITQ

 

New study achieves major advance towards fault-tolerant quantum computing

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-04-major-advance-fault-tolerant-quantum.html

 

Cybersecurity Professor Mysteriously Disappears as FBI Raids His Homes

https://www.wired.com/story/cybersecurity-professor-mysteriously-disappears-as-fbi-raids-his-homes/

 

North Korean IT worker army expands operations in Europe

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-it-worker-army-expands-operations-in-europe/

 

Brain Interface Speaks Your Thoughts In Near Real-time

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/04/02/0641259/brain-interface-speaks-your-thoughts-in-near-real-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

 

Layoffs begin at US health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food

https://apnews.com/article/health-human-services-layoffs-restructuring-rfk-jr-ec4d7731695e4204970c7eab953b2289

 

79 Arrested as Dark Web’s Largest Child Abuse Network ‘Kidflix’ Busted

https://hackread.com/dark-web-largest-child-abuse-network-kidflix-busted/

 

Counterfeit Android devices found preloaded with Triada malware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/counterfeit-android-devices-found-preloaded-with-triada-malware/

 

Massive 400GB X (Twitter) Data Leak Surfaces on Hacker Forums

https://gbhackers.com/massive-400gb-x-twitter-data-leak/

 

You can now summarize massive documents in Word

https://www.neowin.net/news/you-can-now-summarize-massive-documents-in-word/

 

Someone is trying to recruit security researchers in bizarre hacking campaign

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/someone-is-trying-to-recruit-security-researchers-in-bizarre-hacking-campaign/

 

Trump Family Starts Bitcoin Mining Venture in Further Push Into Crypto

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/business/trump-bitcoin-mining.html

 

Intel and Microsoft Staff Allegedly Lured To Work For Fake Chinese Company In Taiwan

https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/31/2018240/intel-and-microsoft-staff-allegedly-lured-to-work-for-fake-chinese-company-in-taiwan?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

 

Landmark Gold Bill Blocked! Mystery Looms Over Gov’s Shocking Veto

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-04-02/landmark-gold-bill-blocked-mystery-looms-over-govs-shocking-veto

 

New Malware Targets Magic Enthusiasts to Steal Logins

https://gbhackers.com/new-malware-targets-magic-enthusiasts/

 

ChatGPT was down worldwide with something went wrong error

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-is-down-worldwide-with-something-went-wrong-error/

 

Microsoft Teams Vishing Used to Deploy Malware via TeamViewer

https://hackread.com/microsoft-teams-vishing-deploy-malware-via-teamviewer/

 

Ukrainian Soldiers Unearth Ancient Greek Burial

https://archaeology.org/news/2025/03/31/ukrainian-soldiers-unearth-ancient-greek-burial/

 

Critical auth bypass bug in CrushFTP now exploited in attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-auth-bypass-bug-in-crushftp-now-exploited-in-attacks/

 

The Most Elegant Violin Concertos In The World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiyCeFxF-qM

 

Bitcoin investor buys an entire SpaceX flight for the ultimate polar adventure

https://www.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-investor-buys-entire-spacex-014824917.html

 

Check Point confirms breach

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/check_point_confirms_breach/

 

Operation HollowQuill – Weaponized PDFs Deliver a Cobalt Strike Malware Into Gov & Military Networks

https://gbhackers.com/weaponized-pdfs-deliver-a-cobalt-strike-malware/

 

PoisonSeed phishing campaign behind emails with wallet seed phrases

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/poisonseed-phishing-campaign-behind-emails-with-wallet-seed-phrases/

 

$2B lost to crypto hacks in Q1 2025, $1.63B from access control flaws

https://cointelegraph.com/news/q1-2025-crypto-hacks-2b-lost

 

Raw Deel: Corporate spy admits role in espionage at HR software biz Rippling

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/deel_rippling_espionage/

 

Australian pension funds hit by wave of credential stuffing attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/australian-pension-funds-hit-by-wave-of-credential-stuffing-attacks/

 

OPSEC Failure Exposes Coquettte's Malware Campaigns on Bulletproof Hosting Servers

https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/opsec-failure-exposes-coquetttes.html

 

Whalen: Tariffs Are a Distraction - Real Story Is America's Retreat from Global Currency Dominance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7fizlxrOYA

 

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Report Urges Faster Prep For U.S. to Become Quantum-Ready

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/04/05/u-s-chamber-of-commerce-report-urges-faster-prep-for-u-s-to-become-quantum-ready/

 

New UK Internet Policing Law Targets US Online Forums

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/new-uk-internet-policing-law-targets-us-online-forums

 

North Korean hackers net $2.5 million profit after WBTC sales

https://cryptoslate.com/north-korean-hackers-net-2-5-million-profit-after-wbtc-sales/

 

Call Records of Millions Exposed by Verizon App Vulnerability

https://www.securityweek.com/call-records-of-millions-exposed-by-verizon-app-vulnerability/

 

State Bar of Texas Confirms Data Breach, Begins Notifying Affected Consumers

https://gbhackers.com/state-bar-of-texas-confirms-data-breach/

 

UK convicts five romance fraudsters who stole millions from duped singles

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/uk_convicts_five_fraudsters_who/

 

Critical flaw in Apache Parquet's Java Library allows remote code execution

https://securityaffairs.com/176187/security/apache-parquets-java-library-critical-flaw.html

 

Minnesota Tribe Struggles After Ransomware Attack

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/minnesota-tribe-operations-ransomware-attack

 

Global Scam Industry Evolving at 'Unprecedented Scale' Despite Recent Crackdown

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/02/204208/global-scam-industry-evolving-at-unprecedented-scale-despite-recent-crackdown?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

 

Maryland Democrats Pass "Sleep Tax" - Is A Thinking Tax Next?

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/far-left-maryland-democrats-just-passed-sleep-tax-next-thinking-tax

 

Port of Seattle says ransomware breach impacts 90,000 people

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/port-of-seattle-says-ransomware-breach-impacts-90-000-people/

 

Hackers Use URL Shorteners and QR Codes in Tax-Themed Phishing Attacks

https://gbhackers.com/hackers-use-url-shorteners-and-qr-codes/

 

Earth Alux Hackers Use VARGIET Malware to Target Organizations

https://gbhackers.com/earth-alux-hackers-use-vargiet-malware/

 

North Korean crypto attacks rising in sophistication, actors — Paradigm

https://cointelegraph.com/news/north-korean-crypto-attacks-rising-sophistication-actors-paradigm

 

Phishing platform 'Lucid' behind wave of iOS, Android SMS attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/phishing-platform-lucid-behind-wave-of-ios-android-sms-attacks/

 

Top 100 Songs Global

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

 

 

P.S. For those who want to have a list of annotations, here is the link to the article on how to do it with ChatGPT and Zapier

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

 

 

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