News for August 17, 2025

News for August 17, 2025

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 16 Aug 2025


The Game Is Rigged & Everyone's Lying. Still.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-08-09/game-rigged-everyones-lying-still

 

$1M Stolen in 'Industrial-Scale Crypto Theft' Using AI-Generated Code

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/0037258/1m-stolen-in-industrial-scale-crypto-theft-using-ai-generated-code

 

After researchers unmasked a prolific SMS scammer, a new operation has emerged in its wake

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/10/after-researchers-unmasked-a-prolific-sms-scammer-a-new-operation-has-emerged-in-its-wake/

 

Google confirms data breach exposed potential Google Ads customers' info

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-confirms-data-breach-exposed-potential-google-ads-customers-info/

 

Stem cell startup proclaims ‘inflection point’ for medicine as mass production nears

https://thenextweb.com/news/cellcolabs-stem-cell-scale-inflection-point

 

This Could Kill Bitcoin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aVU55dYZaw

 

Louisiana to pay $9 million to a man who was shot in the back by state trooper during traffic stop

https://ground.news/article/louisiana-state-police-investigating-trooper-involved-shooting-in-new-orleans

 

Microsoft Sued Over Plans to Discontinue Windows 10 Support

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/10/0227259/microsoft-sued-over-plans-to-discontinue-windows-10-support

 

AI: The Invisible Engine of the Financial Reset

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLzv8j1Crcs

 

AgentFlayer 0-click exploit abuses ChatGPT Connectors to Steal 3rd-party app data

https://hackread.com/agentflayer-0-click-exploit-chatgpt-connectors-steal-data/

 

AI agents are being drafted into the cyber defense forces of corporations

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/10/ai-agents-drafted-into-cybersecurity-defense-forces-of-companies.html

 

ClickFix macOS Malware Targets User Login Credentials

https://gbhackers.com/clickfix-macos-malware/

 

Enraged Over Purported COVID Vax Injury, Gunman Attacks CDC, Kills Cop

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/enraged-over-purported-covid-vax-injury-gunman-attacks-cdc-kills-cop

 

Study warns of security risks as ‘OS agents’ gain control of computers and phones

https://venturebeat.com/ai/study-warns-of-security-risks-as-os-agents-gain-control-of-computers-and-phones/

 

How to Protect Yourself From Portable Point-of-Sale Scams

https://www.wired.com/story/portable-pos-thefts-how-to-protect-yourself-from-scams/

 

How Small Businesses Can Fight a Growing Wave of Cyber Crime

https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/whats-news/how-small-businesses-can-fight-a-growing-wave-of-cyber-crime/ea4b0f54-f068-4bb7-9397-14e72e879f81

 

Peaceful Melody

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R0dkpkkacw

 

Russian Hackers Exploit Firefox Extensions to Steal Cryptocurrency

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/08-10-2025-russian-hackers-exploit-firefox-extensions-to-steal-cryptocurrency-28148232432298

 

Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Gray Market for Video Game Cheats

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-multimillion-dollar-grey-market-for-video-game-cheats/

 

Over 29,000 Exchange servers unpatched against high-severity flaw

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-29-000-exchange-servers-unpatched-against-high-severity-flaw/

 

AI, CONSTITUTION, CANON, TRADITION, STARE DECISIS, AND TEXTS

https://gizadeathstar.com/2025/08/dont-like-the-constitution-just-have-ai-delete-it/

 

What is Germany’s High-Tech Agenda — And What Does it Mean For Quantum?

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/08/11/what-is-germanys-high-tech-agenda-and-what-does-it-mean-for-quantum/

 

APT Sidewinder Mimics Government and Military Agencies to Steal Login Credentials

https://gbhackers.com/apt-sidewinder-impersonates-government-and-military-agencies/

 

OpenSSH Post-Quantum Cryptography

https://www.openssh.com/pq.html

 

Hackers Leak 9GB of Data from Alleged North Korean Hacker’s Computer

https://hackread.com/hackers-leak-9gb-data-north-korean-hacker-computer/

 

Internet from Space for the Price of a Coffee? Meet Spacecoin

https://hackernoon.com/internet-from-space-for-the-price-of-a-coffee-meet-spacecoin

 

Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack

https://www.metafilter.com/209919/Federal-court-filing-system-hit-in-sweeping-hack

 

Crypto Will Cause The Next Trillon Dollar Crash

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-08-11/crypto-will-cause-next-trillon-dollar-crash

 

Connex Credit Union data breach impacts 172,000 members

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/connex-credit-union-discloses-data-breach-impacting-172-000-people/

 

Infini Team Demands Return of Stolen Funds by August 13

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/08-11-2025-infini-team-demands-return-of-stolen-funds-by-august-13-28161449892802

 

Silent Watcher Targets Windows Systems, Steals Data via Discord Webhooks

https://gbhackers.com/silent-watcher-targets-windows-systems/

 

86% Of Americans Feel Stressed About The Cost Of Groceries

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/86-americans-feel-stressed-about-cost-groceries

 

Carmaker Portal Flaw Could Let Hackers Unlock Cars, Steal Data

https://hackread.com/carmaker-portal-flaw-hackers-unlock-cars-steal-data/

 

Russia's RomCom among those exploiting a WinRAR 0-day in highly-targeted attacks

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/11/russias_romcom_among_those_exploiting/

 

Reddit Will Block the Internet Archive

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/1724231/reddit-will-block-the-internet-archive

 

US government seized $1M from Russian ransomware gang

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/11/u-s-government-seized-1-million-from-russian-ransomware-gang/

 

Introducing VRP: Structure-Based Role-Play Attacks on Multimodal Large Language Models

https://hackernoon.com/introducing-vrp-structure-based-role-play-attacks-on-multimodal-large-language-models

 

Malicious Firefox Extensions Are Draining Crypto Wallets

https://lifehacker.com/tech/malicious-firefox-extensions-are-draining-crypto-wallets

 

Chrome Sandbox Escape Earns Researcher $250,000

https://www.securityweek.com/chrome-sandbox-escape-earns-researcher-250000/

 

Know-Your-Customer: Crypto's Quiet Kill-Switch

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/know-your-customer-cryptos-quiet-kill-switch

 

High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/high-severity-winrar-0-day-exploited-for-weeks-by-2-groups/

 

Sloppy AI defenses take cybersecurity back to the 1990s, researchers say

https://www.scworld.com/news/sloppy-ai-defenses-take-cybersecurity-back-to-the-1990s-researchers-say

 

North Korean Kimsuky hackers exposed in alleged data breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-kimsuky-hackers-exposed-in-alleged-data-breach/

 

How a teen stole $243M in Bitcoin and revealed his identity on livestream

https://cointelegraph.com/explained/how-a-teen-stole-243m-in-bitcoin-and-revealed-his-identity-on-livestream

 

Monero Faces Potential 51% Attack Threat

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/08-12-2025-monero-faces-potential-51-attack-threat-28211207978434

 

Curly COMrades cyberspies hit govt orgs with custom malware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/curly-comrades-cyberspies-hit-govt-orgs-with-custom-malware/

 

Interlock Ransomware Group Leaks 43GB of Data in City of St. Paul Cyberattack

https://hackread.com/interlock-ransomware-leaks-st-paul-city-cyberattack-data/

 

Three notorious cybercrime gangs appear to be collaborating

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/scattered_spidershinyhunterslapsus_cybercrime_collab/

 

Manpower discloses data breach affecting nearly 145,000 people

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/manpower-staffing-agency-discloses-data-breach-after-attack-claimed-by-ransomhub/

 

1,500 Jenkins Servers Vulnerable to Command Injection via Git Parameter Plugin

https://gbhackers.com/1500-jenkins-servers-vulnerable/

 

OPTIA And Patero Launch Post-Quantum-Enabled GPU Compute Platform For Defense And Edge Applications

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/08/12/optia-and-patero-launch-post-quantum-enabled-gpu-compute-platform-for-defense-and-edge-applications/

 

Crypto crime unit with $250M in seizures expands with Binance

https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-crime-unit-250m-seizures-binance

 

Debt, Junk Food & Aliens - What's Happening to Us?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6_8xeVuH8k

 

Hackers leak Allianz Life data stolen in Salesforce attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-allianz-life-data-stolen-in-salesforce-attacks/

 

Inside the Dark Web’s Access Economy: How Hackers Sell the Keys to Enterprise Networks

https://www.securityweek.com/inside-the-dark-webs-access-economy-how-hackers-sell-the-keys-to-enterprise-networks/

 

Wave Of Suicides Among Chinese Entrepreneurs Signals Deepening Crisis In Private Sector: Expert

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/wave-suicides-among-chinese-entrepreneurs-signals-deepening-crisis-private-sector-expert

 

PoisonSeed Phishing Kit Bypasses MFA to Steal Credentials from Users and Organizations

https://gbhackers.com/poisonseed-phishing-kit-bypasses-mfa/

 

Secure chat darling Matrix admits pair of 'high severity' protocol flaws need painful fixes

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/secure_chat_darling_matrix_admits/

 

Ethereum Developer Falls Victim to Cryptocurrency Wallet Drainer

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/08-13-2025-ethereum-developer-falls-victim-to-cryptocurrency-wallet-drainer-28260391742746

 

New Brute-Force Campaign Hits Fortinet SSL VPN in Coordinated Attack

https://hackread.com/brute-force-campaign-fortinet-ssl-vpn-coordinated-attack/

 

6,000 Patents Hidden By The Government | U.S. Invention Secrecy Act

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNR_6aBQyDk

 

Manpower Says Data Breach Stemming From Ransomware Attack Impacts 140,000

https://www.securityweek.com/manpower-says-data-breach-stemming-from-ransomware-attack-impacts-140000/

 

Trump Drafts the Fed Into Currency Wars

https://dailyreckoning.com/trump-drafts-the-fed-into-currency-wars/

 

Web DDoS and App Exploitation Attacks Surge in First Half of 2025

https://gbhackers.com/web-ddos-and-app-exploitation-attacks/

 

The Drug You've Never Heard of Wreaking Havoc Across Europe

https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/the-drug-youve-never-heard-of-wreaking-havoc-across-europe/db75d0b8-1ae1-480e-a3a7-74f254c88ce3

 

Students 3D print drone that can swim underwater and fly through the air — 'variable-pitch propeller system' paves way for amphibious breakthrough

https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/students-3d-print-drone-that-can-swim-underwater-and-fly-through-the-air-variable-pitch-propeller-system-paves-way-for-amphibious-breakthrough

 

Expect A Market Correction By September | Brent Johnson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VSVjnFv1Ho

 

TOWARD A 2nd LAW OF QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT

https://gizadeathstar.com/2025/08/toward-a-2nd-law-of-quantum-entanglement/

 

Efimer Trojan Steals Crypto, Hacks WordPress Sites via Torrents and Phishing

https://hackread.com/efimer-trojan-crypto-hacks-wordpress-torrents-phishing/

 

Ransomware at an online bookstore and ticketing platform in South Korea

https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10551467

 

What the LockBit 4.0 Leak Reveals About RaaS Groups

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/what-lockbit-leak-reveals-raas-groups

 

New downgrade attack can bypass FIDO auth in Microsoft Entra ID

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-downgrade-attack-can-bypass-fido-auth-in-microsoft-entra-id/

 

Ransomware strikes motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield

https://gbhackers.com/royal-enfield-ransomware-attack/

 

Is the World Adopting Post-Quantum Cryptography Fast Enough?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/post-quantum-cryptography-standards-nist

 

Student Loan Deliquencies hit Quarter Trillion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ip8nae-Umw

 

Charon Ransomware targets Middle East with APT attack methods

https://securityaffairs.com/181098/malware/charon-ransomware-targets-middle-east-with-apt-attack-methods.html

 

MAGA Congresswoman Claims UFOs Might Be ‘Interdimensional Beings’

https://gizmodo.com/maga-congresswoman-claims-ufos-might-be-interdimensional-beings-2000642770

 

Ethereum core dev’s crypto wallet drained by malicious AI extension

https://cointelegraph.com/news/core-ethereum-devs-crypto-wallet-drained-ai-extension

 

Some users report their Firefox browser is scoffing CPU power

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/firefox_ai_scoffing_power/

 

Suspicious Fund Transfers Detected at BtcTurk Exceeding $50 Million

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/08-14-2025-suspicious-fund-transfers-detected-at-btcturk-exceeding-50-million-28305533357281

 

Lawyer Tells Seniors! DEBIT CARD USERS BEWARE: New GHOST TAP Trick Is Spreading Fast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZZnt-lCcXA

 

The First Federal Cybersecurity Disaster of Trump 2.0 Has Arrived

https://www.wired.com/story/the-first-federal-cybersecurity-disaster-of-trump-20-has-arrived/

 

New PS1Bot Malware Campaign Uses Malvertising to Deploy Multi-Stage In-Memory Attacks

https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/new-ps1bot-malware-campaign-uses.html

 

Flaw in Older Version of Android Rooting Tool KernelSU Allows Full Device Takeover

https://hackread.com/kernelsu-android-rooting-tool-flaw-device-takeover/

 

Bets on Fed cut leap to 90% after U.S. inflation stays in line

https://financialpost.com/news/economy/inflation-data-hikes-bets-fed-rate-cut

 

Infamous XZ Backdoor Found Hidden in Docker Images for Over a Year

https://gbhackers.com/infamous-xz-backdoor-found-hidden-in-docker-images/

 

Financial cycles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf6x9e6IefA

 

BtcTurk has announced a temporary suspension of cryptocurrency deposit and withdrawal functions due to technical issues with its hot wallet

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/08-14-2025-btcturk-temporarily-suspends-cryptocurrency-transactions-due-to-technical-issues-28305862531129

 

Canada’s House of Commons investigating data breach after cyberattack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/canadas-house-of-commons-investigating-data-breach-after-cyberattack/

 

Passkey Login Bypassed via WebAuthn Process Manipulation

https://www.securityweek.com/passkey-login-bypassed-via-webauthn-process-manipulation/

 

Vietnam police bust billion-dollar crypto Ponzi ring behind Paynet Coin scam

https://cointelegraph.com/news/vietnam-police-bust-billion-dollar-crypto-ponzi-ring-behind-paynet-coin-scam-report

 

Overcoming Fear & Greed

https://dailyreckoning.com/overcoming-fear-greed/

 

FireWood Malware Targets Linux Systems for Command Execution and Data Theft

https://gbhackers.com/firewood-malware-targets-linux-systems/

 

One tiny flip can open a dangerous back door in AI

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-08-tiny-flip-dangerous-door-ai.html

 

Foreclosures rocket by 32% in Las Vegas after rip-off prices and Trump boycotts triggered slump in tourist city

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15000185/las-vegas-foreclosures-trump-tariffs-boycott-tourism.html

 

Crypto Users Face Surge in Address Poisoning Scams, Losing Over $1.6 Million

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/08-15-2025-crypto-users-face-surge-in-address-poisoning-scams-losing-over-1-6-million-28337160207074

 

Capitalism Is Dead: How to Thrive in the New Managed Economy | E.B. Tucker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz35xiX0SYE

 

Netflix Job Phishing Scam Steals Facebook Login Data

https://hackread.com/netflix-job-phishing-scam-steals-facebook-login-data/

 

AI-Powered Radar Can Now Spy On Your Phone Calls From 10 Feet Away

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/big-brother-meet-big-radar-ai-can-now-spy-your-phone-calls-10-feet-away

 

New NFC-Based PhantomCard Malware Targets Android Banking Users

https://gbhackers.com/new-nfc-based-phantomcard-malware/

 

Crisis Protocols Activated—They’re Panicking!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba_MpkQ12ss

 

NFL burglaries begin again ahead of opening game...

https://www.the-sun.com/sport/14976002/andre-johnson-nfl-hall-of-fame-houston-texans-burglary/

 

Czech Police Arrest Darknet Marketplace Founder Amid Bitcoin Donation Scandal

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/08-15-2025-czech-police-arrest-darknet-marketplace-founder-amid-bitcoin-donation-scandal-28348846615778

 

Nobody’s Buying Homes, Nobody’s Switching Jobs—and America’s Mobility Is Stalling

https://www.wsj.com/economy/american-job-housing-economic-dynamism-d56ef8fc

 

Russian Hackers Seized Control of Norwegian Dam, Spy Chief Says

https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/14/232228/russian-hackers-seized-control-of-norwegian-dam-spy-chief-says

 

Mini SSDs barely larger than a microSD card support speeds up to 3,700 MB/s

https://liliputing.com/mini-ssds-barely-larger-than-a-microsd-card-support-speeds-up-to-3700-mb-s/

 

New Malvertising Attack Spreads Crypto Stealing Malware

https://hackread.com/malvertising-attack-crypto-stealing-ps1bot-malware/

 

Colt Telecom attack claimed by WarLock ransomware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/colt-telecom-attack-claimed-by-warlock-ransomware-data-up-for-sale/

 

Oxford Ionics Delivers Quantum Computer to UK’s Quantum Computing Centre

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/08/13/oxford-ionics-delivers-quantum-computer-to-uks-quantum-computing-centre/

 

U.S. Cancels Plans to Buy Bitcoin!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx1LUN52KW0

 

Cyberattack on Dutch prosecution service is keeping speed cameras offline

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/cyberattack_on_dutch_prosecution_service/

 

Smart Attack on Elliptic Curves for Programmers

https://leetarxiv.substack.com/p/smart-attack-on-elliptic-curves-for

 

US sanctions Grinex crypto-exchange, successor to Garantex

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-sanctions-grinex-crypto-exchange-garantexs-successor/

 

New NIST Concept Paper Outlines AI-Specific Cybersecurity Framework

https://hackread.com/nist-concept-paper-ai-specific-cybersecurity-framework/

 

'Ghost Particle' That Smashed Into Earth Breaks Records

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/08/14/2335238/ghost-particle-that-smashed-into-earth-breaks-records

 

F5 Fixes HTTP/2 Flaw Affecting Multiple Products in Massive DoS Attacks

https://gbhackers.com/f5-fixes-http-2-flaw/

 

In Other News: Critical Zoom Flaw, City’s Water Threatened by Hack, $330 Billion OT Cyber Risk

https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-critical-zoom-flaw-citys-water-threatened-by-hack-330-billion-ot-cyber-risk/

 

Digital Currency Group files lawsuit against subsidiary Genesis over $1.1. billion promissory note amid post-crash fallout

https://www.theblock.co/post/367123/digital-currency-group-files-lawsuit-against-subsidiary-genesis-over-1-1-billion-promissory-note-amid-post-crash-fallout

 

D3XAT Faces Potential Attack with Estimated Losses of $160,000

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/08-16-2025-d3xat-faces-potential-attack-with-estimated-losses-of-160-000-28392454653553

 

Amazon Braket Speeds Quantum Research With New Batch Processing Feature

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/08/15/amazon-braket-speeds-quantum-research-with-new-batch-processing-feature/

 

This budget-friendly Acer Chromebook is on sale for less than half-price

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/acer-chromebook-311-deal-best-buy-august-2025/

 

Trellis (YC W24) Is Hiring: Forward Deployed Engineers (All Levels)

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/trellis/jobs/Cv3ZwXh-forward-deployed-engineers-all-levels-august-2025

 

Instrumental Fusion of Flamenco, Saxophone & Violin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKK6J_SsyE0&list=RDGKK6J_SsyE0

 

 

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

 

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