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
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
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
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
ClickFix macOS Malware Targets User Login Credentials
https://gbhackers.com/clickfix-macos-malware/
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
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
Peaceful Melody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R0dkpkkacw
Russian Hackers Exploit Firefox Extensions to Steal Cryptocurrency
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
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?
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
Infini Team Demands Return of Stolen Funds by August 13
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
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
How a teen stole $243M in Bitcoin and revealed his identity on livestream
Monero Faces Potential 51% Attack Threat
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
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
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
Inside the Dark Web’s Access Economy: How Hackers Sell the Keys to Enterprise Networks
Wave Of Suicides Among Chinese Entrepreneurs Signals Deepening Crisis In 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Canada’s 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
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
Crypto Users Face Surge in Address Poisoning Scams, Losing Over $1.6 Million
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
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
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
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
Oxford Ionics Delivers Quantum Computer to UK’s 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
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
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
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
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)
Instrumental Fusion of Flamenco, Saxophone & Violin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKK6J_SsyE0&list=RDGKK6J_SsyE0
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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