News for August 25, 2024

News for August 25, 2024

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 24 Aug 2024


Digital Wallets Bypassed To Allow Purchase With Stolen Cards

https://gbhackers.com/digital-wallets-bypassed-stolen-cards/

 

Arize AI: 56% of Fortune 500 companies cited AI as a “risk factor” in their recent annual reports, up from 9% in 2022; 86% of software firms cited AI as a risk

https://www.ft.com/content/5ee96d38-f55b-4e8a-b5c1-e58ce3d4111f

 

Linux Kernal Vulnerability Let Attackers Bypass CPU & Gain Read/Write Access

https://gbhackers.com/linux-kernal-vulnerability/

 

Crypto firm says hacker locked all employees out of Google products for four days

https://therecord.media/unicoin-cryptocurrency-company-hack-gsuite

 

OpenAI shut down an Iranian influence op that used ChatGPT to generate bogus news articles

https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/openai-shut-down-an-iranian-influence-op-that-used-chatgpt-to-generate-bogus-news-articles-202526662.html

 

Hackers launch cyberattack against Ukraine's Monobank

https://kyivindependent.com/hackers-launch-cyberattack-against-ukraines-monobank/

 

Last Surviving Member of Admiral Byrd's Expedition Reveals The Truth About Antartica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1T-f7usCiI

 

Backdoor MIFARE Smart Cards Exposes User-Defined Keys On Cards

https://gbhackers.com/mifare-backdoor-exposure/

 

FlightAware configuration error leaked user data for years

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/flightaware-configuration-error-leaked-user-data-for-years/

 

People are falling in love with — and getting addicted to — AI voices

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/367188/love-addicted-ai-voice-human-gpt4-emotion

 

Autodesk AutoCAD Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code

https://gbhackers.com/autodesk-autocad-vulnerability/

 

National Public Data Confirms Massive Breach

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/national-public-data-confirms-massive-breach

 

The rise of legal sports gambling is coming at the expense of stock investing, new study shows

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-investing-impact-legal-sport-betting-gambling-study-2024-8

 

Experts warn of exploit attempt for Ivanti vTM bug

https://securityaffairs.com/167250/hacking/exploit-attempt-ivanti-vtm-bug.html

 

AI SPERA and Hackers Central Partner to Expand Mexico’s Security Market with ‘Criminal IP ASM’

https://gbhackers.com/mexicos-security-market-with-criminal-ip-asm/

 

Kamala's $2 Trillion Plan - Too Good to Be True?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP6YgIDPmPw

 

Bitcoin stolen in $238 million breach fails to get privacy shield

https://cryptoslate.com/bitcoin-stolen-in-238-million-breach-fails-to-get-privacy-shield-returned-to-original-address/

 

Android Phones Exposed to Remote Access Vulnerability

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/16/android-phones-exposed-to-remote-vulnerability/

 

Start-up failures rise 60% as founders face hangover from boom years

https://www.ft.com/content/2808ad4c-783f-4475-bcda-bddc0299095e

 

Malicious ‘bull checker’ Chrome extension found targeting Solana users

https://cointelegraph.com/news/malicious-bull-checker-chrome-extension-found-targeting-solana-users

 

Bernie Sanders Issues Dire Warning: 'We Are Rapidly Becoming An Oligarchic Form Of Society'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai-GzH7zHTQ

 

New UULoader Malware Distributes Gh0st RAT and Mimikatz in East Asia

https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/new-uuloader-malware-distributes-gh0st.html

 

Saudi Arabia is on a high-stakes mission to buy the world

https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-public-investment-fund-global-investment-spree-2024-8

 

Hackers Exploit PHP Vulnerability to Deploy Stealthy Msupedge Backdoor

https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/hackers-exploit-php-vulnerability-to.html

 

GM lays off more than 1,000 salaried software and services employees

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/19/gm-lays-off-more-than-1000-salaried-software-and-services-employees.html

 

Watchdog Group Says FBI Is Hiding Records On Trump Assassination Attempt

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watchdog-group-says-fbi-hiding-records-trump-assassination-attempt

 

National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/20/0021202/national-public-data-published-its-own-passwords

 

Illegal mining soars 317% near First Quantum’s idled Panama project

https://financialpost.com/commodities/mining/first-quantum-panama-mine-illegal-mining

 

Toyota confirms breach after stolen data leaks on hacking forum

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/toyota-confirms-breach-after-stolen-data-leaks-on-hacking-forum/

 

ALBeast: Misconfiguration Flaw Exposes 15,000 AWS Load Balancers to Risk

https://hackread.com/albeast-aws-misconfiguration-flaw-load-balancers-risk/

 

A women moved with 2 kids to a hotel room. It's cheaper than renting an apartment and has many amenities

https://www.businessinsider.com/mom-moved-kids-hotel-room-because-rent-is-high-2024-8

 

Critical Flaw in Donation Plugin Exposed 100,000 WordPress Sites to Takeover

https://www.securityweek.com/critical-flaw-in-donation-plugin-exposed-100000-wordpress-sites-to-takeover/

 

Colossal rogue object spotted shooting through space at 1million mph and Nasa scientists are baffled about what it is

https://www.the-sun.com/tech/12240424/nasa-space-new-object-million-miles-milky-way-galaxy/

 

New Phishing Attacks Target Eastern European Bank Users on iOS and Android

https://hackread.com/phishing-attacks-eastern-europe-bank-ios-android/

 

Russia Summons US Envoy Over Presence Of American Mercenaries, CNN Crew In Kursk Region

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-summons-us-envoy-over-presence-american-mercenaries-cnn-crew-kursk-region

 

New Styx Stealer Attacking Users to Steal Login Passwords

https://gbhackers.com/new-styx-stealer-attacking-users/

 

Elon Musk is moving X and SpaceX to Texas

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-08-elon-musk-spacex-texas-impact.html

 

CannonDesign confirms Avos Locker ransomware data breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cannondesign-confirms-avos-locker-ransomware-data-breach/

 

How the Moon Impacts Subsea Communication Cables: Conclusions, Acknowledgments, and References

https://hackernoon.com/how-the-moon-impacts-subsea-communication-cables-conclusions-acknowledgments-and-references

 

TodoSwift Malware Targets macOS, Disguised as Bitcoin PDF App

https://hackread.com/todoswift-malware-macos-disguised-bitcoin-pdf-app/

 

Slack AI Can Be Tricked Into Leaking Data From Private Channels

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/21/1448249/slack-ai-can-be-tricked-into-leaking-data-from-private-channels

 

Nuclear War Just Got Closer

https://dailyreckoning.com/nuclear-war-just-got-closer/

 

The US Government Wants You—Yes, You—to Hunt Down Generative AI Flaws

https://www.wired.com/story/nist-humane-intelligence-generative-ai-red-team-contest/

 

Major 'National Public Data' Leak Worse Than Expected With Passwords Stored in Plain Text

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/20/npd-data-leak-plain-text/

 

25% Of Brits Consider Turning Off The Heat In Winter As Power-Bills Soar

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/25-brits-consider-turning-heat-winter-power-bills-soar

 

Computer scientists discover vulnerabilities in a popular security protocol

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-08-scientists-vulnerabilities-popular-protocol.html

 

Most baby foods in US grocery stores are unhealthy, study shows

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-baby-foods-grocery-unhealthy.html

 

From Offices to Hotels: Backdoor in Contactless Key Cards Enables Mass Cloning

https://hackread.com/contactless-key-cards-backdoor-enables-mass-cloning/

 

US Jobs Revised Down By 818,000 In Election Year Shocker, Second Worst Revision In US History

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-jobs-revised-down-818000-election-year-shocker-second-worst-revision-us-history

 

Billionaire Pulls Support From Major Crypto PAC, Says It’s Too ‘Stupid’ and ‘Selfish’

https://gizmodo.com/billionaire-pulls-support-from-major-crypto-pac-says-its-too-stupid-and-selfish-2000489409

 

Pakistan’s Internet Disruptions Stoke Fears of Government Surveillance

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/world/asia/pakistan-internet-government-surveillance.html

 

B.C. lawyer decries ruling that let landlord hike rent 27%

https://financialpost.com/real-estate/b-c-lawyer-ruling-landlord-rent

 

New Phishing Technique Bypasses Security on iOS and Android to Steal Bank Credentials

https://www.securityweek.com/new-phishing-technique-bypasses-security-on-ios-and-android-to-steal-bank-credentials/

 

Brendan Pedersen / Punchbowl News: Public Citizen: crypto companies spent $119M+ in the 2024 election cycle through Q2, or 48% of all corporate money, an “unprecedented” election spending spree

https://punchbowl.news/article/finance/economy/crypto-campaign-spending-spree-public-citizen-report/

 

Taiwan University Under Fire From Unique DLL Backdoor

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/taiwan-university-under-fire-from-unique-dll-backdoor

 

Why residents of developed countries flee?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQz1RUImhww

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sho2LIczxw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kWU2dLrbsQ

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj7sw4_a2kA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA05Az2iGVI

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

 

US Microchip Giant Hit by Cyberattack, Disrupting Operations

https://hackread.com/us-microchip-giant-cyberattack-disrupting-operations/

 

Oil Giant Halliburton hit by cyberattack, according to report

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/halliburton-cyberattack-houston-campus-19715492.php

 

Nearly 80% of hacked cryptocurrencies never recover in price — Immunefi

https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-hacks-price-declines-report-2024

 

Chinese Threat Actors Use MSI Files to Bypass Windows, VT Detection

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/chinese-threat-actors-msi-files-bypass-windows-vt-detection

 

CrowdStrike Hits Back at Action1 Following $1 Billion Acquisition Rumors

https://www.securityweek.com/crowdstrike-hits-back-at-action1-following-1-billion-acquisition-rumors/

 

THE FINAL PHASE: Gregory Mannarino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TRWW3K-eUw

 

Critical Flaw in WordPress LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Allows Hackers Admin Access

https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/critical-flaw-in-wordpress-litespeed.html

 

Crypto trader loses $55M in DAI to phishing attack using Inferno Drainer kit

https://cryptoslate.com/crypto-trader-loses-55m-in-dai-to-phishing-attack-using-inferno-drainer-kit/

 

McDonald’s Instagram hackers make $700K shilling Grimace memecoin

https://cointelegraph.com/news/mcdonalds-instagram-hacked-shill-solana-memecoin

 

India Nears Its Quantum Moment — Completion of First Quantum Computer Expected Soon

https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/08/21/india-nears-its-quantum-moment-completion-of-first-quantum-computer-expected-soon/

 

New heaviest exotic antimatter nucleus

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240821124228.htm

 

A new AI support chatbot is available for hacked YouTube channels

https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/youtube/a-new-ai-support-chatbot-is-available-for-hacked-youtube-channels-222800979.html

 

Engineers develop eco-friendly cooling device with record-breaking efficiency

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-08-eco-friendly-cooling-device-efficiency.html

 

'Hard Landing' Expectations Rise As "The Holy Trinity Of Economic Growth Proxies" Stokes Fears

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/hard-landing-expectations-rise-holy-trinity-economic-growth-proxies-stokes-fears

 

Fur Affinity Website Hacked in DNS Hijacking Attack

https://hackread.com/fur-affinity-website-hacked-dns-hijacking-attack/

 

Flexibility could be key to longer life

https://studyfinds.org/flexibility-key-to-longer-life/

 

US Sues Georgia Tech Over Alleged Cybersecurity Failings As a Pentagon Contractor

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/23/2039232/us-sues-georgia-tech-over-alleged-cybersecurity-failings-as-a-pentagon-contractor

 

Crypto 'Pig Butchering' Scam Wrecks Kansas Bank, Sends Ex-CEO To Prison For 24 Years

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/22/2028203/crypto-pig-butchering-scam-wrecks-kansas-bank-sends-ex-ceo-to-prison-for-24-years

 

Trump Promotes Family's New Crypto Platform, 'The DeFiant Ones'

https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/22/2254242/trump-promotes-familys-new-crypto-platform-the-defiant-ones

 

Chrome Zero-day Vulnerability Actively Exploited in the Wild

https://gbhackers.com/chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-2/

 

India's Modi Urges Zelensky To The Negotiating Table In Historic First Ukraine Visit

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/indias-modi-urges-zelensky-negotiating-table-historic-first-ukraine-visit

 

USDoD Hacker Behind $3 Billion SSN Leak Reveals Himself as Brazilian Citizen

https://hackread.com/usdod-hacker-ssn-leak-reveals-brazilian-citizen/

 

As misinformation spreads through the U.S. with the help of AI, voters struggle to decipher truth from fiction

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-as-misinformation-spreads-through-the-us-with-the-help-of-ai-voters/

 

PG_MEM – A Malware Hide in Postgres Processes to Steal Data

https://gbhackers.com/pg_mem-a-malware-postgres/

 

US sues RealPage, claims rental-pricing algorithm used by landlords is illegal

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/us-sues-realpage-claims-rental-pricing-algorithm-used-by-landlords-is-illegal/

 

Elon Musk's own AI system creates video of him and Trump committing armed robbery

https://www.indy100.com/viral/elon-musk-grok-ai-robbery

 

AI copilots are making internal breaches easier and costlier to defend against

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/23/ai-copilots-are-making-internal-breaches-easier-and-costlier.html

 

Canadian miner unearths largest diamond found in over a century - a whopping 2,492 carats

https://financialpost.com/commodities/diamond-century-botswana-2492-carats

 

New Qilin Ransomware Attack Uses VPN Credentials, Steals Chrome Data

https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/new-qilin-ransomware-attack-uses-vpn.html

 

Hartnett: Gold Just Surpassed The Euro As The World's 2nd Largest Reserve Asset

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/hartnett-gold-just-surpassed-euro-worlds-2nd-largest-reserve-asset

 

Crypto Lobbyist Charged With Breaking Campaign Finance Rules

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/technology/ftx-crypto-campaign-finance.html

 

Hacker Tried to Dodge Child Support by Breaking Into Registry to Fake His Death, Prosecutors Say

https://www.securityweek.com/hacker-tried-to-dodge-child-support-by-breaking-into-registry-to-fake-his-death-prosecutors-say/

 

Connecticut-based nonprofit pays $1 million ransom after cyberattack

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/newington-based-nonprofit-pays-ransom-cyberattack/3370323/

 

Constantly Evolving MoonPeak RAT Linked to North Korean Spying

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/constantly-evolving-moonpeak-rat-linked-to-north-korean-spying

 

Psst, Your DNS is Showing: Uncovering Vulnerabilities in DNS and Password Managers

https://hackernoon.com/psst-your-dns-is-showing-uncovering-vulnerabilities-in-dns-and-password-managers

 

Qilin Ransomware Upgrades and Now Steals Google Chrome Credentials

https://hackread.com/qilin-ransomware-steals-google-chrome-credentials/

 

Social Security won't save you

https://www.businessinsider.com/retirement-savings-social-security-baby-boomers-without-savings-401k-poverty-2024-8

 

Phishing attacks target mobile users via progressive web applications (PWA)

https://securityaffairs.com/167472/cyber-crime/phishing-relies-progressive-web-applications.html

 

Identity theft of America’s youngest generation is on the rise

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/23/identity-theft-of-americas-youngest-generation-is-on-the-rise.html

 

Polygon’s Discord channel hacked, team works to regain control

https://cointelegraph.com/news/polygon-discord-hack-security-concerns

 

Chinese Scientists Use Lunar Soil To Produce Water, State Media Reports

https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/23/2343202/chinese-scientists-use-lunar-soil-to-produce-water-state-media-reports

 

PEAKLIGHT Downloader Deployed in Attacks Targeting Windows with Malicious Movie Downloads

https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/new-peaklight-dropper-deployed-in.html

 

WazirX to resume phased fiat withdrawals after $235M hack

https://cryptoslate.com/wazirx-to-resume-phased-fiat-withdrawals-after-235m-hack/

 

How good are Chinese EVs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqhTRQ--x_Q

 

Sony Group and Startale unveil Soneium blockchain to accelerate Web3 innovation

https://venturebeat.com/games/sony-group-and-startale-unveil-soneium-blockchain-to-accelerate-web3-innovation/

 

Android malware steals payment card data using previously unseen technique

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/android-malware-uses-nfc-to-read-payment-card-data-then-sends-it-to-attacker/

 

Researchers propose a smaller, more noise-tolerant quantum factoring circuit for cryptography

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-08-smaller-noise-tolerant-quantum-factoring.html#google_vignette

 

'Cthulhu Stealer' macOS Malware Can Steal Keychain Passwords, Web Browsing Info, Crypto Wallets, and More

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/23/cthulu-stealer-macos-malware/

 

Tracking Atomic Stealer on macOS: Sophisticated Malware Replacing LedgerLive App

https://hackernoon.com/tracking-atomic-stealer-on-macos-sophisticated-malware-replacing-ledgerlive-app

 

A $10k stipend is available for anyone moving to Cumberland, MD

https://www.ci.cumberland.md.us/1787/Choose-Cumberland-Relocation-Program

 

Switzerland offers $60K cash prize for ideas to rid its iconic alpine lakes of military ammunition

https://www.businessinsider.com/swiss-offer-60k-cash-prize-rid-lakes-military-ammo-2024-8

 

MacRumors Giveaway: Win an Apple Watch Series 9 From Southern Straps

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/23/macrumors-giveaway-southern-straps-august-2024/

 

 

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