News for December 1, 2024

News for December 1, 2024

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 30 Nov 2024


Crypto hackers steal $71M in November, bringing yearly total to $1.48B

https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-hackers-steal-71-m-in-november-brining-yearly-total-to-1

 

Denmark Hit By 'Whole Country' Mobile Outage, Trains Halted

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/denmark-hit-whole-country-mobile-outage-trains-halted

 

Meta removes over 2 million accounts pushing pig butchering scams

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/meta-removes-over-2-million-accounts-pushing-pig-butchering-scams/

 

Farming Robot Kills 200,000 Weeds Per Hour With Lasers

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/farming-robot-kills-200000-weeds-hour-lasers

 

Hackers abuse Avast anti-rootkit driver to disable defenses

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-avast-anti-rootkit-driver-to-disable-defenses/

 

Crypto millionaire Waseem Khan faces 25 years in hellhole Dubai jail for 'shopping trip'

https://www.the-express.com/news/uk-news/156032/british-crypto-millionaire-dubai-jail

 

This Is What "ALWAYS" Happens Before A Financial Bubble Bursts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnHfy0xavTA

 

99% of UAE’s .ae Domains Exposed to Phishing and Spoofing

https://hackread.com/uae-ae-domains-exposed-phishing-spoofing/

 

Bombshell Fauci Documentary Nails The Whole COVID Charade

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/hey-elon-hey-rand-mega-censored-fauci-documentary-nails-whole-charade

 

Researchers unearth two previously unknown Linux backdoors

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/11/21/linux-backdoors-wolfsbane-firewood/

 

Zyxel firewalls targeted in recent ransomware attacks

https://securityaffairs.com/171382/cyber-crime/zyxel-firewall-ransomware-attacks.html

 

Threat Actors Exploit Google Docs And Weebly Services For Malware Attacks

https://gbhackers.com/google-docs-weebly-malware/

 

Bangkok busts SMS Blaster sending 1 million scam texts from a van

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bangkok-busts-sms-blaster-sending-1-million-scam-texts-from-a-van/

 

BlackBasta Ransomware Brand Picks Up Where Conti Left Off

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/blackbasta-ransomware-group-conti

 

White House Microsoft Cybersecurity Partnership Gave Company An Illegal De Facto Monopoly On Government Services

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/11/25/whoops-white-house-microsoft-cybersecurity-partnership-gave-company-an-illegal-de-facto-monopoly-on-government-services/

 

Blue Yonder ransomware attack disrupts grocery store supply chain

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/blue-yonder-ransomware-attack-disrupts-grocery-store-supply-chain/

 

Python NodeStealer: Targeting Facebook Business Accounts to Harvest Login Credentials

https://gbhackers.com/python-nodestealer-facebook-attacks/

 

GLASSBRIDGE: Google Blocks Thousands of Pro-China Fake News Sites

https://hackread.com/glassbridge-google-blocks-pro-china-fake-news-sites/

 

Fancy Bear 'Nearest Neighbor' Attack Uses Nearby Wi-Fi Network

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/fancy-bear-nearest-neighbor-attack-wi-fi

 

Bachata Lady Style (Tu) Anna Belykh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6cNuSsSCuA

 

XSS Vulnerability in Bing.com Let Attackers Send Crafted Malicious Requests

https://gbhackers.com/xss-vulnerability-in-bing-com/

 

DOJ: Man hacked networks to pitch cybersecurity services

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/doj-man-hacked-networks-to-pitch-cybersecurity-services/

 

‘Matrix’ Hackers Deploy Massive New IoT Botnet for DDoS Attacks

https://hackread.com/matrix-hackers-new-iot-botnet-ddos-attacks/

 

What Scientists Found In A FORBIDDEN Tomb In Egypt Shocked The World!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eCl3Swas9o

 

Propertyrec Leak Exposes Over Half a Million Background Check Records

https://hackread.com/propertyrec-leak-exposes-background-check-records/

 

Taxpayer Funded Censorship: How Government Is Using Your Tax Dollars To Silence Your Voice

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/taxpayer-funded-censorship-how-government-using-your-tax-dollars-silence-your-voice

 

Researchers Uncover Malware Using BYOVD to Bypass Antivirus Protections

https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/researchers-uncover-malware-using-byovd.html

 

Strategic Error Correction Using QEC Primitives Reduces Overhead While Maintaining Reliability

https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/11/25/strategic-error-correction-using-qec-primitives-reduces-overhead-while-maintaining-reliability/

 

Tango: Victoria Olivella and Agustin Rojas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc1HpYcggO8

 

Insurance broker Howden: cyberattacks have cost UK businesses ~£44B in the past five years and 52% of private sector companies have reported at least one attack

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/cyberattacks-cost-british-businesses-55-billion-past-five-years-broker-says-2024-11-25/

 

Patrick Bet-David: The Crash That Will Change A Generation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WWj8xSEtKo

 

Over 1,000 arrested in massive ‘Serengeti’ anti-cybercrime operation

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-1-000-arrested-in-massive-serengeti-anti-cybercrime-operation/

 

Vulnerabilities Expose mySCADA myPRO Systems to Remote Hacking

https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-expose-myscada-mypro-systems-to-remote-hacking/

 

Ransomware attacks could get worse next year, says TrustedSec’s David Kennedy

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/11/25/ransomware-attacks-could-get-worse-next-year-says-trustedsecs-david-kennedy.html

 

Starbucks Shifts to Manual Processes After Contractor Ransomware Attack

https://hackread.com/starbucks-ransomware-attack-on-contractor/

 

Kraken says it is shutting down its NFT marketplace almost two years after it was launched

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-26/crypto-exchange-kraken-shuts-down-nft-marketplace

 

Boney M - Rasputin Shuffle Dance Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyBG0BX_op4

 

New NachoVPN attack uses rogue VPN servers to install malicious updates

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-nachovpn-attack-uses-rogue-vpn-servers-to-install-malicious-updates/

 

Secret Space Missions Exposed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz09qlT4Uow

 

US Marshals And FBI Warn Public Of Nationwide Phone Scams

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/us-marshals-and-fbi-warn-public-nationwide-phone-scams

 

Russia-linked hackers exploited Firefox and Windows bugs in ‘widespread’ hacking campaign

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/26/russia-linked-hackers-exploited-firefox-and-windows-zero-day-bugs-in-widespread-hacking-campaign/

 

Tango: Ricardo Astrada y Constanza Vieyto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ArBygnD9vE

 

RansomHub gang says it broke into networks of Texas city, Minneapolis agency

https://therecord.media/ransomhub-cybercrime-coppell-texas-minneapolis-parks-agency

 

Trump Picks Gold Bull For Treasury Secretary | Tavi Costa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9hnKMEfWfM

 

Zello asks users to reset passwords after security incident

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zello-asks-users-to-reset-passwords-after-security-incident/

 

DDoS attack on a hosting provider in Switzerland

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/abstimmungen-gemeinde-websites-nach-cyber-angriff-nicht-erreichbar-924314844880

 

Researchers discover first UEFI bootkit malware for Linux

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researchers-discover-bootkitty-first-uefi-bootkit-malware-for-linux/

 

SMOKEDHAM Backdoor Mimic As Legitimate Tools Leveraging Google Drive & Dropbox

https://gbhackers.com/smokedham-backdoor-exploit/

 

WARNING | Respiratory Illness Surges In US Ahead Of Holiday Season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDb_5dO-qqc

 

Hackers abuse popular Godot game engine to infect thousands of PCs

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-godloader-malware-infects-thousands-of-gamers-using-godot-scripts/

 

Data broker leaves 600K+ sensitive files exposed online

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/27/600k_sensitive_files_exposed/

 

Sneaky Skimmer Malware Targets Magento Sites

https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/sneaky-skimmer-malware-magento-sites-black-friday

 

New Skimmer Malware Steals Credit Card Data From Checkout Pages

https://gbhackers.com/credit-card-skimmer-alert/

 

Hackers exploit ProjectSend flaw to backdoor exposed servers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-projectsend-flaw-to-backdoor-exposed-servers/

 

Ancient hot water on Mars points to habitable past

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/11/241122160756.htm

 

Over Two Dozen Flaws Identified in Advantech Industrial Wi-Fi Access Points – Patch ASAP

https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/over-two-dozen-flaws-identified-in.html

 

Elon Musk’s $6,789 Tiny House FINALLY HIT The Market! Everything You Need To Know HERE

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

 

Source Code of $3,000-a-Month macOS Malware ‘Banshee Stealer’ Leaked

https://www.securityweek.com/source-code-of-3000-a-month-macos-malware-banshee-stealer-leaked/

 

Muddy footprints suggest 2 species of early humans were neighbors in Kenya 1.5 million years ago

https://apnews.com/article/fossil-footprints-early-humans-coexistence-f785102d487f7402421a269cac439ae6

 

Researchers Detailed New Exfiltration Techniques Used By Ransomware Groups

https://gbhackers.com/new-exfiltration-techniques-ransomware/

 

Telefonica Germany and AWS Collaborate to Test Quantum Technologies for Mobile Networks and 6G Development

https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/11/28/telefonica-germany-and-aws-collaborate-to-test-quantum-technologies-for-mobile-networks-and-6g-development/

 

XMLRPC npm Library Turns Malicious, Steals Data, Deploys Crypto Miner

https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/xmlrpc-npm-library-turns-malicious.html

 

Canadian media companies launch legal action against OpenAI

https://financialpost.com/news/canadian-media-legal-action-openai

 

Medical testing company LifeLabs failed to protect customer data, report finds

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/11/medical-testing-company-lifelabs-failed-to-protect-customer-data-report-finds

 

Crypto exchange XT.com suspends withdrawals after suspected $1.7M hack

https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-exchange-xt-com-withdrawal-halt-1-7-million-hack

 

Member of prominent Rothschild family found dead after Laurel Canyon house fire, neighbors say

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/member-of-prominent-rothschild-family-found-dead-after-laurel-canyon-house-fire-neighbors-say/ar-AA1uWHjk

 

UK hospital network postpones procedures after cyberattack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-hospital-network-postpones-procedures-after-cyberattack/

 

Crypto Hackers and Rug Pullers Steal $71,021,500 in November With BNB Chain Emerging As the Top Target

https://dailyhodl.com/2024/11/28/crypto-hackers-and-rug-pullers-steal-71021500-in-november-with-bnb-chain-emerging-as-the-top-target/

 

Real Dinosaur Sightings That Have Scientists Baffled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YixRm0eHeF0

 

Uniswap Labs to Offer $15.5 Million Bounty for Bug Hunters

https://gbhackers.com/uniswap-bounty-for-bug-hunters/

 

Japan Offering 200M Yen Prize for How to Apply Quantum Computing to Societal Issues

https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-november-27-alice-bob-enable-companies-to-prepare-for-practical-quantum-computing-with-industry-first-logical-qubit-emulator-semiqon-debuts-cryogenic-transistor-aiming/

 

Mysterious lights over Capitol Hill sparks fears of UFOs in Washington DC

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14137567/Mysterious-lights-Capitol-Hill-sparks-fears-UFOs-Washington-DC.html

 

NHS major 'cyber incident' forces hospitals to use pen and paper

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/28/wirral_nhs_cyber_incident/

 

TEXAS BILLS FOR GOLD AND SILVER BASED CURRENCY INTRODUCED

https://gizadeathstar.com/2024/11/texas-bills-for-gold-and-silver-based-currency-introduced/

 

SpyLoan Android apps on Google play installed 8 million times

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spyloan-android-apps-on-google-play-installed-8-million-times/

 

Widespread Microsoft Outage Takes Email and Videoconferencing Offline

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/technology/microsoft-outlook-teams-outage.html

 

In the new space race, hackers are hitching a ride into orbit

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/30/in-new-space-race-hackers-hitching-ride-into-orbit.html

 

Fake Betting Apps Using AI-Generated Voices to Sensitive Data

https://hackread.com/fake-betting-apps-ai-generated-voices-steal-data/

 

What COVID Lockdowns Did to Kids’ Eyes

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-11-30/covid-propaganda-roundup-what-lockdowns-did-kids-eyes

 

Quantum Stocks: Weighing The Bullish and Bearish Cases

https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/11/29/quantum-stocks-weighing-the-bullish-and-bearish-cases/

 

Worldline says payment services disruptions in Italy not yet resolved

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/worldline-says-payment-services-disruptions-124646259.html

 

Phishing-as-a-Service "Rockstar 2FA" Targets Microsoft 365 Users with AiTM Attacks

https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/phishing-as-service-rockstar-2fa.html

 

The Growing Quantum Threat of Enterprise Data & What’s Next

https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-november-29-microsoft-breakthrough-signals-quantum-exclusive-future-for-blockchain-mining-uk-spain-step-up-efforts-to-harness-quantum-tech-o2-telefonica-to/

 

A cyberattack impacted operations at UK Wirral University Teaching Hospital

https://securityaffairs.com/171509/uncategorized/uks-wirral-university-teaching-hospital-cyberattack.html

 

World's Most Advanced Flying Cars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIYp62vDtf4

 

Ransom gang claims attack on NHS Alder Hey Children's Hospital

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/29/inc_ransom_alder_hey_childrens_hospital/

 

New Phishing Attack Targeting Corporate Internet Banking Users

https://gbhackers.com/new-phishing-attack/

 

French National Quantum Update: November 2024

https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/11/29/french-national-quantum-update-november-2024/

 

Bologna FC confirms data breach after RansomHub ransomware attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bologna-fc-confirms-data-breach-after-ransomhub-ransomware-attack/

 

Russia arrests ransomware attacker Wazawaka

https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/russia-arrests-ransomware-attacker-wazawaka-202134431.html

 

Japan allocates another $9.9B to boost its chip, quantum computing, and AI endeavors, with an undisclosed amount going to chip startup Rapidus

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-29/japan-earmarks-extra-9-9-billion-for-chips-and-ai-this-year

 

Cybersecurity in Crypto: Trends, Tactics, and Transformations

https://hackernoon.com/cybersecurity-in-crypto-trends-tactics-and-transformations

 

DeFi Protocols Targeted in Majority of November 2024 Crypto Hack Losses

https://www.bitget.com/news/detail/12560604385142

 

Tor needs 200 new WebTunnel bridges to fight censorship

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tor-needs-200-new-webtunnel-bridges-to-fight-censorship/

 

Modern quantum computers do can break all modern (not post quantum) encryption algorithms

https://www.publish0x.com/simple-solutions-to-complex-problems/a-simple-way-to-estimate-when-quantum-computers-will-be-able-xnkdlrj

 

Tango: Celina Rotundo and Hugo Patyn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNBZs_6CLns

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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