News for February 23, 2025

News for February 23, 2025

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 22 Feb 2025


Scammers Exploit JFK Files Release with Malware and Phishing

https://hackread.com/scammers-exploit-jfk-files-release-malware-phishing/

 

Ethereum L2 Abstract hit by wallet drain, ties to Cardex suspected

https://cointelegraph.com/news/abstract-l2-wallet-drain-cardex-security-issue

 

Indian authorities have seized nearly $190M in cryptocurrency linked to the BitConnect Ponzi scheme, one of the country's largest crypto enforcement actions

https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/bitconnect-crypto-scam-ringleader-tracked-to-india-while-authorities-seize-190m/

 

15 Mysterious Objects That Shouldn’t Exist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFTTlS9MVIw

 

Javier Milei Faces Impeachment After Endorsing $107 Million Crypto Rug-Pull

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/javier-milei-endorsed-libra-token-crashes-after-107-million-insider-rug-pull

 

We need to remove complexity from our government systems to improve security, says Therese Payton

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/02/14/we-need-to-remove-complexity-from-our-government-systems-to-improve-security-says-therese-payton.html

 

Bybit exchange hacked, over 1.4 billion ETH moved

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bybit-exchange-hacked

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

 

SpyLend Android malware downloaded 100,000 times from Google Play

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spylend-android-malware-downloaded-100-000-times-from-google-play/

 

Chinese Hackers Exploit MAVInject.exe to Evade Detection in Targeted Cyber Attacks

https://thehackernews.com/2025/02/chinese-hackers-exploit-mavinjectexe-to.html

 

Apple removes iCloud encryption in UK following backdoor demand

https://securityaffairs.com/174500/security/apple-removes-icloud-encryption-in-uk.html

 

Arabesque No.1 - Debussy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax_te4XK9Qc

 

New FinalDraft malware abuses Outlook mail service for stealthy comms

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-finaldraft-malware-abuses-outlook-mail-service-for-stealthy-comms/

 

FreSSH bugs undiscovered for years threaten OpenSSH security

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/openssh_vulnerabilities_mitm_dos/

 

Experimental Proof of Quantum Spin: Redefining the Boundary Between Classical and Quantum Physics

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/02/18/experimental-proof-of-quantum-spin-redefining-the-boundary-between-classical-and-quantum-physics/

 

The Fed Has Stopped Pretending That Price Inflation Is Going Away

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/fed-has-stopped-pretending-price-inflation-going-away

 

GOLD-BACK RESET Accelerates Under Basel III Endgame

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvwoCvWBv60

 

Cybercriminals Can Now Clone Any Brand's Site in Minutes Using Darcula PhaaS v3

https://thehackernews.com/2025/02/cybercriminals-can-now-clone-any-brands.html

 

Ransomware Gangs Encrypt Systems 17 Hours After Initial Infection

https://gbhackers.com/ransomware-gangs-encrypt-systems/

 

B1ack’s Stash released 1 Million credit cards

https://securityaffairs.com/174488/cyber-crime/b1acks-stash-released-1-million-credit-cards.html

 

Eliza Labs founder hacked, Boyaa’s Bitcoin bet pays off and more

https://cointelegraph.com/news/what-happened-crypto-this-weekend

 

Gen Z Faces A Difficult Labor Market Due To AI And Their Own Bad Habits

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/gen-z-faces-difficult-labor-market-due-ai-and-their-own-bad-habits

 

Nokia is putting the first cellular network on the moon

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/18/1111984/nokia-is-putting-the-first-cellular-network-on-the-moon/

 

How School Trained You to Fail (from former CEO)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja9AyLPXQfw

 

"Let's Do It": Rand Paul Supports Fort Knox Physical Audit After ZeroHedge Suggestion Goes Viral

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/lets-do-it-rand-paul-supports-fort-knox-physical-audit-after-zerohedge-suggestion-goes

 

Reviewing the Cryptography Used by Signal

https://soatok.blog/2025/02/18/reviewing-the-cryptography-used-by-signal/

 

As US newspaper outages drag on, Lee Enterprises blames cyberattack for encrypting critical systems

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/as-us-newspaper-outages-drag-on-lee-enterprises-blames-cyberattack-for-encrypting-critical-systems/

 

How to Sue a Company Under GDPR for Data Misuse and Privacy Violations

https://hackread.com/how-to-sue-company-gdpr-data-misuse-privacy-violations/

 

Chokepoint 2.0: An Investigation Promises the Truth About Crypto's Biggest Conspiracy

https://www.wired.com/story/operation-chokepoint-20-crypto-debanking-conspiracy/

 

Giulia Falcone - La Vie En Rose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHwfv_cp7xY

 

Hackers Exploit Telegram API to Spread New Golang Backdoor

https://hackread.com/hackers-exploit-telegram-api-spread-golang-backdoor/

 

Physicists uncover evidence of two arrows of time emerging from the quantum realm

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250213144429.htm

 

Traders are scrambling to fly gold bullion across the Atlantic

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/commodities/gold-price-bullion-bank-england-london-new-york-trump-tariffs-2025-2

 

Former CNBC Analyst To Admit Conning Investors Out Of Nearly $3 Million

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/former-cnbc-analyst-admit-conning-investors-out-nearly-3-million

 

Big problems in modern science research

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

 

How Hackers Manipulate Agentic AI with Prompt Engineering

https://www.securityweek.com/how-hackers-manipulate-agentic-ai-with-prompt-engineering/

 

HashFlare Fraud: Two Estonians Admit to Running $577M Crypto Scam

https://hackread.com/hashflare-fraud-two-estonians-running-crypto-scam/

 

Top 12 Announcement | Miss Universe 2024

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

 

Finastra Starts Notifying People Impacted by Recent Data Breach

https://www.securityweek.com/finastra-starts-notifying-people-impacted-by-recent-data-breach/

 

Snake Keylogger Variant Hits Windows, Steals Data via Telegram Bots

https://hackread.com/snake-keylogger-variant-windows-data-telegram-bots/

 

Biggest Discoveries Found on the Moon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPy-irCtZ4k

 

Threat Actors Trojanize Popular Games to Evade Security and Infect Systems

https://gbhackers.com/threat-actors-trojanize-popular-games/

 

Duo Wins $50K Bug Bounty for Supply Chain Flaw in Newly Acquired Firm

https://hackread.com/duo-bug-bounty-supply-chain-flaw-newly-acquired-firm/

 

HAUSER - La Isla Bonita (Live in Italy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEuN7cGVWgM

 

New NailaoLocker ransomware used against EU healthcare orgs

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-nailaolocker-ransomware-used-against-eu-healthcare-orgs/

 

Modern Bike in Temple?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/55r7QOUJcC8

 

New Golang-based backdoor relies on Telegram for C2 communication

https://securityaffairs.com/174306/malware/golang-based-backdoor-uses-telegram-for-c2.html

 

Fake Chrome Update Delivers DriverEasy Malware by Abusing Dropbox

https://gbhackers.com/fake-chrome-update-delivers-drivereasy-malware/

 

Blockbuster Yale Study: Millions Of Long COVID Patients Might Actually Be Vaccine Injured

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/blockbuster-yale-study-millions-long-covid-patients-might-have-been-misdiagnosed-and-are

 

Data is very valuable, just don't ask us to measure it, leaders say

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/data_survey_analyst/

 

Danger of Deep Economic Recession | Ed Dowd and Jimmy Connor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PqZn-jNY5E

 

Healthcare security lapses keep piling up

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/02/healthcare-security-lapses-keep-piling-up

 

Are you being LIED TO about what your BLOOD PRESSURE should be?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMlmd1PoTLU

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank (Chase) will soon start blocking Zelle payments to social media contacts to combat a significant rise in online scams utilizing the service for fraud

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chase-will-soon-block-zelle-payments-to-sellers-on-social-media/

 

INDIA SNAPS SOME INTERESTING PHOTOS OF THE LUNAR SURFACE

https://gizadeathstar.com/2025/02/india-snaps-some-interesting-photos-of-the-lunar-surface/

 

This Ancient Temple in India Was Built with a Technology We Still Can’t Explain

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

 

Microsoft spots XCSSET macOS malware variant used for crypto theft

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-spots-xcsset-macos-malware-variant-used-for-crypto-theft/

 

$10 Infostealers Are Breaching Critical US Security: Military and Even the FBI Hit

https://hackread.com/infostealers-breach-us-security-military-fbi-hit/

 

Solana Sees Declining User-Activity As Memecoin Rug-Pulls Erode Trust

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/solana-sees-declining-user-activity-memecoin-rug-pulls-erode-trust

 

Nobel-Winning Economist Says Bitcoin is Doomed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueP0_rQ1eNw

 

The foundation of modern software development is under rising cyber attack

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/15/foundation-of-modern-software-development-is-under-rising-attack.html

 

Compliance Isn’t Security: Why a Checklist Won’t Stop Cyberattacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/compliance-isnt-security-why-a-checklist-wont-stop-cyberattacks/

 

4 Low-Cost Ways to Defend Your Organization Against Deepfakes

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/4-low-cost-ways-defend-organization-against-deepfakes

 

Mystery Behind the Lost Continent Of Mu

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

 

ACRStealer Malware Abuses Google Docs as C2 to Steal Login Credentials

https://gbhackers.com/acrstealer-malware-abuses-google-docs/

 

Dutch Police shut down bulletproof hosting provider Zservers and seized 127 servers

https://securityaffairs.com/174321/hacking/dutch-police-seized-127-servers-bulletproof-hosting-service-zservers-xhost.html

 

Australian fertility services giant Genea hit by security breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/australian-fertility-services-giant-genea-hit-by-security-breach/

 

Hackers Tricking Users Into Linking Devices to Steal Signal Messages

https://hackread.com/hackers-trick-users-link-device-steal-signal-messages/

 

The Luck Formula: The Secret to Being in the Right Place at Right Time | Yin Noe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YPBVeHWPaw

 

X now blocks Signal contact links, flags them as malicious

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/x-now-blocks-signal-contact-links-flags-them-as-malicious/

 

Hackers Exploit Jarsigner Tool to Deploy XLoader Malware

https://gbhackers.com/hackers-exploit-jarsigner-tool/

 

Darcula PhaaS can now auto-generate phishing kits for any brand

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/darcula-phaas-can-now-auto-generate-phishing-kits-for-any-brand/

 

Paso Doble Showdance: World Superstars Dance Festival,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAOBQRGf6IY

 

Medusa ransomware gang demands $2M from UK private health services provider

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/medusa_hcrg_ransomware/

 

Clinical Research Firm Exposes 1.6 Million US Medical Survey Records

https://hackread.com/clinical-research-firm-expose-us-medical-survey-records/

 

Pro-Russian hackers hit Italian bank, airport websites

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/pro-russian-hackers-hit-italian-bank-airport-websites

 

Lee Enterprises newspaper disruptions caused by ransomware attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lee-enterprises-newspaper-disruptions-caused-by-ransomware-attack/

 

Intergalactic Alien War?? | Ancient Aliens

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

 

Black-Hat SEO Poisioning Attacks Exploit Indian Government and Financial Websites

https://gbhackers.com/black-hat-seo-poisioning-attack/

 

A phone with a MASSIVE battery

https://liliputing.com/lilbits-a-phone-with-a-massive-battery-arm-to-make-its-own-server-chips-and-the-playstation-portable-picks-up-wpa2-support-unofficially/

 

Cracked Garry’s Mod, BeamNG.drive games infect gamers with miners

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cracked-garrys-mod-beamngdrive-games-infect-gamers-with-miners/

 

North Korea’s Lazarus Group now using crypto gifts to breach security defenses

https://cryptoslate.com/north-koreas-lazarus-group-now-using-crypto-gifts-to-breach-security-defenses/

 

Frédéric Rivain, CTO of Dashlane on the intersection of quantum computing and cybersecurity

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/02/22/frederic-rivain-cto-of-dashlane-on-the-intersection-of-quantum-computing-and-cybersecurity/

 

TOP 5 MOST DIFFICULT DANCES IN THE WORLD

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

 

US Army soldier pleads guilty to AT&T and Verizon hacks

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/19/us-army-soldier-pleads-guilty-to-att-and-verizon-hacks/

 

New XCSSET Malware Variant Targeting macOS Notes App and Wallets

https://hackread.com/xcsset-malware-variant-targets-macos-notes-wallets/

 

Posthaste: Gold bars worth billions are being stashed on commercial flights in rush to get bullion to America

https://financialpost.com/news/gold-bars-flown-commercial-flights-rush-to-u-s?tbref=hp

 

New form of crystal storage stores terabytes of data per square millimeter

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/new-form-of-crystal-storage-stores-terabytes-of-data-per-square-millimeter

 

Kieran Lai’s Incredible Talent Steals the Show! | Britain’s Got Talent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbYkc64uDqY

 

Snake Keylogger Targets Chrome, Edge, and Firefox Users in New Attack Campaign

https://gbhackers.com/snake-keylogger-targets-chrome-edge-and-firefox-users/

 

US healthcare org pays $11M settlement over alleged cybersecurity lapses

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-healthcare-org-pays-11m-settlement-over-alleged-cybersecurity-lapses/

 

Cyber attack on a clinics in Australia

https://www.genea.com.au/pages/important-update-about-a-cyber-incident-MCI2XUN2KJWRFXNMZI2ZZ3QVD2JA

 

Attempted cyber attack on a hospital in New York, USA

https://ithacavoice.org/2025/02/cayuga-medical-center-operations-temporarily-disrupted-by-cyberattack/

 

Sitevision Auto-Generated Password Vulnerability Lets Hackers Steal Signing Key

https://gbhackers.com/sitevision-auto-generated-password-vulnerability/

 

Passacaglia - Handel/Halvorsen (Relaxing Bandura Music)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoP2We1D2Ro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3MReEGA6-U

 

Cyber attack on a textile company in India

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/raymond-reports-cyber-security-incident-affecting-some-of-its-it-assets/articleshow/118382291.cms

 

CPI and The Agency suffer cyber attacks as publisher profits 'hit significantly'

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/cpi-and-the-agency-suffer-cyber-attacks-as-publisher-profits-hit-significantly

 

Marula's SHOCKING Balance Act Stuns Everyone! | Italia's Got Talent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk2Y282L__U

 

Libra Crypto Creator Reportedly Claimed He Could ‘Control’ Argentine President Javier Milei

https://gizmodo.com/libra-crypto-creator-reportedly-claimed-he-could-control-argentine-president-javier-milei-2000565308

 

Nagios XI Flaw Exposes User Details and Emails to Unauthenticated Attackers”

https://gbhackers.com/nagios-xi-flaw/

 

Fake CS2 tournament streams used to steal crypto, Steam accounts

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-cs2-tournament-streams-used-to-steal-crypto-steam-accounts/

 

This Secret CIA Document Reveals EXACTLY What Happens After DEATH - no bs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm-IKRu779E

 

A new Microsoft chip- Majorana 1, based on topological qubits, could lead to more stable quantum computers with millions of qubits on a single chip

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/19/1112072/a-new-microsoft-chip-could-lead-to-more-stable-quantum-computers/

https://www.ft.com/content/a60f44f5-81ca-4e66-8193-64c956b09820

https://www.theverge.com/news/614205/microsoft-quantum-computing-majorana-1-processor

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/quantum-computing-stocks-soar-after-msft-unveils-majorana

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/technology/microsoft-quantum-computing-topological-qubit.html

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

 

NSA Allegedly Hacked Northwestern Polytechnical University, China Claims

https://gbhackers.com/nsa-allegedly-hacked-northwestern-polytechnical-university/

 

The cyber insurance reckoning: Why AI-powered attacks are breaking coverage (and what comes next)

https://venturebeat.com/security/the-cyber-insurance-reckoning-why-ai-powered-attacks-are-breaking-coverage-and-what-comes-next/

 

Hackers Converting Stolen Payment Card Data into Apple & Google Wallets

https://gbhackers.com/hackers-converting-stolen-payment-card-data/

 

Bybit hack, withdrawals top $5.3B, but ‘reserves exceed liabilities’ — Hacken

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bybit-hack-withdrawals-5-3b-reserves-secure-hacken

 

Venture capital giant Insight Partners hit by cyberattack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/venture-capital-giant-insight-partners-hit-by-cyberattack/

 

Miss Chinese Pageant 2024 - Swimsuit Catwalk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5jZvRr3YyQ

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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