News for January 26, 2025

News for January 26, 2025

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 25 Jan 2025


Redline, Vidar and Raccoon Malware Stole 1 Billion Passwords in 2024

https://hackread.com/redline-vidar-raccoon-malware-stole-1-billion-passwords-2024/

 

PayPal Fined $2 Million Fine For Violating Cybersecurity Regulations

https://gbhackers.com/paypal-fined-2-million/

 

NERSC Opens Access to IBM Quantum Computers Through Quantum Innovation Center

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/01/24/nersc-opens-access-to-ibm-quantum-computers-through-quantum-innovation-center/

 

Very respected expert, Dr. Ed Gerck, claims RSA-2048 was broken

https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/researcher-claims-to-crack-rsa-2048-quantum-computer-p-3536

 

NEW TYPE OF MAGNETISM REPORTED

https://gizadeathstar.com/2025/01/new-type-of-magnetism-reported-in-nature-magazine/

 

Chinese Fusion Reactor Maintains Steady State For Almost 18 Minutes

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/01/24/0026251/chinese-fusion-reactor-maintains-steady-state-for-almost-18-minutes

 

Government websites suddenly went down this week. Here's what the White House has said about it.

https://www.businessinsider.com/government-websites-dei-reproductive-rights-went-down-trump-office-2025-1

 

RANsacked: Over 100 Security Flaws Found in LTE and 5G Network Implementations

https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/ransacked-over-100-security-flaws-found.html

 

End-to-End Encryption Now a Historical Footnote. They Won

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh1pF1zaauc

 

British Museum Forced To Partly Close After Alleged IT Attack

https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/24/2351234/british-museum-forced-to-partly-close-after-alleged-it-attack-by-former-employee

 

Fintech Bill Pay Platform “Willow Pays” Exposes Over 240,000 Records

https://hackread.com/fintech-bill-pay-willow-pays-exposes-240000-records/

 

Star Blizzard hackers abuse WhatsApp to target high-value diplomats

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/star-blizzard-hackers-abuse-whatsapp-to-target-high-value-diplomats/

 

Duo Ice Adagio

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POplc83Tx7k

 

Hackers Weaponize npm Packages To Steal Solana Private Keys Via Gmail

https://gbhackers.com/npm-packages-to-steal-solana-private-keys-via-gmail/

 

1 in a Billion Football Moments

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

 

Telegram-Based “Sneaky 2FA” Phishing Kit Targets Microsoft 365 Accounts

https://hackread.com/telegram-sneaky-2fa-phishing-kit-microsoft-365-accounts/

 

Report Claims Trump’s $500 Billion AI Project ‘Stargate’ Is Designed to Benefit One Company: OpenAI

https://gizmodo.com/report-claims-trumps-100-billion-ai-project-stargate-is-designed-to-benefit-one-company-openai-2000554732

 

Someone is slipping a hidden backdoor into Juniper routers across the globe, activated by a magic packet

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/25/mysterious_backdoor_juniper_routers/

 

President Donald Trump signs order declassifying MLK and JFK files

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYR36f74gNI

 

American National Insurance Company (ANICO) Data Leaked in MOVEit Breach

https://hackread.com/american-national-insurance-company-anico-moveit-breach/

 

IPany VPN breached in supply-chain attack to push custom malware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ipany-vpn-breached-in-supply-chain-attack-to-push-custom-malware/

 

Helene Fischer x Emma Kok - Voilà

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb8qmpcOByc

 

ChatGPT Outage: Service Down on Jan 23, 2025

https://hackread.com/you-are-not-alone-chatgpt-is-down/

 

Ledger co-founder released after days in captivity in France: Report

https://cointelegraph.com/news/ledger-co-founder-david-balland-freed-after-kidnapping-in-france

 

Billy Carson on Anunnaki: Alien Gods Who Created the First Advanced Human Beings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8qgjQ7ktfo

 

Critical zero-days impact premium WordPress real estate plugins

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-zero-days-impact-premium-wordpress-real-estate-plugins/

 

Global Recession Unlocked & Microstrategy "Ponzi"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O37W9p7hUwo

 

Several Swiss municipalities and banks hit by cyberattack

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/workplace-switzerland/several-swiss-websites-hit-by-cyber-attack/88756130

 

Tech Tough new EU cyber rules require banks to ramp up security — but many aren’t ready

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/17/dora-many-banks-arent-ready-for-tough-new-eu-cybersecurity-law.html

 

Tunneling Flaws Put VPNs, CDNs and Routers at Risk Globally

https://hackread.com/tunneling-flaws-millions-of-vpns-and-routers-at-risk/

 

In 1992, We Were Warned Never To Return To The Moon

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

 

Critical SUSE Linux Distro Injection Vulnerability Allow Attackers Exploits “go-git” Library

https://gbhackers.com/critical-suse-linux-distro-injection-vulnerability-allow-attackers-exploits-go-git-library/

 

Employees of Failed Startups Are at Special Risk of Stolen Personal Data Through Old Google Logins

https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/20/1857213/employees-of-failed-startups-are-at-special-risk-of-stolen-personal-data-through-old-google-logins

 

Yuja Wang: Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43

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

 

Game developer Big Cheese Studio targeted in cyber attack, PAP reports

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/game-developer-big-cheese-studio-115712252.html

 

ChatGPT Crawler Vulnerability Abused to Trigger Reflexive DDoS Attacks

https://gbhackers.com/chatgpt-crawler-vulnerability/

 

Mirai Variant Murdoc_Botnet Exploits AVTECH IP Cameras and Huawei Routers

https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/murdocbotnet-found-exploiting-avtech-ip.html

 

HAUSER and Aida Garifullina - Barcarolle LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIF8Xf63GaE

 

CERT-UA warned of scammers impersonating the agency using fake AnyDesk requests

https://securityaffairs.com/173285/hacking/cert-ua-warned-of-scammers-impersonating-the-agency-using-fake-anydesk.html

 

Ransomware Groups Abuse Microsoft Services for Initial Access

https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-groups-abuse-microsoft-services-for-initial-access/

 

AI is Creating a Generation of Illiterate Programmers

https://nmn.gl/blog/ai-illiterate-programmers

 

Salut Salon "Instrumental-Akrobatik"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kovLJWtC1ns

 

Ransomware attack forces Brit high school to shut doors

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/20/blacon_high_school_ransomware/

 

135 Moments Of Luckiest People Caught On Camera That Are Profoundly Unsettling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2p5fSJ_UXU

 

13,000 MikroTik Routers Hijacked by Botnet for Malspam and Cyberattacks

https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/13000-mikrotik-routers-hijacked-by.html

 

Brave Browser Vulnerability Allows Malicious Website Appears as Trusted One

https://gbhackers.com/brave-browser-vulnerability/

 

All Civilizations Follow the Same Pattern

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hUS0Q_lzNA

 

HPE investigates breach as hacker claims to steal source code

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hewlett-packard-enterprise-investigates-new-breach-claims/

 

World champion Natalia Tatarintseva does pole stunts – Ukraine's Got Talent

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

 

PNGPlug Loader Delivers ValleyRAT Malware Through Fake Software Installers

https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/pngplug-loader-delivers-valleyrat.html

 

Hackers Weaponize MSI Packages & PNG Files to Deliver Multi-stage Malware

https://gbhackers.com/hackers-weaponize-msi-packages-png-files-to-deliver-multi-stage-malware/

 

Lindsey Stirling - Kashmir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KDWTw41BxU

 

Belsen Group Leaks 15,000+ FortiGate Firewall Configurations

https://hackread.com/belsen-group-leaks-fortigate-firewall-configurations/

 

DoNot Team Linked to New Tanzeem Android Malware Targeting Intelligence Collection

https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/donot-team-linked-to-new-tanzeem.html

 

Kamila Valieva “Call Me with You”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BCoOf-IbQM

 

Europol Chief Says Big Tech Has 'Responsibility' To Unlock Encrypted Messages

https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/20/1550201/europol-chief-says-big-tech-has-responsibility-to-unlock-encrypted-messages

 

GOLD TOKENIZATION Has Started!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFtXV8L5ymY

 

Immunefi launches blockchain arbitration system for bug bounties

https://cointelegraph.com/news/immunefi-blockchain-arbitration-bug-bounties

 

SQL Injection Vulnerability in Microsoft’s DevBlogs Lets Hackers Injecting Malicious SQL

https://gbhackers.com/sql-injection-vulnerability-in-microsofts-devblogs/

 

Peter Grandich | The Truth About Cryptocurrency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO6sq3XuR7Y

 

Microsoft's LinkedIn Sued For Disclosing Customer Information To Train AI Models

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/22/236253/microsofts-linkedin-sued-for-disclosing-customer-information-to-train-ai-models

 

Hacking Subaru: Tracking and Controlling Cars via the STARLINK Admin Panel

https://samcurry.net/hacking-subaru

 

Will Trump's Bitcoin Reserves Destroy the US Dollar?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kQsqHNFq-k

 

Telegram captcha tricks you into running malicious PowerShell scripts

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/telegram-captcha-tricks-you-into-running-malicious-powershell-scripts/

 

Nnice Ransomware Attacking Windows Systems With Advanced Encryption Techniques

https://gbhackers.com/nnince-ransomware-attacking-windows-systems/

 

This Reincarnation Secret Has Been Hidden For 2,000 Years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgD8ZGFGzM4

 

Hackers Claim Breach of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lists Data for Sale

https://hackread.com/hackers-claim-hewlett-packard-data-breach-sale/

 

Ex-CIA Analyst Pleaded Guilty For Leaking Top Secret National Defense Information

https://gbhackers.com/ex-cia-analyst-pleaded-guilty/

 

Quantum Computers Just Proved Einstein WRONG! (New Evidence!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqXkB4H--kE

 

Fake Homebrew Google ads target Mac users with malware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-homebrew-google-ads-target-mac-users-with-malware/

 

Britain's Got Talent. Your jaws will be ON THE FLOOR after seeing these auditions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoWcow54kmg

 

Beware! Fake SBI Reward APK Attacking Users to Deliver Android Malware

https://gbhackers.com/fake-sbi-reward-apk/

 

The Hidden Secret: Why Reincarnation Was Erased from the Bible?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkO1RA99bd0

 

GhostGPT – Jailbreaked ChatGPT that Creates Malware & Exploits

https://gbhackers.com/ghostgpt-jailbreaked-chatgpt

 

Bitbucket services “hard down” due to major worldwide outage

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/bitbucket-services-hard-down-due-to-major-worldwide-outage/

 

HAUSER & Caroline Campbell - Pirates of the Caribbean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8yC-YUu_30

 

Gootloader Malware Employs Blackhat SEO Techniques To Attack Victims

https://gbhackers.com/gootloader-malware-employs-blackhat-seo/

 

Chinese PlushDaemon APT Targets S. Korean IPany VPN with Backdoor

https://hackread.com/chinese-plushdaemon-apt-south-korean-vpn-backdoor/

 

This Is What They Don't Tell You About Money And Gold | Prof. L. Randall Wray

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

 

Microsoft acknowledges a bug in the latest Windows 10 updates, says not to worry about it

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-acknowledges-a-bug-in-the-latest-windows-10-updates-says-not-to-worry-about-it/

 

PowerSchool hacker claims they stole data of 62 million students

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/powerschool-hacker-claims-they-stole-data-of-62-million-students/

 

The Secret Moon Base America Never Found

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

 

Zendesk’s Subdomain Registration Exposed to Phishing, Pig Butchering Scams

https://hackread.com/zendesk-subdomain-registration-abused-phishing-scams/

 

Cloudflare mitigated a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloudflare-mitigated-a-record-breaking-56-tbps-ddos-attack/

 

Elon Musk’s $357 Tesla Phone with Starlink: All the Details You Need to Know

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

 

European Commission Fined For Violating Its Own Data Protection Rules; Also Found To Have Used Privacy-Violating Ads

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/22/european-commission-fined-for-violating-its-own-data-protection-rules-also-found-to-have-used-privacy-violating-ads/

 

Stealing HttpOnly cookies with the cookie sandwich technique

https://portswigger.net/research/stealing-httponly-cookies-with-the-cookie-sandwich-technique

 

Tycoon 2FA Phishing Kit Using Specially Crafted Code to Evade Detection

https://gbhackers.com/tycoon-2fa-phishing-kit-2/

 

Upbit and Bithumb to compensate investors for the 2024 martial law outage

https://coinjournal.net/news/upbit-and-bithumb-to-compensate-investors-for-the-2024-martial-law-outage/

 

Sweet Dreams - Sophie Jolie Von Felten performs at the 52nd annual 'An Evening with Champions'

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

 

Scammers Use Venmo To 'Deceive and Defraud Customers' On Flights

https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/23/2259248/scammers-use-venmo-to-deceive-and-defraud-customers-on-flights

 

Donald Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht

https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/donald-trump-pardons-silk-road-creator-ross-ulbricht-010206263.html

 

Cloudflare CDN flaw leaks user location data, even through secure chat apps

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloudflare-cdn-flaw-leaks-user-location-data-even-through-secure-chat-apps/

 

"MULAN" Beijing Circus Show Cirque Phénix , Paris , France

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBzLll0Hy54

 

Phemex halts withdrawals amid $29M of ‘suspicious’ outflows

https://cointelegraph.com/news/phemex-exchange-sees-29-m-suspicious-crypto-outflows

 

SonicWall Arbitrary OS Commands Execution Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

https://gbhackers.com/sonicwall-arbitrary-os-commands-execution-vulnerability/

 

Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara – 2024 World Figure Skating Pairs SP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_A0RlibIqE

 

Trump Disbands Cybersecurity Board Investigating Massive Chinese Phone System Hack

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/23/trump-disbands-cybersecurity-board-investigating-massive-chinese-phone-system-hack/

 

Backdoor infecting VPNs used “magic packets” for stealth and security

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/backdoor-infecting-vpns-used-magic-packets-for-stealth-and-security/

 

Hundreds of fake Reddit sites push Lumma Stealer malware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hundreds-of-fake-reddit-sites-push-lumma-stealer-malware/

 

China's Counterflow Superfluidity Shows Quantum Superemacy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkc9KFY7898

 

Toronto school district says 40 years of student data stolen in PowerSchool breach

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/toronto-school-district-says-40-years-of-student-data-stolen-in-powerschool-breach/

 

DDoS attack on banks in Switzerland

https://www.20min.ch/story/noname05716-mega-angriff-legt-schweizer-seiten-lahm-hackergruppe-bekennt-sich-103263207

 

Misinformation and Cyberespionage Top WEF's Global Risks Report 2025

https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/24/004211/misinformation-and-cyberespionage-top-wefs-global-risks-report-2025

 

Microsoft: Outdated Exchange servers fail to auto-mitigate security bugs

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-outdated-exchange-servers-fail-to-auto-mitigate-security-bugs/

 

Chinese threat actors used two advanced exploit chains to hack Ivanti CSA

https://securityaffairs.com/173369/hacking/chinese-threat-actors-hack-ivanti-csa.html

 

Is Bitcoin Heading Toward A Liquidity Crisis Without Equal?

https://hackernoon.com/is-bitcoin-heading-toward-a-liquidity-crisis-without-equal

 

AIDS vaccine non-profit suffers hacker attack

https://cybernews.com/news/aids-vaccine-non-profit-hacker-attack/

 

Hackers Use XWorm RAT to Exploit Script Kiddies, Pwning 18,000 Devices

https://hackread.com/hackers-script-kiddes-xworm-rat-compromise-devices/

 

Singapore court backs WazirX plan for post-hack revival

https://cryptoslate.com/singapore-court-backs-wazirx-plan-for-post-hack-revival/

 

What Everyone Gets Wrong about AI

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

 

Hackers use Windows RID hijacking to create hidden admin account

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-use-windows-rid-hijacking-to-create-hidden-admin-account/

 

MicroStrategy may owe taxes on $19B unrealized Bitcoin gains: Report

https://cointelegraph.com/news/microstrategy-pay-unrealized-tax-bitcoin-holdings-report

 

BASHE Ransomware Allegedly Leaked ICICI Bank Customers Data

https://gbhackers.com/bashe-ransomware-leaked-icici-bank-customers-data/

 

Shane and Shannon Jensen - “When You Believe” I Miami Vibe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGhMiE9t9ZA

 

 

 

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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