News for July 21, 2024

News for July 21, 2024

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 20 Jul 2024


AT&T Paid $370,000 For the Deletion of Stolen Phone Call Records

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/07/14/1919219/att-paid-370000-for-the-deletion-of-stolen-phone-call-records

 

Match Systems’ CEO Andrei Kutin Provides Insight on DMM Bitcoin Breach

https://hackread.com/match-systems-ceo-andrei-kutin-provides-insight-on-dmm-bitcoin-breach/

 

Former CDC Director Says FDA Underreported Adverse Vax Side Effects To Prevent Vaccine Hesitancy

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/former-cdc-director-says-fda-underreported-adverse-vax-side-effects-prevent-vaccine

 

Google Nears $23 Billion Deal for Cybersecurity Firm Wiz, WSJ Reports

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-nears-23-billion-deal-170421643.html

 

Oxford Ionics doubles performance of previous quantum chip world record

https://thenextweb.com/news/oxford-ionics-quantum-chip-world-record-doubled

 

Crypto Scammer Returns $9.27 Million Out of $24M Crypto Theft

https://hackread.com/crypto-scammer-returns-9m-24m-crypto-theft/

 

The more followers a "finfluencer" account has, the more likely it is to be dispensing bad advice, a study said.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/finfluencers-investing-bad-advice-twitter-popularity-social-media-investors-risk-2024-7

 

NuGet Packages Exploited to Target Developers with Malware

https://hackread.com/nuget-packages-target-developers-malware/

 

Man who claimed to be inventor of bitcoin referred to UK prosecutors for alleged perjury

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/16/self-proclaimed-bitcoin-inventor-craig-wright-referred-to-prosecutors.html

 

HardBit Ransomware Using Passphrase Protection To Evade Detection

https://gbhackers.com/hardbit-passphrase-evade/

 

Macau government websites hit with cyberattack by suspected foreign hackers

https://therecord.media/macau-government-websites-hit-with-cyberattack

 

Upstate NY Non-Profit Long Term Care Provider Loretto Reports Data Breach

https://www.mcknightsseniorliving.com/news/loretto-makes-formal-notification-of-cyberattack-data-breach/

 

Hacked YouTube Channels Use Trump Assassination News to Push Crypto Scam

https://hackread.com/hacked-youtube-channels-trump-assassination-crypto-scam/

 

New Poco RAT Weaponizing 7zip Files Using Google Drive

https://gbhackers.com/poco-rat-7zip-google-drive/

 

SEXi Ransomware Rebrands as 'APT Inc.,' Keeps Old Methods

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/sexi-ransomware-rebrands-maintains-original-methods-of-operation

 

Radar Images Suggest There’s a Tunnel on the Moon

https://gizmodo.com/radar-images-suggest-theres-a-cave-on-the-moon-2000473429

 

New ShadowRoot Ransomware Attacking Business Via Weaponized PDF’s

https://gbhackers.com/shadowroot-ransomware-weaponized-pdfs/

 

New Data-Stealing Poco RAT Campaign Targeting Spanish Speakers

https://hackread.com/poco-rat-malware-exploits-spanish-speaking-users/

 

Ransomware groups target Veeam Backup & Replication bug

https://securityaffairs.com/165753/malware/ransomware-groups-target-veeam-backup-replication-bug.html

 

Cyber attack on a personnel placement in Algeria

https://www.jeune-independant.net/une-cyberattaque-sur-emploipartner-limperatif-de-se-conformer-a-la-loi-de-la-protection-des-donnees/

 

Li.Fi protocol is under attack, $10M drained so far

https://cointelegraph.com/news/lifi-protocol-attack-8m-drained

 

Void Banshee APT Exploits Microsoft Zero-Day in Spear-Phishing Attacks

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/void-banshee-apt-microsoft-zero-day-spear-phishing-attacks

 

MirrorFace Attacking Organizations Exploiting Vulnerabilities In Internet-Facing Assets

https://gbhackers.com/mirrorface-attacks-exploiting-vulnerabilities/

 

Cloudflare Reports Almost 7% of Internet Traffic Is Malicious

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/07/16/2315258/cloudflare-reports-almost-7-of-internet-traffic-is-malicious

 

Organizations Warned of Exploited GeoServer Vulnerability

https://www.securityweek.com/organizations-warned-of-exploited-geoserver-vulnerability/

 

North Korea’s Lazarus Group tied to $305 million crypto breach of Japan’s DMM exchange

https://cryptoslate.com/north-koreas-lazarus-group-tied-to-305m-crypto-breach-of-japans-dmm-exchange/

 

Digital archaeology: New LEP data now available to all

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-digital-archaeology-lep.html

 

Iraqi Hackers Exploit PyPI to Infiltrate Systems Through Python Packages

https://hackread.com/iraqi-hackers-exploit-pypi-infiltrate-system-python-packages/

 

Singapore Banks to Phase out OTPs for Bank Account Logins Within 3 Months

https://gbhackers.com/singapore-banks-to-phase-out-otps/

 

Amazon Advertising Portal Crashes, Disrupting Prime Day Sale

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-advertising-portal-crashes-disrupting-034125108.html

 

Filipino artists hacked to promote XRP scam

https://cointelegraph.com/news/filipino-musicians-youtube-hacked-xrp-scam

 

Trello Data Breach: Hacker Dumps Personal Info of Millions of Users

https://hackread.com/trello-data-breach-hacker-dumps-users-personal-info/

 

Volcano Demon Group Attacking Organizations With LukaLocker Ransomware

https://gbhackers.com/volcano-group-lukalocker-ransomware/

 

84% of PC Users Unwilling To Pay Extra For AI-enhanced Hardware, Survey Says

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/07/17/1653248/84-of-pc-users-unwilling-to-pay-extra-for-ai-enhanced-hardware-survey-says

 

Struggling bitcoin miners seek deals with AI companies

https://www.ft.com/content/a3e02262-11ea-4125-a38d-b13dbb86767e

 

IQM Quantum Computers Achieves Technological Milestones With 99.9% 2-Qubit Gate Fidelity And 1 Millisecond Coherence Time

https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/07/15/iqm-quantum-computers-achieves-technological-milestones-with-99-9-2-qubit-gate-fidelity-and-1-millisecond-coherence-time/

 

Startup Makes Butter Using CO2 and Water

https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/07/17/0135238/startup-makes-butter-using-co2-and-water

 

Google accused of misleading consumers to grab more data for ads

https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/18/google-accused-of-misleading-consumers-to-grab-more-data-for-ads/

 

Iran’s MuddyWater APT targets Saudis and Israelis with BugSleep Backdoor

https://hackread.com/iran-muddywater-saudi-israel-bugsleep-backdoor/

 

Craig Wright admits he isn't the inventor of Bitcoin after High Court judgment in UK

https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/17/craig_wright_isnt_bitcoins_satoshi_nakamoto/

 

TAG-100 Actors Using Open-Source Tools To Attack Gov & Private Orgs

https://gbhackers.com/tag-100-open-source-cyber-attacks/

 

Firefox's New 'Privacy' Feature Actually Gives Your Data to Advertisers

https://lifehacker.com/tech/why-you-should-disable-firefox-privacy-preserving-ad-measurements

 

The Canadian accused of building a digital den for drug dealers

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-decibel/article-the-canadian-accused-of-building-a-digital-den-for-drug-dealers/

 

Family Location Tracker App Life360 Breach: 443,000 Users’ Data Leaked

https://hackread.com/family-location-tracker-app-life360-breach-data-leak/

 

First observation of the nuclear two-photon decay in bare atomic nuclei

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-nuclear-photon-decay-atomic-nuclei.html

 

Indian crypto exchange WazirX says one of its multisig wallets “experienced a security breach” after $230M+ in withdrawals; WazirX had $500M in holdings in June

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/07/18/crypto-exchange-wazirx-sees-230m-in-suspicious-withdrawals-largely-100m-in-shib-token/

 

Vulnerability in Cisco Smart Software Manager lets attackers change any user password

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/vulnerability-in-cisco-smart-software-manager-lets-attackers-change-any-user-password/

 

Analysis: the North Korea-linked WazirX hackers took 200+ different assets, including $96.7M of Shiba Inu, $52.6M of Ether, $11M of Matic, and $7.6M of Pepe

https://www.techmeme.com/240718/p10#a240718p10

 

Yacht giant MarineMax data breach impacts over 123,000 people

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/yacht-giant-marinemax-data-breach-impacts-over-123-000-people/

 

NASA cancels $450M Viper moon mission, dashing ice prospecting dreams

https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/18/nasa-cancels-450m-viper-moon-mission-dashing-ice-prospecting-dreams/

 

How to Shop With Virtual Credit Cards to Protect Your Privacy

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-shop-with-virtual-credit-cards/

 

macOS Users Beware Of Weaponized Meeting App From North Korean Hackers

https://gbhackers.com/macos-weaponized-meeting-app-north-korean-hackers/

 

Bye-bye bitcoin, hello AI: Texas miners leave crypto for next new wave

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/18/bye-bye-bitcoin-hello-ai-texas-miners-leave-crypto-for-next-new-wave.html

 

Unidentified Attacker “Revolver Rabbit” Uses RDGA to Register 500,000 Domains

https://hackread.com/threat-actor-revolver-rabbit-rdga-register-domains/

 

Email addresses of 15 million Trello users leaked on hacking forum

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/email-addresses-of-15-million-trello-users-leaked-on-hacking-forum/

 

This is a ‘black eye moment’ for CrowdStrike and cybersecurity sector, says Wedbush’s Dan Ives

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/07/19/this-is-a-black-eye-moment-for-crowdstrike-and-cybersecurity-sector-says-wedbushs-dan-ives.html

 

Port Shadow Attack Allows VPN Traffic Interception, Redirection

https://www.securityweek.com/port-shadow-attack-allows-vpn-traffic-interception-redirection/

 

Southern Colorado School District Hit By Ransomware, 15 Years Of Data Compromised

https://www.kktv.com/2024/07/18/over-15-years-data-compromised-southern-colorado-school-district/

 

Furniture Giant Shuts Down Manufacturing Facilities After Ransomware Attack

https://therecord.media/furniture-giant-manufacturing-shut-down-cyberattack

 

Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating consumer, data laws

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nigerias-consumer-watchdog-fines-meta-163919643.html

 

Hotel in Switzerland affected by cyber attack on IT service provider

https://www.blick.ch/wirtschaft/kriminelle-hacken-luxushotel-am-vierwaldstaettersee-fieser-angriff-auf-hunderte-hotelgaeste-mit-fake-mail-id19956798.html

 

China's APT41 Targets Global Logistics, Utilities Companies

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-apt41-targets-global-logistics-utilities

 

Hackers Claiming Dettol Data Breach: 453,646 users Impacted

https://gbhackers.com/hackers-claiming-dettol-data-breach/

 

MediSecure Data Breach Impacts 12.9 Million Individuals

https://www.securityweek.com/medisecure-data-breach-impacts-12-9-million-individuals/

 

Web3 KYC vendor Fractal ID loses over 50k users’ passport info in data breach

https://cryptoslate.com/web3-kyc-vendor-fractal-id-loses-over-50k-users-passport-info-in-data-breach/

 

Oracle exploit drains $7.6M from Rho Markets liquidity protocol

https://cointelegraph.com/news/rho-markets-exploited-76m-oracle-vulnerability

 

USPS Caught Sharing Customer Addresses With Tech Giants, Including Meta And LinkedIn

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/usps-caught-sharing-customer-addresses-tech-giants-including-meta-and-linkedin

 

The 'greatest bubble in human history' is close to bursting, Black Swan investor Mark Spitznagel says

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-bubble-close-to-bursting-mark-spitznagel-black-swan-2024-7

 

Riverlane and Atlantic Quantum join forces to advance fault-tolerant quantum computing

https://thenextweb.com/news/riverlane-atlantic-quantum-computing-fault-tolerant-partnership

 

Global CrowdStrike Outage Proves How Fragile IT Systems Have Become

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/technology/crowdstrike-microsoft-outage-software.html

 

US cyber agency CISA says malicious hackers are ‘taking advantage’ of CrowdStrike outage

https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/19/us-cyber-agency-cisa-says-malicious-hackers-are-taking-advantage-of-crowdstrike-outage/

 

Hospitals Around the World Are Struggling After the Great IT Meltdown

https://www.wired.com/story/hospitals-crowdstrike-microsoft-it-outage-meltdown/

 

Crowdstrike Says Global IT Outage Impacting Windows PCs, But Mac and Linux Hosts Not Affected

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/07/19/global-it-outage-limited-to-windows-pcs/

 

Ransomware Has Outsized Impact on Gas, Energy & Utility Firms

https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ransomware-has-outsized-impact-on-gas-energy-and-utility-firms

 

Rite Aid Says Hack Impacts 2.2M People as Ransomware Gang Threatens to Leak Data

https://www.securityweek.com/rite-aid-says-hack-impacts-2-2m-people-as-ransomware-gang-threatens-to-leak-data/

 

WazirX launches bounty program to recover stolen assets

https://cointelegraph.com/news/wazirx-bounty-program-recover-stolen-assets

 

Liminal says infrastructure was not responsible for WazirX hack, blames compromised devices

https://cryptoslate.com/liminal-says-infrastructure-was-not-responsible-for-wazirx-hack-blames-compromised-devices/

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