News for July 27, 2025

News for July 27, 2025

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 26 Jul 2025


Threat actors downgrade FIDO2 MFA auth in PoisonSeed phishing attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/threat-actors-downgrade-fido2-mfa-auth-in-poisonseed-phishing-attack/

 

UK Home Office working towards sale of $7 billion seized BTC stockpile

https://www.theblock.co/post/363489/uk-home-office-working-towards-sale-of-7-billion-seized-btc-stockpile-the-telegraph

 

Chinese Groups Launder $580M in India Using Fake Apps and Mule Accounts

https://hackread.com/chinese-groups-launder-india-fake-apps-mule-accounts/

 

AI Proxy Protocol Swarms Faces Discord Account Breach

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/07-21-2025-ai-proxy-protocol-swarms-faces-discord-account-breach-27229702747873

 

Ex-IDF cyber chief on Iran, Scattered Spider, and why social engineering worries him more than 0-days

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/19/idf_cyber_chief_iran/

 

A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data

https://toolhunt.io/a-major-ai-training-data-set-contains-millions-of-examples-of-personal-data/

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/18/1120466/a-major-ai-training-data-set-contains-millions-of-examples-of-personal-data/

 

UK uncovers novel Microsoft snooping malware, blames and sanctions GRU cyberspies

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/20/uk_microsoft_snooping_russia/

 

CoinDCX CEO blames 'server breach' for $44 million exploit; Indian firm will cover losses

https://www.theblock.co/post/363479/coindcx-ceo-blames-server-breach-for-44-million-exploit-indian-firm-will-cover-losses

 

Polymarket Buys Crypto Exchange, Opening Door To US Return

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/polymarket-buys-exchange-opening-door-us-return

 

SquidLoader Malware Campaign Hits Hong Kong Financial Firms

https://hackread.com/squidloader-malware-hits-hong-kong-financial-firms/

 

Review: the NovaCustom V54 is an outstanding Linux laptop with Dasharo coreboot firmware

https://www.osnews.com/story/142758/review-the-novacustom-v54-is-an-outstanding-linux-laptop-with-dasharo-coreboot-firmware/

 

SharePoint Under Attack: Microsoft Warns of Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild – No Patch Available

https://www.securityweek.com/sharepoint-under-attack-microsoft-warns-of-zero-day-exploited-in-the-wild-no-patch-available/

 

Astronomers Detect Entirely New Type of Plasma Wave Above Jupiter’s North Pole

https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-detect-entirely-new-type-of-plasma-wave-above-jupiters-north-pole-2000630859

 

At Least 750 US Hospitals Faced Disruptions During Last Year’s CrowdStrike Outage, Study Finds

https://www.wired.com/story/at-least-750-us-hospitals-faced-disruptions-during-last-years-crowdstrike-outage-study-finds/

 

3 Ways Control System Principles Can Help With Decision Making

https://spectrum.ieee.org/control-system-principles-decision-making

 

They’re Watching You Through Wi-Fi… And You Have No Idea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH9oJJC79QI

 

New GhostContainer Malware Hits High-Value MS Exchange Servers in Asia

https://hackread.com/new-ghostcontainer-malware-ms-exchange-servers-asia/

 

Close To One And A Half Million Immigrants Are Receiving Government Welfare In The UK

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/close-one-and-half-million-immigrants-are-receiving-government-welfare-uk

 

El Salvador hasn't bought Bitcoin since February, finance chiefs tell IMF, contradicting Bukele administration

https://www.theblock.co/post/363483/el-salvador-hasnt-bought-bitcoin-since-february-finance-chiefs-tell-imf-contradicting-bukele-administration

 

The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity

https://www.wired.com/story/the-hunt-for-a-fundamental-theory-of-quantum-gravity/

 

Dell confirms breach of test lab platform by World Leaks extortion group

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dell-confirms-breach-of-test-lab-platform-by-world-leaks-extortion-group/

 

EPA Slashes 23 Percent Of Its Workforce, Eliminating Scientific Research Arm

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/epa-slashes-23-percent-its-workforce-eliminating-scientific-research-arm

 

Over 1,000 CrushFTP servers exposed to ongoing hijack attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-1-000-crushftp-servers-exposed-to-ongoing-hijack-attacks/

 

Layoffs and Real Estate Scams that Will Shock You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIUO0sk2GC4

 

CoinDCX announces white hat recovery bounty after $44M hack

https://cointelegraph.com/news/coindcx-whitehat-recovery-bounty-44m-hack

 

Scientists reveal a widespread but previously unidentified psychological phenomenon

https://www.psypost.org/scientists-reveal-a-widespread-but-previously-unidentified-psychological-phenomenon/

 

Microsoft AppLocker Flaw Lets Malicious Apps Bypass Security Restrictions

https://gbhackers.com/microsoft-applocker-flaw/

 

5 Collaboration Strategies Every Workplace Needs

https://hackernoon.com/5-collaboration-strategies-every-workplace-needs

 

A Windows Insider user discovers an undocumented ‘Shared audio’ feature in the latest build — quick setting allows you to play audio through multiple outputs

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/a-windows-insider-user-discovers-an-undocumented-shared-audio-feature-in-the-latest-build-quick-setting-allows-you-to-play-audio-through-multiple-outputs

 

Staying Cool Without Refrigerants: How Samsung Is Pioneering Next-Generation Peltier Cooling

https://news.samsung.com/global/interview-staying-cool-without-refrigerants-how-samsung-is-pioneering-next-generation-peltier-cooling

 

Researchers Release PoC Exploit for High-Severity NVIDIA AI Toolkit Bug

https://gbhackers.com/researchers-release-poc-exploit/

 

The Evolution of Malware: Past, Present, and the AI-Driven Future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h85G7dBqBKU

 

Watch: Delta 767 Engine Erupts Into Flames After LAX Takeoff

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/watch-delta-767-engine-erupts-flames-after-lax-takeoff

 

AI Will Replace Recruiters and Assistants in Six Months, Says CEO Behind ChatGPT Rival

https://gizmodo.com/ai-will-replace-recruiters-and-assistants-in-six-months-says-ceo-behind-chatgpt-rival-2000631871

 

Marketing, Law Firms Say Data Breaches Impact Over 200,000 People

https://www.securityweek.com/marketing-law-firms-say-data-breaches-impact-over-200000-people/

 

France launches criminal probe of X's alleged algorithm 'manipulation'

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/france-launches-criminal-probe-of-xs-alleged-algorithm-manipulation-123017920.html

 

Under-qualified sysadmin crashed Amazon.com for 3 hours with a typo

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/who_me/

 

'Fossil' Discovered Beyond Pluto Implies 'Something Dramatic' Happened 400M Years Ago

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/07/21/0120233/fossil-discovered-beyond-pluto-implies-something-dramatic-happened-400m-years-ago

 

PHP PDO Flaw Allows Attackers to Inject Malicious SQL Commands

https://gbhackers.com/php-pdo-flaw/

 

Shanghai Gold Exchange launches contracts in HK

https://english.shanghai.gov.cn/en-FinancialOpeningup/20250627/fd3722b99b894e37a4ca8a043334ed1d.html

 

UK Bans Public Sector from Paying Ransomware Gangs

https://gbhackers.com/uk-bans-public-sector-from-paying-ransomware-gangs/

 

Scientists uncover bizarre new material that's breaking one of the laws of this Universe

https://www.neowin.net/news/scientists-uncover-bizarre-new-material-thats-breaking-one-of-the-laws-of-this-universe/

 

Microsoft hit with SharePoint attack — one version still vulnerable

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/21/microsoft-sharepoint-attack-vulnerability.html

 

Reset Timeline, Oklahoma Bail-In & What Most Forget

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U8zYJwhH_I

 

Radio geeks reveal how to access crucial hurricane data after US Department of Defense cut it off

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/ssmis_satellite_decoder/

 

Scientists Put Electronic-Photonic Quantum System on a Chip

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/07/21/scientists-put-electronic-photonic-quantum-system-on-a-chip/

 

AI, AVATARS, AND ETERNAL DEBT

https://gizadeathstar.com/2025/07/ai-avatars-and-eternal-debt/

 

Microsoft Sharepoint server vulnerability puts an estimated 10,000 organizations at risk

https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/microsoft-sharepoint-server-vulnerability-puts-an-estimated-10000-organizations-at-risk-120006463.html

 

Pro-Israel hackers took $81M in crypto — but it wasn’t about the money

https://cointelegraph.com/explained/pro-israel-hackers-took-81m-in-crypto-but-it-wasnt-about-the-money

 

Rêverie Parisienne – Gentle French Songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceGhA_5na5U&list=RDceGhA_5na5U

 

Ring denies breach after users report suspicious logins

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ring-denies-breach-after-users-report-suspicious-logins/

 

Russia To Begin Trading Gold On St. Petersburg Exchange

https://russiaspivottoasia.com/russia-to-begin-trading-gold-on-st-petersburg-exchange/

 

World Leaks Claims Dell Data Breach, Leaks 1.3 TB of Files

https://hackread.com/world-leaks-dell-data-breach-leaks-1-3-tb-of-files/

 

Researchers pack a "quantum light factory" into a 1mm² CMOS chip — combines photonics, electronics, and quantum hardware with traditional silicon manufacturing that can achieve mass scale

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/quantum-computing/researchers-pack-a-quantum-light-factory-into-a-1mm-square-chip-combines-photonics-electronics-and-quantum-hardware-with-traditional-silicon-manufacturing

 

Dior begins sending data breach notifications to U.S. customers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dior-begins-sending-data-breach-notifications-to-us-customers/

 

Ethereum's DARK Institutional Takeover Has Already Begun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJUOupOuS0Q

 

158-year-old company forced to close after ransomware attack precipitated by a single guessed password — 700 jobs lost after hackers demand unpayable sum

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/21/1957210/weak-password-allowed-hackers-to-sink-a-158-year-old-company

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/158-year-old-company-forced-to-close-after-ransomware-attack-precipitated-by-a-single-guessed-password-700-jobs-lost-after-hackers-demand-unpayable-sum

 

New Report Reveals Just 10% of Employees Drive 73% of Cyber Risk

https://hackread.com/new-report-reveals-just-10-of-employees-drive-73-of-cyber-risk/

 

US Nuclear Weapons Transferred To UK Soil For First Time Over 15 Years

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-nuclear-weapons-transferred-uk-soil-first-time-over-15-years

 

Humongous parachute for European Mars landing mission tested successfully

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/esa_exomars_chute_test/

 

IBM's Starling quantum computer: 20,000X faster than today's quantum computers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZi6yWL5ZPE

 

Cybercriminals Use Zoho WorkDrive Folders to Spread Obfuscated PureRAT Malware

https://gbhackers.com/cybercriminals-use-zoho-workdrive-folders/

 

USD Stablecoins Have European Bankers Scared. They are Right to Do Something About it

https://hackernoon.com/usd-stablecoins-have-european-bankers-scared-they-are-right-to-do-something-about-it?source=rss

 

Fake npm Website Used to Push Malware via Stolen Token

https://hackread.com/fake-npm-website-used-push-malware-via-stolen-token/

 

Digital Yuan COMPULSORY — Citizens Forced to Convert Life Savings or LOSE ACCESS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nyw6rNU-W0

 

New DCHSpy Android Malware Targets WhatsApp, Call Logs, Audio, and Photos

https://gbhackers.com/new-dchspy-android-malware/

 

Crowdstrike’s massive cyber outage 1-year later: lessons enterprises can learn to improve security

https://venturebeat.com/security/how-crowdstrikes-78-minute-outage-reshaped-enterprise-cybersecurity/

 

Nearly 3,000 people are leaving NASA

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/07/the-director-of-nasas-largest-science-center-is-leaving-government/

 

Open source's superior security is a matter of eyeballs: Be kind to the brains behind them

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/open_source_windows_security_opinion_column/

 

Teens say they are turning to AI for advice, friendship and ‘to get out of thinking’

https://ground.news/article/teens-say-they-are-turning-to-ai-for-advice-friendship-and-to-get-out-of-thinking

 

Global Fashion Label SABO’s 3.5M Customer Records Exposed Online

https://hackread.com/global-fashion-label-sabo-customer-records-leaked/

 

Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) Live Piano Cover by Sangah Noona

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxnRLemu7P8&list=RDCxnRLemu7P8

 

Microsoft says it “has observed two named Chinese nation-state actors, Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon exploiting” the SharePoint zero-day vulnerabilities

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-sharepoint-toolshell-attacks-linked-to-chinese-hackers/

 

How to Spot and Guard Against Wrong Number Scams

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-spot-and-guard-against-wrong-number-scams/

 

Argon ONE UP is modular laptop powered by a Raspberry Pi CM5

https://liliputing.com/argon-one-up-is-modular-laptop-powered-by-a-raspberry-pi-cm5/

 

Vulnerabilities Expose Helmholz Industrial Routers to Hacking

https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-expose-helmholz-industrial-routers-to-hacking/

 

Economist Warns the AI Bubble Is Worse Than Immediately Before the Dot-Com Implosion

https://futurism.com/economist-ai-bubble-worse-dot-com-implosion

 

Riverlane Integrates Second-Generation QEC Technology With OQC Quantum Computer

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/07/22/riverlane-integrates-second-generation-qec-technology-with-oqc-quantum-computer/

 

How Wirecard’s Jan Marsalek went from fraudster to spy

https://www.ft.com/content/d5f80bc5-a204-472e-921f-c1f08aa83989

 

Cisco: Maximum-severity ISE RCE flaws now exploited in attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-maximum-severity-ise-rce-flaws-now-exploited-in-attacks/

 

Nuclear fusion start-up claims to have cracked alchemy

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/22/nuclear-start-up-claims-cracked-alchemy-marathon-fusion/

 

Billboard Top 50 Hits Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvnEKDxiMpU&list=RDmvnEKDxiMpU

 

Coyote Trojan First to Use Microsoft UI Automation in Bank Attacks

https://hackread.com/coyote-trojan-use-microsoft-ui-automation-bank-attacks/

 

CISA warns of hackers exploiting SysAid vulnerabilities in attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-hackers-exploiting-sysaid-vulnerabilities-in-attacks/

 

Catastrophic': AI Agent Goes Rogue, Wipes Out Company's Entire Database

https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/catastrophic-ai-agent-goes-rogue-wipes-out-companys-entire-database

 

Biggest security vulnerability of 2025?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M298Zn0cK0

 

Iranian Hackers Target Global Airlines to Steal Sensitive Data

https://gbhackers.com/iranian-hackers-target-global-airlines/

 

US nuclear weapons agency breached using Microsoft SharePoint hack

https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/us-nuclear-weapons-agency-breached-using-microsoft-sharepoint-hack-120027770.html

 

MetaMask crypto wallet Chrome extension is eating SSD storage at an alarming rate — owner confirms bug 'has been writing hundreds of gigabytes of data per day

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptocurrency/metamask-crypto-wallet-chrome-extension-is-eating-ssd-storage-at-an-alarming-rate-owner-confirms-bug-has-been-writing-hundreds-of-gigabytes-of-data-per-day-into-users-solid-state-drives

 

Major European healthcare network discloses security breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/major-european-healthcare-network-discloses-security-breach/

 

Cyber incident at the state-owned postal service of Hong Kong

https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2025/07/20250722/20250722_102148_473.html

 

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Warns of AI Voice Fraud Crisis in Banking

https://www.securityweek.com/openais-sam-altman-warns-of-ai-voice-fraud-crisis-in-banking/

 

Suspected Admin of XSS.IS Cybercrime Forum Arrested in Ukraine

https://hackread.com/suspected-xss-is-admin-cybercrime-forum-arrest-ukraine/

 

Denver Pastor and Wife Indicted in $3 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Scheme

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/07-23-2025-denver-pastor-and-wife-indicted-in-3-million-cryptocurrency-fraud-scheme-27325867956618

 

How To Make $100,000 From YouTube With Less Than 1000 Subs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUTJ3nKHaYc

 

FBI and CISA Warn of Interlock Ransomware Targeting Critical Infrastructure

https://hackread.com/fbi-cisa-interlock-ransomware-target-critical-infrastructure/

 

Hackers fooled Cognizant help desk, says Clorox in $380M cyberattack lawsuit

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-fooled-cognizant-help-desk-says-clorox-in-380m-cyberattack-lawsuit/

 

Hidden Backdoor in WordPress Plugins Grants Attackers Ongoing Access to Websites

https://gbhackers.com/hidden-backdoor-in-wordpress-plugins/

 

Ethereum PoS Network Faces Significant Queue Delays

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/07-24-2025-ethereum-pos-network-faces-significant-queue-delays-27374702571746

 

FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/07/23/2044251/fdas-new-drug-approval-ai-is-generating-fake-studies

 

Cybercrime Forum XSS Returns on Mirror and Dark Web 1 Day After Seizure

https://hackread.com/cybercrime-forum-xss-returns-mirror-dark-web-seizure/

 

Tech industry layoffs hit 100,000 for 2025 — Intel leading the pack with over 12,000 personnel cut, so far

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tech-industry-layoffs-hit-100-000-for-2025-intel-leading-the-pack-with-over-12-000-personnel-cut-so-far

 

‘It wasn’t long COVID, it was the vaccine’: Doctor drops truth bomb on COVID lies at Senate hearing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V__C3iULLIw

 

Cyber incident at a media company in Germany

https://www.swmh.de/pressemitteilungen/swmh-von-it-sicherheitsvorfall-betroffen

 

Ivermectin Mass Treatment Shows Great Promise in Reducing Malaria Transmission

https://ground.news/article/ivermectin-mass-treatment-shows-great-promise-in-reducing-malaria-transmission

 

NoName057(16) Hackers Target 3,700 Unique Devices Over the Last 13 Months

https://gbhackers.com/noname05716-hackers-target-3700-unique-devices/

 

Dormant Bitcoin Address Activated After 14.5 Years

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/07-24-2025-dormant-bitcoin-address-activated-after-14-5-years-27373169159906

 

A new AI coding challenge just published its first results — and they aren’t pretty

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/23/a-new-ai-coding-challenge-just-published-its-first-results-and-they-arent-pretty/

 

AI-Driven Wi-Fi Biometrics WhoFi Tracks Humans Behind Walls with 95.5% Accuracy

https://gbhackers.com/ai-driven-wi-fi-biometrics-whofi-tracks-humans-behind-walls/

 

THE ROBOTS WILL NEED TO EAT…

https://gizadeathstar.com/2025/07/the-robots-will-need-to-eat/

 

Stealth backdoor found in WordPress mu-Plugins folder

https://securityaffairs.com/180311/malware/stealth-backdoor-found-in-wordpress-mu-plugins-folder.html

 

Michael Green: The Hidden Ponzi Bubble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga77ygBKg-M&pp=ugUHEgVlbi1VU9IHCQnHCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D

 

Tether Assists U.S. Authorities in Freezing $1.6 Million USDT Linked to Terror Financing

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/07-24-2025-tether-assists-u-s-authorities-in-freezing-1-6-million-usdt-linked-to-terror-financing-27366410120985

 

Fixed Ivanti Bugs Still Haunt Japan Orgs 6 Months Later

https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/fixed-ivanti-bugs-japan-orgs-6-months-later

 

Starlink Suffers Worldwide Outage

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/24/2022240/starlink-suffers-worldwide-outage

 

Age verification: Child protection or privacy risk?

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/07/age-verification-child-protection-or-privacy-risk

 

China-Based APTs Deploy Fake Dalai Lama Apps to Spy on Tibetan Community

https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/china-based-apts-deploy-fake-dalai-lama.html

 

High-Value NPM Developers Compromised in New Phishing Campaign

https://www.securityweek.com/high-value-npm-developers-compromised-in-new-phishing-campaign/

 

Mysterious Whale Makes a 17,000,000% Profit on a 14-Year-Old Bitcoin Bet

https://gizmodo.com/mysterious-whale-makes-a-17000000-profit-on-a-14-year-old-bitcoin-bet-2000634002

 

AI-Powered Cyber Attacks Utilize ML Algorithms to Deploy Malware and Circumvent Traditional Security

https://gbhackers.com/ai-powered-cyber-attacks-utilize-ml-algorithms/

 

World’s First Photonic AI Processor From Q.ANT Goes Into Operation

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/07/24/leibniz-supercomputing-centre-computes-with-light-worlds-first-photonic-ai-processor-from-q-ant-goes-into-operation/

 

Compromised Amazon Q extension told AI to delete everything – and it shipped

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/amazon_q_ai_prompt/

 

Dormant Ethereum Address Activated After 10 Years

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/07-25-2025-dormant-ethereum-address-activated-after-10-years-27421099606297

 

Ransomware attacks happening every day in UK, intelligence agents say

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiZF7GIAs6Q

 

Woman gets 8 years for aiding North Koreans infiltrate 300 US firms

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-woman-sentenced-to-8-years-in-prison-for-running-laptop-farm-helping-north-koreans-infiltrate-300-firms/

 

Elon Musk Warns of Potentially ‘Rough’ Times Ahead

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/business/dealbook/musk-tesla-rough-times.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Y08.gAUf._OtqARAj_rzZ

 

Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/07/ai-coding-assistants-chase-phantoms-destroy-real-user-data/

 

How hackers stole $44M from CoinDCX without touching user wallets

https://cointelegraph.com/explained/how-hackers-stole-44m-from-coindcx-without-touching-user-wallets

 

Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted To 4chan

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/07/25/1934249/women-dating-safety-app-tea-breached-users-ids-posted-to-4chan

https://gizmodo.com/dating-app-that-lets-women-rate-men-hits-number-1-on-the-app-store-immediately-suffers-data-breach-2000634647

https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/tea-app-suffers-breach-exposing-thousands-of-user-images-190731414.html

 

Single US Water Utility Receives 6 Million China-Based Connection Attempts In 1 Week: Security Report

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/single-us-water-utility-receives-6-million-china-based-connection-attempts-1-week

 

Advisor to Brit tech contractors Qdos confirms client data leak

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/25/ir35_advisor_qdos_confirms_data_breach/

 

250,000 Tether Gold tokens in circulation are backed by 7.66 tons of gold, Tether says

https://www.theblock.co/post/364232/250000-tether-gold-tokens-in-circulation-are-backed-by-7-66-tons-of-gold-tether-says

 

Elephant APT Group Exploits VLC Player and Encrypted Shellcode in Attacks on Defense Sector

https://gbhackers.com/elephant-apt-group-exploits-vlc-player/

 

Startup Claims Its Fusion Reactor Concept Can Turn Cheap Mercury Into Gold

https://gizmodo.com/startup-claims-its-fusion-reactor-can-turn-cheap-mercury-into-gold-2000633862

 

UK Student Jailed For Selling Phishing Kits Linked To $135M of Fraud

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One small qubit, one giant leap for quantum computing

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Microsoft Just Confirmed a SharePoint Bug Under Attack—And It’s Worse Than You Think

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Picks and Shovels for the Mining Boom

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New Gunra Ransomware Targets Windows Systems, Encrypts Files, and Erases Shadow Copies

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Hacker plants three strains of malware in a Steam Early Access game called Chemia — security company found crypto-jacking infostealers and a backdoor to install yet more malware in the future

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Freelance dev shop Toptal caught serving malware after GitHub account break-in

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Satoshi-era Bitcoin investor cashes out 80,000 BTC for $9B via Galaxy Digital

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WhoFi: New surveillance technology can track people by how they disrupt Wi-Fi signals

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-07-whofi-surveillance-technology-track-people.html

 

BreachForums Resurfaces on Original Dark Web (.onion) Address

https://hackread.com/breachforums-resurface-original-dark-web-onion-address/

 

Beware of Fake Error Pages Deploying Platform-Specific Malware on Linux and Windows Systems

https://gbhackers.com/beware-of-fake-error-pages-deploying-platform-specific-malware/

 

Bitdeer Warns of Impersonation Scams on Social Media

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/07-26-2025-bitdeer-warns-of-impersonation-scams-on-social-media-27458570435809

 

Amazon AI coding agent hacked to inject data wiping commands

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amazon-ai-coding-agent-hacked-to-inject-data-wiping-commands/

 

After BlackSuit is taken down, new ransomware group Chaos emerges

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/07/after-blacksuit-is-taken-down-new-ransomware-group-chaos-emerges/

 

Cyber Espionage Campaign Hits Russian Aerospace Sector Using EAGLET Backdoor

https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/cyber-espionage-campaign-hits-russian.html

 

Harvard’s ultra-thin chip could revolutionize quantum computing

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250724232413.htm

 

Researchers Expose Massive Online Fake Currency Operation in India

https://hackread.com/researchers-online-fake-currency-operation-in-india/

 

$17 Million Is Lost in A.T.M. Scam That Spread on Social Media, Officials Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/nyregion/nyc-atm-scam.html

 

Koske, a new AI-Generated Linux malware appears in the threat landscape

https://securityaffairs.com/180355/malware/koske-a-new-ai-generated-linux-malware-appears-in-the-threat-landscape.html

 

'Fire Ant' Cyber Spies Compromise Siloed VMware Systems

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/fire-ant-cyber-spies-siloed-vmware-systems

 

Hackers Exploit Official Gaming Mouse Software to Spread Windows-based Xred Malware

https://gbhackers.com/hackers-exploit-official-gaming-mouse-software/

 

$75K In Rewards Announced For Valhalla’s First-Ever Tournament

https://hackernoon.com/$75k-in-rewards-announced-for-valhallas-first-ever-tournament

 

pqcscan: Open-source post-quantum cryptography scanner

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/14/pqcscan-open-source-post-quantum-cryptography-scanner/

 

Extend (YC W23) is hiring engineers to build SOTA document processing

https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/extend

 

Anvil is looking for security engineers to hire

https://www.anvilsecure.com/careers

 

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