News for June 2, 2024

News for June 2, 2024

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 2 Jun 2024


Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/newly-discovered-ransomware-uses-bitlocker-to-encrypt-victim-data/

 

Best Buy and Geek Squad were most impersonated orgs by scammers in 2023

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/24/ftc_scam_report/

 

Fake Antivirus Sites Spread Malware Disguised as Avast, Malwarebytes, Bitdefender

https://www.hackread.com/fake-antivirus-sites-malware-avast-malwarebytes-bitdefender

 

Christie’s confirms breach after RansomHub threatens to leak data

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/christies-confirms-breach-after-ransomhub-threatens-to-leak-data/

 

Danger as wave of crypto influencers and celeb X accounts are hacked

https://cointelegraph.com/news/wave-crypto-influencers-celebrity-x-accounts-caitlyn-jenner-hacked

 

How to Recover Deleted Emails from Exchange Server?

https://www.hackread.com/how-to-recover-deleted-emails-from-exchange-server/

 

Memecoin team connected to GCR hack, reveals ZachXBT

https://cointelegraph.com/news/memecoin-team-gcr-hack-zachxbt

 

Google pays $60 million to tell users to eat glue

https://www.osnews.com/story/139777/google-pays-60-million-to-tell-users-to-eat-glue/

 

How to get access to tons of sensitive citizen data after buying cheap domains

https://inti.io/p/when-privacy-expires-how-i-got-access

 

Hackers Phish Finance Organizations in the US and Europe Using Trojanized Minesweeper Clone

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-phish-finance-orgs-using-trojanized-minesweeper-clone

 

Normie memecoin team mulls hacker demands after token falls 99%

https://cointelegraph.com/news/normie-memecoin-team-mulls-hacker-demands-after-token-falls-99

 

Hajj Pilgrimage Hit by Extensive Phishing and Data Theft Scams

https://www.hackread.com/hajj-pilgrimage-phishing-data-theft-scams

 

Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma revealed

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/possible-association-between-tattoos-and-lymphoma-revealed

 

Memecoin team connected to GCR hack, reveals ZachXBT

https://cointelegraph.com/news/memecoin-team-gcr-hack-zachxbt

 

Sav-Rx discloses data breach impacting 2.8 million Americans

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sav-rx-discloses-data-breach-impacting-28-million-americans/

 

Based Doge hit with 'same as Normie’ exploit as 91.4M BOGE is drained

https://cointelegraph.com/news/based-doge-normie-exploit-91-4-million-boge-drained

 

Gala Games says it resolved exploit within 45 minutes, identified culprit

https://cryptoslate.com/gala-games-says-it-resolved-exploit-within-45-minutes-identified-culprit/

 

How to Blur Your House on Google Maps Street View

https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-blur-your-house-on-google-maps

 

Memecoin trader loses over $1M following Normie exploit

https://cointelegraph.com/news/memecoin-trader-loses-1m-normie-exploit

 

Hacking group RansomHub claims to be behind the cyberattack that hit Christie's and threatens to release sensitive information about the auction house's clients

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/arts/design/hackers-claim-christies-attack.html

 

How Researchers Cracked an 11-Year-Old Password to a $3 Million Crypto Wallet

https://www.wired.com/story/roboform-password-3-million-dollar-crypto-wallet/

 

Brazilian digital bank Nubank hits a $58.2B market cap, surpassing Itau, previously the most valuable financial institution in Latin America, at ~$56B

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-28/nubank-dethrones-itau-to-become-most-valuable-latin-america-bank

 

Google Confirms the Leaked Search Documents Are Real

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/05/30/1443235/google-confirms-the-leaked-search-documents-are-real

 

Hackers Claim Ticketmaster Data Breach: 560M Users’ Info for Sale at $500K

https://www.hackread.com/hackers-ticketmaster-data-breach-560m-users-sale/

 

First American December data breach impacts 44,000 people

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/first-american-december-data-breach-impacts-44-000-people/

 

Hospitality worker jailed for $2.5B Bitcoin laundering scheme

https://cointelegraph.com/news/hospitality-worker-jailed-bitcoin-laundering

 

Phishing with Cloudflare Workers: Transparent Phishing and HTML Smuggling

https://gbhackers.com/phishing-with-cloudflare-workers/

 

Seattle Public Library Website and Ebook Lending Are Down Following Ransomware Attack

https://gizmodo.com/seattle-public-library-ransomware-attack-hacker-books-1851504693

 

Online Payment Frauds Jump Over 400% in India, RBI Data Shows

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/online-payment-frauds-jump-over-123656014.html

 

Check Point Software customers targeted by hackers using old, local VPN accounts

https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/check-point-software-hackers-old-vpn/717216

 

CatDDOS Threat Groups Sharply Ramp Up DDoS Attacks

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/catddos-threat-groups-sharply-ramp-up-ddos-attacks

 

WBTC address poisoner was exposed through ‘digital evidence’ — Match Systems

https://cointelegraph.com/news/wbtc-address-poisoner-was-exposed-through-digital-evidence

 

The U.S. Finally Passes An Internet Privacy Law… For Rich Jet Owners

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/29/the-u-s-finally-passes-an-internet-privacy-law-for-rich-jet-owners/

 

US sanctions operators of “free VPN” that routed crime traffic through user PCs

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/us-sanctions-operators-of-free-vpn-that-routed-crime-traffic-through-user-pcs/

 

North Korea building cash reserves using ransomware, video games

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/29/north_korea_using_ransomware_and/

 

Hackers phish finance orgs using trojanized Minesweeper clone

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-phish-finance-orgs-using-trojanized-minesweeper-clone/

 

Cyber attack on a school district in Michigan, USA

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/center-line-schools-suffer-ransomware-attack-classes-resume-wednesday

 

BlackSuit Claims Dozens of Victims With Carefully Curated Ransomware

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/blacksuit-dozens-victims-curated-ransomware

 

Kiteshield Packer is Being Abused by Linux Cyber Threat Actors

https://gbhackers.com/kite-shield-packer-abused/

 

BNB Chain exploited for $80K of fake BTC tokens

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bnb-chain-80k-bitcoin-exploit-white-hat-hacker

 

Very Few People Are Using 'Much Hyped' AI Products Like ChatGPT, Survey Finds

https://slashdot.org/story/24/05/30/0238230/very-few-people-are-using-much-hyped-ai-products-like-chatgpt-survey-finds

 

Cooler Master confirms customer info stolen in data breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cooler-master-confirms-customer-info-stolen-in-data-breach/

 

Malicious PyPI Package Promoted on StackOverflow Spreads Malware

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1d442bg/malicious_pypi_package_promoted_on_stackoverflow/

 

Hundreds of thousands of US internet routers destroyed in newly discovered 2023 hack

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-thousands-us-internet-routers-142544224.html

 

LilacSquid APT targeted organizations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia since at least 2021

https://securityaffairs.com/163927/apt/lilacsquid-targeted-orgs-in-us-europe-asia.html

 

India Repatriates 100 Tonnes of Gold from UK, More May Come

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-05-31/news-india-repatriates-100-metric-tonnes-gold-uk-more-come

 

ShinyHunters claims Santander breach, selling data for 30M customers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shinyhunters-claims-santander-breach-selling-data-for-30m-customers/

 

Facial Recognition Still Struggles To Recognize Faces As More People Are Misidentified As Criminals

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/29/facial-recognition-still-struggles-to-recognize-faces-as-more-people-are-misidentified-as-criminals/

 

Cybercriminals raid BBC pension database, steal records of over 25,000 people

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/30/cybercriminals_raid_bbc_pension_database/

 

68% of British MPs have had personal data exposed on the dark web

https://thenextweb.com/news/leaks-expose-meps-british-mps-on-dark-web

 

AMD willing to pay you up to $30k via its new bug bounty program

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/amd-willing-to-pay-you-up-to-dollar30k-via-its-new-bug-bounty-program

 

Almost $12K U.S. goes missing in cyberspace when wire transfer gets lost

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/almost-12k-u-s-goes-missing-in-cyberspace-when-wire-transfer-gets-lost-1.6907677

 

Data Leak Exposes Business Leaders and Top Celebrity Data

https://hackread.com/data-leak-exposes-business-leaders-celebrity-data/

 

BBC suffers data breach impacting current, former employees

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bbc-suffers-data-breach-impacting-current-former-employees/

 

OKTA WARNS OF CREDENTIAL STUFFING ATTACKS TARGETING ITS CROSS-ORIGIN AUTHENTICATION FEATURE

https://securityaffairs.com/163867/cyber-crime/okta-credential-stuffing-cross-origin-authentication.html

 

FlyingYeti APT Serves Up Cookbox Malware Using WinRAR

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/flyingyeti-apt-cookbox-malware-winrar

 

Japanese exchange DMM loses $305M in Bitcoin via private key hack

https://cointelegraph.com/news/japanese-exchange-dmm-loses-bitcoin-private-key-hack

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