News for June 23, 2024

News for June 23, 2024

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 23 Jun 2024


Crypto exchange Kraken accuses blockchain security outfit CertiK of extortion

https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/20/kraken_certik_crypto_dispute/

 

Arid Viper’s AridSpy Trojan Hits Android Users in Palestine, Egypt

https://hackread.com/arid-vipers-aridspy-trojan-android-users-palestine-egypt/

 

Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/06/alleged-boss-of-scattered-spider-hacking-group-arrested/

 

Crypto Startup Funding Overcomes Blow-Ups to Hit $100 Billion

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-15/crypto-startup-funding-overcomes-blow-ups-to-hit-100-billion

 

The Hidden Hand: Is Paper Bitcoin Suppressing BTC Prices?

https://hackernoon.com/the-hidden-hand-is-paper-bitcoin-suppressing-btc-prices

 

Windows 11 bug eats CPU resources — Microsoft identifies Cross Device Service as cause, no fix ready yet

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-cross-device-service-bug-eats-cpu-resources-microsoft-identifies-cause-but-no-fix-ready-yet

 

How to Spot a Business Email Compromise Scam

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-spot-business-email-compromise-scam/

 

A Texas federal jury orders Amazon to pay nearly $122M to adtech company AlmondNet for infringing on two patents related to personalized ad targeting

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/amazon-hit-with-122-mln-us-verdict-internet-advertising-patent-case-2024-06-14/

 

Flesh-Eating Bacteria That Can Kill in Two Days Spreads in Japan

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-15/flesh-eating-bacteria-that-can-kill-in-two-days-spreads-in-japan

 

Dazed and Confused: What’s Wrong with Crypto Libraries?

https://hackernoon.com/dazed-and-confused-whats-wrong-with-crypto-libraries-abstract-and-introduction

 

Notorious cyber gang UNC3944 attacks vSphere and Azure to run VMs inside victims' infrastructure

https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/17/unc3944_scattered_spider_tactics_change/

 

Vietnam Hit By Widespread Internet Disruption After Undersea Cables Fail

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/vietnam-hit-widespread-internet-disruption-after-undersea-cables-fail

 

New ARM 'TIKTAG' attack impacts Google Chrome, Linux systems

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-arm-tiktag-attack-impacts-google-chrome-linux-systems/

 

 

 

New Linux malware is controlled through emojis sent from Discord

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-malware-is-controlled-through-emojis-sent-from-discord/

 

Critical Vulnerabilities Exposing Chinese Biometric Readers to Unauthorized Access

https://hackread.com/vulnerabilities-chinese-biometric-readers-unauthorized-access/

 

BitLocker encryption broken in 43 seconds with sub-$10 Raspberry Pi Pico

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/youtuber-breaks-bitlocker-encryption-in-less-than-43-seconds-with-sub-dollar10-raspberry-pi-pico

 

ShinyHunters hacker tells WIRED that they gained access to Ticketmaster's Snowflake cloud account—and others—by first breaching a third-party contractor.

https://www.wired.com/story/epam-snowflake-ticketmaster-breach-shinyhunters/

 

NHS England probes data leak after cyber attack on Synnovis blood-test provider

https://www.ft.com/content/a54f9c2e-bf5a-464d-94d2-8b08285a148d

 

High-severity vulnerabilities affect a wide range of Asus router models

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/06/high-severity-vulnerabilities-affect-a-wide-range-of-asus-router-models/

 

Globe Life investigating data breach! Potential exposure of consumer information.

https://hackread.com/globe-life-insurance-data-breach-policyholders/

 

Mysterious Malware Attack Destroys 600 Routers On One ISP In 72 Hours

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/06/17/mysterious-malware-attack-destroys-600-routers-on-one-isp-in-72-hours/

 

IBM and AIST collaborate on 10,000-qubit quantum computer — 75x more qubits than rivals

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/quantum-computing/ibm-and-aist-collaborate-on-10000-qubit-quantum-computer-75x-more-qubits-than-rivals

 

IntelBroker Hacker Claims Apple Breach

https://hackread.com/intelbroker-hacker-apple-data-breach-source-code/

 

AMD investigates breach after data for sale on hacking forum

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amd-investigates-breach-after-data-for-sale-on-hacking-forum/

 

Amtrak Data Breach: Hackers Accessed User’s Email Address

https://gbhackers.com/amtrak-data-breach/

 

Kraken says its being extorted following bug bounty report

https://cointelegraph.com/news/kraken-claims-extortion-bug-bounty-report

 

BlackSuit Ransomware Leaks Kansas City Police Data in Failed Ransom Plot

https://hackread.com/blacksuit-ransomware-kansas-city-police-data-leak/

 

Ledger points to zero-day phone exploits as evolving risk for crypto security

https://cryptoslate.com/ledger-points-to-zero-day-phone-exploits-as-evolving-risk-for-crypto-security/

 

CDK Global investigating cyber incident, briefly shut all systems

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cdk-global-investigating-cyber-incident-222801880.html

 

An investigation details how Chinese gangs, Chinese officials, and Myanmar's Junta made Myanmar's Kokang region a key hub in the global online scam industry

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/19/china-online-scams-myanmar-trafficking/

 

Update your Windows PC to avoid a serious Wi-Fi vulnerability

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/19/24181908/microsoft-windows-pc-update-wi-fi-vulnerability

 

UK Health Club Chain ‘Total Fitness’ Data Leak Exposes KYC and Card Data

https://hackread.com/uk-health-club-chain-total-fitness-data-leak/

 

Advance Auto Parts confirms data breach exposed employee information

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/advance-auto-parts-confirms-data-breach-exposed-employee-information/

 

Chinese Cyber Espionage Targets Telecom Operators in Asia Since 2021

https://thehackernews.com/2024/06/chinese-cyber-espionage-targets-telecom.html

 

CDK cyberattack shuts down auto dealerships across the U.S.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdk-cyber-attack-outage-auto-dealerships-cbs-news-explains/

 

Hacker Leaks Data of 33,000 Accenture Employees in Third-Party Breach

https://hackread.com/hacker-leaks-accenture-employees-data-breach/

 

T-Mobile denies it was hacked, links leaked data to vendor breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/t-mobile-denies-it-was-hacked-links-leaked-data-to-vendor-breach/

 

Cyber attack shuts down Israeli pharma company's distribution

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sjyk8iab0

 

Unauthorized access at a parcel service in Spain

https://www.dpd.com/de/en/news/geopost-provides-information/

 

Cyber attack on a hospital in Germany

https://www.merkur.de/lokales/region-miesbach/hausham-ort74880/hackerangriff-auf-krankenhaus-agatharied-krisenstab-eingerichtet-93135734.html

 

Cyber attack on a forklift manufacturer in the USA

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/crown-equipment-confirms-a-cyberattack-disrupted-manufacturing/

 

CDK’s cyber outage hits U.S. auto dealers for second day in a row

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/21/cdks-cyber-outage-hits-us-auto-dealers.html

 

Hackers ‘jailbreak’ powerful AI models in global effort to highlight flaws

https://www.ft.com/content/14a2c98b-c8d5-4e5b-a7b0-30f0a05ec432

 

Qilin Ransomware Leaks 400GB of NHS and Patient Data on Telegram

https://hackread.com/qilin-ransomware-attack-nhs-patient-data-leak-telegram/

 

Change Healthcare confirms ransomware hackers stole medical records on a ‘substantial proportion’

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/21/change-healthcare-confirms-ransomware-hackers-stole-medical-records-on-a-substantial-proportion-of-americans/

 

Nearly $109 million in deposits held for fintech Yotta’s customers vanished in Synapse collapse

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/21/synapse-collapse-nearly-109m-in-yotta-customer-deposits-vanish.html

 

Hunt3r Kill3rs Group claims they Infiltrated Schneider Electric Systems in Germany

https://gbhackers.com/hunt3r-kill3rs-group-claims/

 

Stolen test data and NHS numbers published by hospital hackers

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9ww90j9dj8o

 

AdsExhaust Adware Distributed in Fake Oculus Installer via Google

https://hackread.com/adsexhaust-adware-fake-oculus-installer-google-search/

 

UEFICANHAZBUFFEROVERFLOW flaw in Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware potentially impacts hundreds of PC and server models

https://securityaffairs.com/164771/hacking/phoenix-securecore-uefi-firmware-cve-2024-0762.html

 

Hackers Exploit Progressive Web Apps to Steal Passwords

https://gbhackers.com/hackers-exploit-progressive-web-apps/

 

Kraken-CertiK $3M saga, zkSync airdrop wallets dumping tokens: Finance Redefined

https://cointelegraph.com/news/kraken-certik-3-m-zk-sync-airdrop-wallets-dumping-tokens-finance-redefined

 

AI Is Helping Scammers Outsmart You—and Your Bank

https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/ai-is-helping-scammers-outsmart-youand-your-bank-23bbbced

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