News for March 24 2024

News for March 24 2024

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 24 Mar 2024


Small Businesses Look to College Students to Help Guard Against Hackers

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/small-businesses-look-to-college-students-to-help-guard-against-hackers-61181777?mod=hp_jr_pos2

 

'PhantomBlu' Cyberattackers Backdoor Microsoft Office Users via OLE

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/phantomblu-cyberattackers-backdoor-microsoft-office-users-ole

 

NHS Dumfries and Galloway Faces Cyberattack, Patient Data at Risk

https://www.hackread.com/nhs-dumfries-galloway-cyberattack-data-at-risk/

 

Mintlify says customer GitHub tokens exposed in data breach

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/18/mintlify-customer-github-tokens-data-breach/

 

Chinese APT 'Earth Krahang' Compromises 48 Gov't Orgs on 5 Continents

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/chinese-apt-earth-krahang-compromised-48-gov-orgs-5-continents

 

Cyberattack knocks out Pensacola city government phone lines

https://therecord.media/cyberattack-pensacola-florida-knocks-out-phones

 

North Korea-Linked Group Levels Multistage Cyberattack on South Korea

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/north-korea-linked-group-level-multistage-cyberattack-on-south-korea

 

New 'Loop DoS' Attack May Impact Up to 300,000 Online Systems

https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/03/23/0553241/new-loop-dos-attack-may-impact-up-to-300000-online-systems

 

900 Sites, 125 million accounts, 1 vulnerability

https://env.fail/posts/firewreck-1

 

WOOFi offers 10% bounty in race to recover $8 million stolen in flash loan exploit

https://cryptoslate.com/woofi-offers-10-bounty-in-race-to-recover-8-million-stolen-in-flash-loan-exploit/

 

Hackers claim to have breached Israeli nuclear facility’s computer network

https://therecord.media/hackers-claim-attack-on-israeli-nuclear-research-facility

 

'Conversation Overflow' Cyberattacks Bypass AI Security to Target Execs

https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/conversation-overflow-cyberattacks-bypass-ai-security

 

Spa Grand Prix email account hacked to phish banking info from fans

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spa-grand-prix-email-account-hacked-to-phish-banking-info-from-fans/

 

South China Athletic Association Suffers Cyberattack Potentially Compromising 70,000 Members’ Data

https://thecyberexpress.com/scaa-cyberattack-members-data-compromised/

 

'Fluffy Wolf' Spreads Meta Stealer in Corporate Phishing Campaign

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/fluffy-wolf-spreads-meta-stealer-in-corporate-phishing-campaign

 

Fujitsu Hacked – Attackers Infected The Company Computers With Malware

https://gbhackers.com/fujitsu-hacked/

 

Hackers Posing as Law Firms Phish Global Orgs in Multiple Languages

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/hackers-posing-law-firms-phish-global-orgs-multiple-languages

 

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Investigating Cyberattack After LockBit Posting

https://therecord.media/pharmaceutical-development-company-investigating-cyber-incident-lockbit

 

Yacht dealer to the stars attacked by Rhysida ransomware gang

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/21/luxury_yacht_dealer_rhysida

 

Mediaworks data breach: Hackers email victims, demanding $820

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/512042/mediaworks-data-breach-hackers-email-victims-demanding-820

 

Cyberattack gifts esports pros with cheats, forcing Apex Legends to postpone tournament

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/18/cyberattack_gifts_esports_pros_with/

 

Cyber attack on a pharmacy chain in Belgium

https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/farma-biotech/zorgwinkelketen-goed-doelwit-van-cyberaanval/10534524.html

 

Illinois county government, local college affected by ransomware attacks

https://therecord.media/illinois-county-gov-college-hit-with-ransomware

 

Hackers steal $6.2 million in digital assets from LastPass users, investigators track stolen funds

https://cryptoslate.com/hackers-steal-6-2-million-in-digital-assets-from-lastpass-users-investigators-track-stolen-funds/

 

India's Android Users Hit by Malware-as-a-Service Campaign

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/hackers-target-android-users-in-india-through-maas-campaign

 

Mozaic Finance Suffers $2.4 Million Hack Through Private Key Vulnerability

https://coinstats.app/news/93fd0e0afbfef6fa96ca800f5350226e1467687461b7f810cdf0b9ed974e09e9_Mozaic-Finance-Suffers-2.4-Million-Hack-Through-Private-Key-Vulnerability

 

Hackers exploit MicroStrategy social media to orchestrate $440,000 phishing heist

https://cryptoslate.com/hackers-exploit-microstrategy-social-media-to-orchestrate-440000-phishing-heist/

 

Don't Answer the Phone: Inside a Real-Life Vishing Attack

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/dont-answer-phone-inside-real-life-vishing-attack

 

Cybercriminals Beta Test New Attack to Bypass AI Security

https://www.hackread.com/cybercriminals-beta-test-attack-bypass-ai-security/

 

Unpatchable vulnerability in Apple chip leaks secret encryption keys

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/hackers-can-extract-secret-encryption-keys-from-apples-mac-chips/

 

Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds

https://www.wired.com/story/saflok-hotel-lock-unsaflok-hack-technique/

 

On Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024 Day 1, contestants earned $732,500 and a Tesla Model 3 for demoing 19 zero-days in Windows 11, Tesla cars, Ubuntu, and other products

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-11-tesla-and-ubuntu-linux-hacked-at-pwn2own-vancouver/#google_vignette

 

Jacksonville Beach and other US municipalities report data breaches following cyberattacks

https://therecord.media/jacksonville-beach-municipalities-hit-by-cyberattacks

 

New gaming token on Blast exploited for $4.6 million – white hat hacker involved

https://cryptoslate.com/new-gaming-token-on-blast-exploited-for-4-6-million-white-hat-hacker-involved/

 

On March 17, 2024, Krishna Okhandiar, the founder of Remilia and Milady, who also goes by the name of Charlotte Fang, was reportedly hacked for millions of dollars worth of crypto assets, including ether and NFTs, which were transferred to a new wallet address.

On March 20, 2024, the community-governed L1 blockchain @airdao_io suffered an exploit of ~$880K in which it lost 35.2m AMB tokens and 125.51 ETH from the AMB/ETH Uniswap pool.

On March 20, 2024, Defi Protocol Dolomite @Dolomite_io on the Arbitrum chain has been exploited for ~$1.8m in USDC. The exploit happened to an old Dolomite contract from 2019 on #ethereum.

On March 20, 2024, ParaSwap, a middleware for traders and decentralized applications, discovered a critical vulnerability in its Augustus V6 contract.

https://www.immunebytes.com/blog/list-of-largest-crypto-hacks-in-2024/

 

Woman moved to Virginia for new job, finds out she was never hired

https://www.businessinsider.com/camryn-spina-moved-florida-virginia-new-job-never-hired-2023-9

 

New AcidRain Linux Malware Variant “AcidPour” Found Targeting Ukraine

https://www.hackread.com/acidrain-linux-malware-variant-acidpour-ukraine/

 

Researchers highlight potential cybersecurity threats to trucking industry, supply chain

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-highlight-potential-cybersecurity-threats-trucking.html

 

A notorious stock-market bear who called the 2000 and 2008 declines warns that conditions are 'consistent with the risk of an abrupt air-pocket, panic, or crash' — and the S&P will fall 50%-70%

https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-crash-sp500-outlook-bubble-risks-valuations-indicators-hussman-2024-3

 

World's First Nuclear Fusion-Powered Electric Propulsion Drive Unveiled

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/22/2029229/worlds-first-nuclear-fusion-powered-electric-propulsion-drive-unveiled

 

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