News for March 30, 2025

News for March 30, 2025

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 29 Mar 2025


Immunefi: crypto industry lost a record $1.64B in Q1 2025 across 40 incidents, including $1.46B from the Bybit hack, vs. $348.3M across 63 incidents in Q1 2024

https://www.theblock.co/post/348440/crypto-industry-worst-quarter-hacks-in-history-1-6-billion-usd-losses-immunefi

 

Cloak Ransomware Hits Virginia Attorney General’s Office, Disrupts IT Systems

https://hackread.com/cloak-ransomware-virginia-attorney-generals-office/

 

The Quantum Cold War is Here

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/03/29/guest-post-the-quantum-cold-war-is-here/

 

Traditional Data Loss Prevention Solutions Are Not Working for Most Organizations

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/traditional-data-loss-prevention-solutions-not-working-organizations

 

The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very Afraid

https://www.wired.com/story/q-day-apocalypse-quantum-computers-encryption/

 

Abracadabra.Money’s GMX pools hacked, $13M lost

https://cointelegraph.com/news/abracadabra-loses-13m-in-gmx-token-exploit

 

The spy in your living room

https://www.vox.com/technology/405879/roku-amazon-netflix-moana-disney

 

Crypto exchanges at risk: What the industry must learn from the largest Bybit hack

https://cryptoslate.com/crypto-exchanges-at-risk-what-the-industry-must-learn-from-the-largest-bybit-hack/

 

Acronis Threat Research found 2M+ malicious URLs & 5,000+ malware instances in Microsoft 365 backup data

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hidden-threats-how-microsoft-365-backups-store-risks-for-future-attacks/

 

How To Trace Back A Hacker?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-l2uAI4uo

 

Replacing Cash With Digital Dollar Would Pose A Grave Threat To Our Rights and Freedoms

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/replacing-cash-digital-dollar-would-pose-grave-threat-our-rights-and-freedoms

 

The Dark Web | Black Market Trade | Cyber Crime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0MZ6cXmYKo

 

Understanding recent credential leaks and the rise of InfoStealer malware

https://cointelegraph.com/news/understanding-recent-credential-leaks

 

How AI Coding Assistants Could Be Compromised Via Rules File

https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/03/23/2138230/how-ai-coding-assistants-could-be-compromised-via-rules-file

 

5 Unexpected Devices You Didn’t Know Could Spread Malware

https://hackread.com/unexpected-devices-you-didnt-know-spread-malware/

 

Worse than an EMP! Top 10 Cyber Attack Threats 2025 : What to do

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

 

Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove it

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/arkana_wow_ransomware/

 

Operation Red Card: Authorities Arrest 300+ Linked to Cyber Attacks

https://gbhackers.com/operation-red-card/

 

Gemini hackers can deliver more potent attacks with a helping hand from… Gemini

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/gemini-hackers-can-deliver-more-potent-attacks-with-a-helping-hand-from-gemini/

 

IBM US Cuts May Run Deeper Than Feared - and the Jobs Are Heading To India

https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/28/0623217/ibm-us-cuts-may-run-deeper-than-feared---and-the-jobs-are-heading-to-india

 

You're Being Monitored: When Tech Meets Tyranny | Digital Dictatorship | A World Without Privacy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxCbw3tWxqo

 

How Cybercriminals Exploit Notification Channels

https://hackread.com/how-cybercriminals-exploit-notification-channels/

 

StreamElements discloses third-party data breach after hacker leaks data

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/streamelements-discloses-third-party-data-breach-after-hacker-leaks-data/

 

Signal is ‘absolutely not suitable’ for government use: Former NSA hacker

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/03/25/signal-is-absolutely-not-suitable-for-government-use-former-nsa-hacker.html

 

China's AI data center boom goes bust: Rush leaves billions of dollars in idle infrastructure

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinas-ai-data-center-boom-goes-bust-rush-leaves-billions-of-dollars-in-idle-infrastructure

 

Classiscam Operators Use Automated Malicious Sites to Steal Financial Data

https://gbhackers.com/classiscam-operators-use-automated-malicious-sites/

 

Europe Waves The White Flag: EU Prepares "Term Sheet" Of Concessions For Trump Trade War

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/europe-waves-white-flag-eu-prepares-term-sheet-concessions-trump-trade-war

 

Fake Snow White Movie Torrent Infects Devices with Malware

https://hackread.com/fake-snow-white-movie-torrent-infects-device-malware/

 

Fed Urged to Explore Hedge Fund Bailout Tool for Basic Trades

https://www.tradealgo.com/news/fed-urged-to-explore-hedge-fund-bailout-tool-for-basic-trades

 

Hijacked Microsoft Stream classic domain "spams" SharePoint sites

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/hijacked-microsoft-stream-classic-domain-spams-sharepoint-sites/

 

23andMe Files For Bankruptcy, CEO Resigns - Fate Of Americans' DNA Data Now In Court-Supervised Sale

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/23andme-files-bankruptcy-ceo-resigns-fate-americans-dna-data-now-court-supervised-sale

 

7 Assets That Are Safer Than Cash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7WN0ZP_Tuw

 

New npm Malware Attack Infects Popular Ethereum Library with Backdoor

https://hackread.com/npm-malware-infects-ethereum-library-with-backdoor/

 

New Atlantis AIO platform automates credential stuffing on 140 services

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-atlantis-aio-automates-credential-stuffing-on-140-services/

 

Majority of AI Researchers Say Tech Industry Is Pouring Billions Into a Dead End

https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/22/0341222/majority-of-ai-researchers-say-tech-industry-is-pouring-billions-into-a-dead-end

 

Blacklock Ransomware Infrastructure Breached, Revealing Planned Attacks

https://gbhackers.com/blacklock-ransomware-infrastructure-breached/

 

THE JFK FILES RELEASE: CIA DOUBTED LONE GUNMAN THEORY

https://gizadeathstar.com/2025/03/the-jfk-files-release-cia-doubted-lone-gunman-theory/

 

New Phishing Campaign Targets macOS Users with Fake Security Alerts

https://hackread.com/new-phishing-campaign-targeted-at-mac-users/

 

Crooks are reviving the Grandoreiro banking trojan

https://securityaffairs.com/175964/malware/crooks-are-reviving-the-grandoreiro-banking-trojan.html

 

China bans compulsory facial recognition and its use in private spaces like hotel rooms

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/23/asia_tech_news_in_brief/

 

The System Is Designed To Keep You Poor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3izKlhEw4

 

VanHelsingRaaS Emerges, Targeting Linux, BSD, ARM, and ESXi Systems

https://gbhackers.com/vanhelsingraas-emerges-targeting-linux/

 

The Art of the Perfect Nap

https://www.wired.com/story/the-art-of-the-perfect-nap-sleep-science/

 

Two Steps From Hell FULL SHOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b04dYE0LP9M

 

FBI warnings are true—fake file converters do push malware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-warnings-are-true-fake-file-converters-do-push-malware/

 

China Unveils a Powerful Deep-sea Cable Cutter That Could Reset the World Order

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/24/1645202/china-unveils-a-powerful-deep-sea-cable-cutter-that-could-reset-the-world-order

 

CloudSEK Disputes Oracle Over Data Breach Denial with New Evidence

https://hackread.com/cloudsek-disputes-oracle-data-breach-denial-evidence/

 

The Feds Need to Step Up on Cybersecurity

https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/america-cybersecurity-policy-need-reforms-56ada544?mod=hp_jr_pos1

 

The Paradise Papers: Secrets of Offshore Schemes | How the Rich Dodge Taxes While You Pay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOADTP3ntE0

 

Perseus: A tool for tracking the coordination of pump-and-dump crypto coin schemes

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-perseus-tool-tracking-dump-crypto.html

 

Six Countries Named as 'Likely' Purchasers of Paragon's Cellphone Spyware

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/22/0459224/six-countries-named-as-likely-purchasers-of-paragons-cellphone-spyware

 

Declassified CIA Document Claims Ark Of The Covenant Was Located

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/declassified-cia-document-claims-ark-covenant-was-located

 

New VanHelsing ransomware targets Windows, ARM, ESXi systems

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-vanhelsing-ransomware-targets-windows-arm-esxi-systems/

 

G7 Allies Are Selling Off US Debt as China Keeps Buying Gold Like No Tomorrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhvngrxsD58

 

A Mysterious Startup Is Developing a New Form of Solar Geoengineering

https://www.wired.com/story/a-mysterious-startup-is-developing-a-new-form-of-solar-geoengineering/

 

The Long View: Barry Ritholtz - ‘How Not to Invest’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXL7BKvv8wk

 

Hacker Hits NYU Website

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/hacker-hits-nyu-website-posts-alleged-test-scores-gpas-based-race

 

Hackers Are Using Microsoft’s .NET MAUI to Spread Android Malware

https://hackread.com/net-maui-exploited-in-advanced-malware-campaigns-mcafee-labs/

 

The Gig Economy’s Dirty Secrets

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1jhyhyd/the_gig_economys_dirty_secret_how_techs_fulltime/

https://techtonicshifts.blog/2025/01/10/freedom-is-a-lie-of-the-gig-economy/

https://medcalladvisors.com/2025/02/the-gig-economy/

 

The System Built After WWII Is DONE I Michael Every

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kE0PVU3hXo

 

Crypto Heist Suspect “Wiz” Arrested After $243 Million Theft

https://hackread.com/crypto-heist-suspect-wiz-arrested-243-million-theft/

 

Mobsters now overlap with cybercrime gangs and use AI for evil, Europol warns

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/24/modern_mafiosos_wield_ai/

 

Layoffs and Unemployment Grow Among College Graduates

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/business/economy/white-collar-layoffs.html

 

SquareX Discloses Browser-Native Ransomware that Puts Millions at Risk

https://hackread.com/squarex-discloses-browser-native-ransomware-that-puts-millions-at-risk/

 

Banking Malware Infects 248,000 Mobile Users Through Social Engineering Techniques

https://gbhackers.com/banking-malware-infects-248000-mobile-users/

 

Rogan Guest Makes Shocking Claim About Polio Vaccine

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/rogan-guest-makes-shocking-claim-about-polio-vaccine

 

Russian authorities arrest three suspects behind Mamont Android banking trojan

https://securityaffairs.com/175935/cyber-crime/russian-authorities-arrest-three-suspects-behind-mamont-android-banking-trojan.html

 

There are perhaps 10,000 reasons to doubt Oracle Cloud's security breach denial

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/oracle_breach_update/

 

Man ends up with criminal record after ID was stolen

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/03/this-fraud-destroyed-my-life-man-ends-up-with-criminal-record-after-id-was-stolen

 

New Android Trojan Crocodilus Abuses Accessibility to Steal Banking and Crypto Credentials

https://thehackernews.com/2025/03/new-android-trojan-crocodilus-abuses.html

 

Fraud, Waste and Abuse Gone Wild!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URmAwfL3dFQ

 

Satellite Navigation Systems Facing Rising Jamming and Spoofing Attacks

https://hackread.com/satellite-navigation-systems-jamming-spoofing-attacks/

 

Quad9 – A public and free DNS service for a better security and privacy

https://www.quad9.net/

 

Scambodia: Insiders Reveals How Major Money Laundering Network Gets Away With It

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/scambodia-insiders-reveals-how-major-money-laundering-network-gets-away-it

 

TOP 40 Dance Hits 2024 Mix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoGEU2FNZ9Q

 

Critical Chrome Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code

https://gbhackers.com/critical-chrome-vulnerability/

 

North Carolina Supreme Court Rules That Family Can Sue Over COVID-19 Vaccination Without Consent

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/north-carolina-supreme-court-rules-family-can-sue-over-covid-19-vaccination-without

 

Netherlands ranks above entire G7 in tech competitiveness, study finds

https://thenextweb.com/news/netherlands-ranks-above-entire-g7-in-tech-competitiveness-study-finds

 

Cyberattack hits Ukrainian state railway, disrupting online ticket sales

https://therecord.media/ukraine-railway-ukrzaliznytsia-cyberattack-online-ticket-system

 

Blockchain gaming platform WEMIX hacked to steal $6.1 million

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/blockchain-gaming-platform-wemix-hacked-to-steal-61-million/

 

A safe nuclear battery that could last a lifetime

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-safe-nuclear-battery-lifetime.html

 

How to protect your phone and data privacy at the US border

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/26/phone-search-privacy-us-border-immigration

 

Medusa Ransomware Disables Anti-Malware Tools with Stolen Certificates

https://hackread.com/medusa-ransomware-anti-malware-tools-stolen-certificates/

 

EncryptHub Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Deploy Rhadamanthys and StealC Malware

https://thehackernews.com/2025/03/encrypthub-exploits-windows-zero-day-to.html

 

Fake Booking.com phish uses fake CAPTCHAs to trick hotel staff into downloading malware

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/03/fake-booking-com-phish-uses-fake-captchas-to-trick-hotel-staff-into-downloading-malware

 

South African Poultry Company Reports $1M Loss After Cyber Intrusion

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/south-african-poultry-company-1m-loss-cyber-intrusion

 

DDoS attack on the website of an airport in Georgia, USA

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-airport-stops-potential-cyberattack-friday-morning

 

China’s FamousSparrow flies back into action, breaches US org after years off the radar

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/china_famoussparrow_back/

 

Dozens of solar inverter flaws could be exploited to attack power grids

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dozens-of-solar-inverter-flaws-could-be-exploited-to-attack-power-grids/

 

Cyberattack Strikes Large Russian Oil Comapny Lukoil

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/russian-oil-giant-blocked-by-a-cyber-attack/ar-AA1BHjzk

 

Aussie Fintech Vroom Exposes Thousands of Records After AWS Misconfiguration

https://hackread.com/aussie-fintech-vroom-pii-records-aws-misconfiguration/

 

New Ransomware Group Claims Attack on US Telecom Firm WideOpenWest

https://www.securityweek.com/new-ransomware-group-claims-attack-on-us-telecom-firm-wideopenwest/

 

YouTube Creators Targeted by Weaponized Brand Deals Using ‘Clickflix’ Attack Tactic

https://gbhackers.com/youtube-creators-targeted-by-weaponized-brand-deals/

 

RedCurl cyberspies create ransomware to encrypt Hyper-V servers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/redcurl-cyberspies-create-ransomware-to-encrypt-hyper-v-servers/

 

Sources: Fidelity Investments is in the advanced stages of testing its own stablecoin

https://www.ft.com/content/7df7c1d9-9e1f-4de4-8161-1cdb6f4e0e7f

 

Ethically Sourced 'Spare' Human Bodies Could Revolutionize Medicine

https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/03/26/0112257/ethically-sourced-spare-human-bodies-could-revolutionize-medicine

 

New Morphing Meerkat Phishing Kit Exploits DNS to Spoof 100+ Brands

https://hackread.com/morphing-meerkat-phishing-kit-dns-spoof-brands/

 

Best Rock Songs - Video Mix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5290Sf8zhA

 

Cloudflare R2 service outage caused by password rotation error

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloudflare-r2-service-outage-caused-by-password-rotation-error/

 

Google says a technical issue caused some users’ Maps Timeline data to be deleted

https://www.engadget.com/apps/google-says-a-technical-issue-caused-some-users-maps-timeline-data-to-be-deleted-214358403.html

 

DDoS attack on websites of the Belgian administration

https://www.rtbf.be/article/une-cyberattaque-d-origine-russe-perturbe-plusieurs-sites-officiels-belges-11522597

 

Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd system hacked, US$10 million demanded

https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/255002/malaysia-airports-holdings-bhd-system-hacked-us-10-million-demanded-says-prime-minister/

 

New npm attack poisons local packages with backdoors

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-npm-attack-poisons-local-packages-with-backdoors/

 

DeFi platform MIM Spell offers 20% bounty to hacker after $12.9 million ETH heist

https://cryptoslate.com/defi-platform-mim-spell-offers-20-bounty-to-hacker-after-12-9-million-eth-heist/

 

Hackers Exploit DNS MX Records to Create Fake Logins Imitating 100+ Brands

https://gbhackers.com/hackers-exploit-dns-mx-records-to-create-fake-logins/

 

Retail giant Sam’s Club investigates Clop ransomware breach claims

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/retail-giant-sams-club-investigates-clop-ransomware-breach-claims/

 

PsiQuantum Raising $750 Million to Push Photonic Quantum Computers Toward Commercial Reality

https://thequantuminsider.com/2025/03/25/sources-psiquantum-raising-750-million-to-push-photonic-quantum-computers-toward-commercial-reality/

 

Wall Street’s $620 Billion Crisis—Nomi Prins on Recession, Gold, and What’s Coming Next

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVmePN787zE

 

New FamousSparrow Malware Targets Hotels and Engineering Firms with Custom Backdoor

https://gbhackers.com/new-famoussparrow-malware-targets-hotels-and-engineering-firms/

 

UK fines software provider £3.07 million for 2022 ransomware breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-fines-software-provider-307-million-for-2022-ransomware-breach/

 

Over 4 Million Gen Zers Are Jobless

https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/03/26/211250/over-4-million-gen-zers-are-jobless

 

DeepSeek users targeted with fake sponsored Google ads that deliver malware

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/03/deepseek-users-targeted-with-fake-sponsored-google-ads-that-deliver-malware

 

New Python-Based Discord RAT Targets Users to Steal Login Credentials

https://gbhackers.com/new-python-based-discord-rat-targets-users/

 

OpenAI now pays researchers $100,000 for critical vulnerabilities

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/openai-now-pays-researchers-100-000-for-critical-vulnerabilities/

 

Malaysia PM Refuses to Pay $10M Ransomware Demand

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/malaysia-refuses-10m-ransom-airport-cyber-breach

 

Hyperliquid whale still holds 10% of JELLY memecoin after $6.2M exploit

https://cointelegraph.com/news/jelly-memecoin-whale-exploit-hyperliquid

 

What is the Mar-a-Lago Accord?

https://dailyreckoning.com/trump-and-the-fate-of-the-dollar/

 

SvcStealer Malware Strikes, Harvesting Sensitive Data from Browsers and Applications

https://gbhackers.com/svcstealer-malware-strikes-harvesting-sensitive-data/

 

André Rieu - Vrijthof 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26cW6o7ORwA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EOY9d61WFs

 

 

 

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https://zapier.com/blog/how-to-use-chatgpt-to-summarize-an-article/

 

 

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