News for May 12, 2024

News for May 12, 2024

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 12 May 2024


Critical Cybersecurity Loopholes Found in Paris 2024 Olympics Infrastructure

https://www.hackread.com/cybersecurity-loopholes-paris-2024-olympics-infrastructure/

 

JP Morgan data breach hits 451,000 retirement plan members

https://www.investmentnews.com/regulation-and-legislation/news/jp-morgan-data-breach-hits-451000-retirement-plan-members-252872

 

Systematic Review Reveals Many COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients Experienced New-Onset Psychosis

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/systematic-review-reveals-many-covid-19-vaccine-recipients-experienced-new-onset-psychosis

 

UK Armed Forces’ Personal Data Hacked In MoD Breach

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/06/uk-military-personnels-data-hacked-in-mod-payroll-breach

 

U.S. intelligence chief warns Congress of rise in cyberattacks

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/02/us-intelligence-chief-warns-congress-of-rise-in-cyberattacks.html

 

Europol confirms web portal breach, says no operational data stolen

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/europol-confirms-web-portal-breach-says-no-operational-data-stolen/

 

Cuckoo Mac Malware Mimics Music Converter to Steals Passwords and Crypto

https://www.hackread.com/cuckoo-mac-malware-music-converter-passwords-crypto/#google_vignette

 

Crypto trader loses $70.5 million in address poisoning scam, highest recorded yet

https://cryptoslate.com/crypto-trader-loses-70-5-million-in-address-poisoning-scam-highest-recorded-yet/

 

WBTC thief spreads $71M loot across multiple crypto wallets

https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-scam-71m-wallet-impersonation-fund-laundering

 

Novel Attack Against Virtually All VPN Apps Neuters Their Entire Purpose

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/05/07/0140212/novel-attack-against-virtually-all-vpn-apps-neuters-their-entire-purpose

 

Cyber attack on a city government in Kansas, USA

https://www.kake.com/story/50747695/city-of-wichita-warns-residents-of-cyber-security-incident

 

Major UK Security Provider Leaks Trove of Guard and Suspect Data

https://www.hackread.com/uk-security-provider-leaks-guard-suspect-data/

 

House committee asks Microsoft’s Brad Smith to attend hearing on security lapses

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/10/house-committee-seeks-microsofts-brad-smith-for-cybersecurity-hearing.html

 

IntelBroker Hacker Leaks Alleged HSBC & Barclays Bank Data

https://www.hackread.com/intelbroker-hacker-hsbc-barclays-data-breach/

 

The Psychological Underpinnings of Modern Hacking Techniques

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/the-psychological-underpinnings-of-modern-hacking-techniques

 

Apple's iPhone Spyware Problem Is Getting Worse

https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/05/07/0157234/apples-iphone-spyware-problem-is-getting-worse

 

Kronos Research hacker shifts funds to Tornado Cash

https://cointelegraph.com/news/kronos-research-hacker-funds-tornado-cash-exploit

 

Welcome To The Brave New World Of Vehicle Insurance Fraud Powered By Shallowfakes

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/06/welcome-to-the-brave-new-world-of-vehicle-insurance-fraud-powered-by-shallowfakes/

 

Hackers Leak COVID-19 Data of 820K Dominicans, Including Vaccination Info

https://www.hackread.com/hackers-leak-covid-19-data-vaccination-info/

 

Gnus.AI Discord hack causes $1.27M in losses

https://cointelegraph.com/news/gnus-discord-hack-causes-1-27-million-losses

 

Hackers discover how to reprogram NES Tetris from within the game

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/05/hackers-discover-how-to-reprogram-nes-tetris-from-within-the-game/

 

This Android Malware Can Take Over Legitimate Apps

https://lifehacker.com/tech/this-android-malware-can-take-over-legitimate-apps

 

Florida Becomes First State To Ban 'Fake Meat'

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/florida-becomes-first-state-ban-fake-meat

 

AstraZeneca Pulls Covid Vaccine After Admitting Rare Side Effect

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/astrazeneca-pulls-covid-vaccine-after-admitting-rare-side-effect

 

US Patent and Trademark Office Confirms Another Leak of Filers' Address Data

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/05/09/0058228/us-patent-and-trademark-office-confirms-another-leak-of-filers-address-data

 

Ransomware Attack On Wichita.Gov Results In City Network Outage

https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article288344825.html

 

Cyber attack on practices in France

https://www.lindependant.fr/2024/05/07/pyrenees-orientales-de-nombreux-sites-dimagerie-medicale-victimes-dune-cyberattaque-11936827.php

 

DocGo discloses cyberattack after hackers steal patient health data

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/docgo-discloses-cyberattack-after-hackers-steal-patient-health-data/

 

Chinese Hackers Deployed Backdoor Quintet to Down MITRE

https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/chinese-hackers-deployed-backdoor-quintet-to-down-mitre

 

Findings Show MFA Bypass in Microsoft Azure Entra ID Using Seamless SSO

https://www.hackread.com/mfa-bypass-microsoft-azure-entra-id-sso/

 

OpenAI Considers Allowing Users To Create AI-Generated Pornography

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/05/09/1454236/openai-considers-allowing-users-to-create-ai-generated-pornography

 

Apple ID hack showed pitfalls of centralized identity

https://cointelegraph.com/news/traumatic-apple-id-hack-shows-pitfalls-centralized-identity

 

Open-Source Cybersecurity Is a Ticking Time Bomb

https://gizmodo.com/open-source-cybersecurity-is-a-ticking-time-bomb-1848790421

 

Google Cloud blunder sinks Australian fund for a week

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/google_cloud_misconfiguration_takes_australian/

 

Swiss startup unveils post-quantum cryptography library for devs

https://thenextweb.com/news/swiss-startup-post-quantum-cryptography-library-open-source

 

Supply Chain Breaches Up 68% Year Over Year, According to DBIR

https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/supply-chain-breaches-up-68-yoy-according-to-dbir

 

Bugs in Gains Network fork let traders profit 900% on every trade: Report

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bugs-in-unnamed-gains-network-fork-let-traders-profit-900-on-every-trade

 

OpenAI Releases ‘Deepfake’ Detector to Disinformation Researchers

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/technology/openai-deepfake-detector.html

 

Dell Says Data Breach Involved Customers' Physical Addresses

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/05/09/1527252/dell-says-data-breach-involved-customers-physical-addresses

 

Critical vulnerabilities in BIG-IP appliances leave big networks open to intrusion

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/critical-vulnerabilities-in-big-ip-appliances-leave-big-networks-open-to-intrusion/

 

Dell customer order database of '49M records' stolen, now up for sale on dark web

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/dell_data_stolen/

 

IntelBroker Hacker Claims Breach of Top Cybersecurity Firm, Selling Access

https://www.hackread.com/intelbroker-hacker-cybersecurity-firm-breach/

 

US hospital operator Ascension reports disruptions to its clinical operations due to a suspected cybersecurity incident and engages Mandiant to help investigate

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/ascension-warns-suspected-cyberattack-clinical-operations-disrupted-2024-05-08/

 

LLMjacking: Stolen Cloud Credentials Used in New AI Attack

https://sysdig.com/blog/llmjacking-stolen-cloud-credentials-used-in-new-ai-attack/

 

B.C. government hit by ’sophisticated cybersecurity incidents’

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-government-hit-by-sophisticated-cybersecurity-incidents

 

LockBit Claims Wichita as Its Victim 2 Days After Ransomware Attack

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/lockbit-claims-wichita-as-its-victim-two-days-after-ransomware-attack

 

University System of Georgia: 800K exposed in 2023 MOVEit attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/university-system-of-georgia-800k-exposed-in-2023-moveit-attack/

 

Near Protocol ‘darkness’ and ‘sovereignty’ X posts raise hack suspicion

https://cointelegraph.com/news/near-protocol-cryptic-tweets-speculation

 

Christie’s Website Is Brought Down By Hackers Days Before $840 Million Auctions

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/arts/design/christies-cyberattack-website.html

 

The Post Millennial hack leaked data impacting 26 million people

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-post-millennial-hack-leaked-data-impacting-26-million-people/

 

Latvian TV Channels Hacked to Broadcast Russian Victory Day Parade

https://www.hackread.com/latvian-tv-channels-hacked-russian-victory-day-parade/

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