News for May 26, 2024

News for May 26, 2024

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 26 May 2024


New Antidot Android Malware Poses as Google Update to Steal Funds

https://www.hackread.com/antidot-android-malware-google-update-steal-funds/

 

Recession seems almost certain with 19 states in trouble already, expert warns

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-economy-outlook-recession-unemployment-lazar-states-inflation-wealth-spending-2024-5

 

Feds Bust N. Korean Identity Theft Ring Targeting US Firms

https://www.hackread.com/feds-bust-n-korean-identity-theft-ring-us-firms/

 

Why a 'Frozen' Distribution Linux Kernel Isn't the Safest Choice for Security

https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/05/19/0030248/why-a-frozen-distribution-linux-kernel-isnt-the-safest-choice-for-security

 

Ex-CDC Director Says It's High Time To Admit 'Significant Side Effects' Of COVID-19 Vaccines

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/ex-cdc-director-says-its-high-time-admit-significant-side-effects-covid-19-vaccines

 

GhostEngine mining attacks kill EDR security using vulnerable drivers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ghostengine-mining-attacks-kill-edr-security-using-vulnerable-drivers

 

IMF Endorses Zimbabwe's Bullion-Backed Currency as Crucial Policy Advancement

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-05-24/imf-endorses-zimbabwes-bullion-backed-currency-crucial-policy-advancement

 

WhatsApp Engineers Fear Encryption Flaw Exposes User Data, Memo

https://www.hackread.com/whatsapp-engineers-encryption-flaw-exposes-data/

 

Spyware App Found Running on Multiple US Hotel Check-In Computers

https://gbhackers.com/spyware-app-us-hotel/

 

GPT-4o’s Chinese token-training data is polluted by spam and porn websites

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/17/1092649/gpt-4o-chinese-token-polluted/

 

An attorney says she saw her library reading habits reflected in mobile ads. That's not supposed to happen

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/18/mystery_of_the_targeted_mobile_ads/

 

Hacktivist Groups Target Indian Elections, Leak Personal Data, Says Report

https://www.hackread.com/hacktivist-indian-elections-leak-personal-data/

 

University's COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Violates US Constitution: Court

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/universitys-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-violates-us-constitution-court

 

Deep Fake Scams Growing in Global Frequency and Sophistication, Victim Warns

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/05/18/2248237/deep-fake-scams-growing-in-global-frequency-and-sophistication-victim-warns

 

US Official Warns a Cell Network Flaw Is Being Exploited for Spying

https://www.wired.com/story/ss7-vulnerability-spies-north-korea-tesla-breachforums/

 

Regular fish oil supplement use might increase first-time heart disease and stroke risk

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-regular-fish-oil-supplement-heart.html

 

Gentoo and NetBSD ban 'AI' code, but Debian doesn't – yet

https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/18/distros_ai_code/

 

The very first time that the Vatican has held a press conference about UFOs, aliens and “apparitions”, since 1978

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/why-has-vatican-chosen-precise-moment-drop-bombshells-about-ufos-aliens-apparitions

 

American Radio Relay League Confirms Cyberattack Disrupted Operations

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/304782/20240519/american-radio-relay-league-confirms-cyberattack-disrupting-operations.htm

 

Cybercriminals are Targeting Elections in India With Influence Campaigns

https://securityaffairs.com/163529/cyber-crime/hacktivists-target-elections-india.html

 

Idle Windows XP and 2000 machines get infected with viruses within minutes of being exposed online

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/idle-windows-xp-and-2000-machines-get-infected-with-viruses-within-minutes-of-being-exposed-online

 

The “Old Money” Secret to Wealth

https://dailyreckoning.com/the-old-money-secret-to-wealth/

 

SWARM – Switchable Backdoor Attack Against Pre-trained Models

https://gbhackers.com/swarm-backdoor-attack-pretrained-models/

 

Gala Games exploiter returns $22M from GALA token attack

https://cointelegraph.com/news/gala-games-exploiter-returns-ether-gala-token-attack

 

Nearly 300 Boeing 777s Used By United & American Airlines At Risk For 'Exploding' Fuel Tanks

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nearly-300-boeing-777s-used-united-american-airlines-risk-exploding-fuel-tanks

 

OmniVision discloses data breach after 2023 ransomware attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/omnivision-discloses-data-breach-after-2023-ransomware-attack/

 

Recession is coming — and a raft of companies will fail, warns elite investor Jeffrey Gundlach

https://www.businessinsider.com/recession-prediction-outlook-economy-company-failures-bankruptcies-gundlach-doubleline-rates-2024-5

 

Two-stage Dropbox spear phishing

https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/two-stage-dropbox-phishing/51253/

 

How an 'Unprecedented' Google Cloud Event Wiped Out a Major Customer's Account

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/05/18/1842259/how-an-unprecedented-google-cloud-event-wiped-out-a-major-customers-account

 

OmniVision discloses data breach after 2023 ransomware attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/omnivision-discloses-data-breach-after-2023-ransomware-attack/

 

Jamie Dimon warns inflation and higher interest rates may linger — and people are running out of spare cash

https://www.businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-jpmorgan-inflation-consumer-spending-interest-rates-government-debt-2024-5

 

Fluent Bit Tool Vulnerability Threatens Billions of Cloud Deployments

https://www.hackread.com/fluent-bit-tool-vulnerability-cloud-deployment/

 

Former BP exec’s ex-husband gets prison for insider trading after eavesdropping on her calls

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/22/bp-execs-husband-gets-prison-for-insider-trading-off-eavesdropping.html

 

Deepfakes Rank as the Second Most Common Cybersecurity Incident for US Businesses

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/deepfakes-rank-as-the-second-most-common-cybersecurity-incident-for-us-businesses

 

Currency Reset: How do Gold & Silver PERFORM?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpNhXl714gk

 

Kronos Research hacker moves $3.7M to Tornado Cash after Ethereum price surge

https://cointelegraph.com/news/kronos-hacker-transfers-eth-tornado-cash

 

Proof of Censorship

https://dailyreckoning.com/proof-of-censorship/

 

Inferno Drainer resumes operations, claims $250 million stolen from crypto users

https://cryptoslate.com/inferno-drainer-resumes-operations-claims-250-million-stolen-from-crypto-users/

 

Critical Flaw in Replicate AI Platform Exposes Proprietary Data

https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/critical-flaw-in-replicate-ai-platform-exposes-customer-models-proprietary-data

 

Expect More Inflation No Matter Who Wins The Election

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/expect-more-inflation-no-matter-who-wins-election

 

Western Sydney University data breach exposed student data

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/western-sydney-university-data-breach-exposed-student-data/

 

Citi fined $78 million after a European trader's fat-finger trade caused a flash crash in stocks

https://www.businessinsider.com/citi-trader-fat-finger-flash-crash-trade-78-million-fine-2024-5

 

Hackers Sell Fake Pegasus Spyware on Clearnet and Dark Web

https://www.hackread.com/threat-actors-spoofing-pegasus-spyware-fake-code/

 

Chinese Hackers Hide on Military and Government Networks for Six Years

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unfading-sea-haze-hackers-hide-on-military-and-govt-networks-for-6-years

 

San Antonio Health Provider Hacked, 400K Patients Affected

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/05/17/centromed-computer-network-hacked-patients-personal-information-acquired-investigation-reveals/

 

First Nations Health Authority latest B.C. victim of cyberattack

https://globalnews.ca/news/10518052/first-nations-health-authority-cyber-attack/

 

Northern Ireland police faces £750k fine after exposing staff info

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/northern-ireland-police-faces-750k-fine-after-exposing-staff-info/

 

China APT Stole Geopolitical Secrets From Middle East, Africa & Asia

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-apt-stole-geopolitical-secrets-from-middle-east-africa-and-asia

 

Hack of a single multisig wallet could drain 12 Ethereum L2s of $121M

https://cointelegraph.com/news/single-multisig-wallet-hack-could-drain-dozen-ethereum-scalers

 

US hospital operator Ascension, which has ~140 hospitals, remains down indefinitely after a May 8 cyberattack, an eerily similar hack to Change Healthcare

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/health/cyberattack-ascension-hospitals-patient-data.html

 

New Bitcoin Token Protocol “Runes” Carries Potential Phishing Risk

https://www.hackread.com/bitcoin-token-protocol-runes-phishing-risk/

 

A look at the privacy and security concerns surrounding Microsoft's Recall, which will record everything users do in Windows for up to three months by default

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsofts-new-windows-11-recall-is-a-privacy-nightmare/

 

Hackers Breached Western Sydney University Microsoft 365 & Sharepoint Environments

https://gbhackers.com/hackers-breached-sydney-university/

 

Courtroom recording software compromised with backdoor installer

https://therecord.media/courtroom-recording-software-compromised-backdoor

 

Albany County investigates possible cyberattack on servers

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/albany-county-investigates-possible-cyberattack-19476770.php

 

Ransomware Hits Seafood Restaurant Chain Jumbo Group

https://www.theedgesingapore.com/news/cybersecurity/jumbo-group-suffers-ransomware-attack

 

Cyber attack on a television studio in Belgium

https://www.telepro.be/actu/tv/une-cyberattaque-perturbe-la-meteo-de-la-rtbf/

 

Cencora data breach exposes US patient info from 11 drug companies

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cencora-data-breach-exposes-us-patient-info-from-11-drug-companies/

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