News for November 17, 2024

News for November 17, 2024

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 16 Nov 2024


Hackers Use Excel Files to Deliver Remcos RAT Variant on Windows

https://hackread.com/hackers-use-excel-files-remcos-rat-variant-windows/

 

Microsoft investigates OneDrive issue causing macOS app freezes

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-investigates-onedrive-issue-causing-macos-app-freezes/

 

Threat Actors Allegedly Claim Leak of 489 Million Lines of Instagram Data

https://gbhackers.com/leak-of-instagram-data/

 

85% of India’s Industry Leaders Call for Major Investments in Quantum Computing

https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-november-11-singtel-expands-suite-of-quantum-safe-offerings-to-protect-enterprises-85-of-indias-industry-leaders-call-for-major-investments-in-quantum-computing/

 

INSANE Acrobatics In Women's Gymnastics

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zf56V22rURA

 

DeltaPrime exploited for $4.8M worth of ARB and AVAX tokens

https://cointelegraph.com/news/delta-prime-exploited-for-4-8-m-worth-of-arb-and-avax

 

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Polymarket Explained: How Blockchain Prediction Markets Are Shaping the Future of Forecasting

https://hackernoon.com/11-9-2024-newsletter

 

Microsoft Bookings Flaw Enables Account Hijacking and Impersonation

https://hackread.com/microsoft-bookings-flaw-account-hijack-impersonate/

 

A new fileless variant of Remcos RAT observed in the wild

https://securityaffairs.com/170791/security/a-new-fileless-variant-of-remcos-rat-phishing.html

 

Researchers Detailed Credential Abuse Cycle

https://gbhackers.com/credential-abuse-cycle-research-2/

 

Amazon confirms employee data breach after vendor hack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/amazon-confirms-employee-data-breach-after-vendor-hack/

 

FTX bankruptcy estate sues Anthony Scaramucci, FWD.us, others

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/09/ftx-bankruptcy-estate-sues-anthony-scaramucci-fwd-us-others/

 

Hackers now use ZIP file concatenation to evade detection

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-now-use-zip-file-concatenation-to-evade-detection/

 

New Android Malware SpyAgent Taking Screenshots Of User’s Devices

https://gbhackers.com/android-malware-spyagent-screenshots/

 

Is There New Evidence for a 9th Planet - Planet X?

https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/11/09/067233/is-there-new-evidence-for-a-9th-planet---planet-x

 

New GootLoader Campaign Targets Users Searching for Bengal Cat Laws in Australia

https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/new-gootloader-campaign-targets-users.html

 

FBI Warns US Organizations of Fake Emergency Data Requests Made by Cybercriminals

https://www.securityweek.com/fbi-warns-us-organizations-of-fake-emergency-data-requests-made-by-cybercriminals/

 

RIKEN, NTT, and Amplify Inc. Introduce General-Purpose Optical Quantum Computer

https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/11/11/riken-ntt-and-amplify-inc-introduce-general-purpose-quantum-computer/

 

30 Photos That Scientists Can't Explain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YJ0I9VVifM

 

Halliburton reports $35 million loss after ransomware attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/halliburton-reports-35-million-loss-after-ransomware-attack/

 

The Incredible Power of Quantum Memory

https://www.wired.com/story/quantum-memory-proves-exponentially-powerful/

 

Acrobatic

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_69YpZsqHqo

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ds-FIv3RAEg

 

Volt Typhoon rebuilds malware botnet following FBI disruption

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/volt-typhoon-rebuilds-malware-botnet-following-fbi-disruption/

 

Tor Network Suffers IP Spoofing Attack Via Non-Exit Relays

https://gbhackers.com/tor-network-suffers-ip-spoofing-attack-via-non-exit-relays/

 

Somebody Moved UK's Oldest Satellite, No-One Knows Who or Why

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/12/0159222/somebody-moved-uks-oldest-satellite-no-one-knows-who-or-why

 

Elon Musk's Starlink satellite falls to Earth

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/us-news/elon-musks-starlink-satellite-falls-34089969

 

HIBP notifies 57 million people of Hot Topic data breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hibp-notifies-57-million-people-of-hot-topic-data-breach/

 

Ymir ransomware, a new stealthy ransomware grow in the wild

https://securityaffairs.com/170814/malware/ymir-ransomware-analysis.html

 

Halliburton Optimistic Amid $35M Data Breach Loss

https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/halliburton-optimistic-35m-data-breach-losses

 

New England grocery stores, pharmacies impacted by cyber attack

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/11/11/new-england-grocery-stores-feeling-effects-of-cyber-attack/

 

Amazon Confirms Employee Data Breach Via Third-party Vendor

https://gbhackers.com/amazon-employee-data-breach/

 

New GitLoker-Linked GoIssue Tool Targets GitHub Users for Phishing

https://hackread.com/gitloker-goissue-tool-targets-github-phishing-users/

 

THE “RESURRECTION GAMBIT”

https://gizadeathstar.com/2024/11/the-resurrection-gambit/

 

North Korean hackers create Flutter apps to bypass macOS security

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-hackers-create-flutter-apps-to-bypass-macos-security/

 

A cyberattack on payment systems blocked cards readers across stores and gas stations in Israel

https://securityaffairs.com/170823/hacking/cyberattack-payment-systems-israel.html

 

Dell Enterprise SONiC Flaw Let Attackers Hijack the System

https://gbhackers.com/dell-enterprise-sonic-flaw/

 

The full list of major US companies slashing staff this year, including Goldman Sachs, Meta, and Chegg

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-full-list-of-major-us-companies-slashing-staff-this-year-including-goldman-sachs-meta-and-23andme/ss-AA1lUJ4J

 

Riken Team Helps Develop Optical Quantum Computer

https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-november-12-toshibas-commitment-to-a-quantum-safe-singapore-kudelski-iot-launches-quantum-resistant-security-ip-future-proofing-semiconductors-spectral-rele/

 

Analyst Recommends New Administration Addresses Quantum in First 100 Days

https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/11/12/analyst-recommends-new-administration-addresses-quantum-in-first-100-days/

 

DNA testing company vanishes along with its customers’ genetic data

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/11/dna-testing-company-vanishes-along-with-its-customers-genetic-data

 

Emmenhtal Loader Uses Scripts to Deliver Lumma and Other Malware

https://hackread.com/emmenhtal-loader-uses-scripts-deliver-lumma-malware/

 

Congress To Hold Another UFO/UAP Hearing

https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/11/13/0010214/congress-to-hold-another-ufouap-hearing

 

Phishing scam via fake Zoom link costs GIGA investor $6M

https://cointelegraph.com/news/phishing-attack-zoom-link-crypto-investor-loses-millions

 

A lot of web hosting companies have been closed in 2024

https://www.crunchbase.com/hub/closed-web-hosting-companies

 

Curve Goals That SHOCKED The World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdzY1f2P91k

 

Data Vigilante Leaks 8 Million Employee Records from Amazon, HP and Others

https://hackread.com/data-vigilante-employee-records-amazon-hp-others/

 

Nearly 216,000 job seekers had their personal data left unsecured on a tech recruiter's database, a security researcher says

https://www.businessinsider.com/security-breach-tech-job-seeker-database-alltech-consulting-personal-information-2024-10

 

A Drug Gang Stole 3 Tons of Gold in a Scam So Perfect It’s Still Going

https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/colombia-gold-mine-theft-gangs-china-0f556f2a?mod=hp_lead_pos7

 

D-Link won’t fix critical bug in 60,000 exposed EoL modems

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/d-link-wont-fix-critical-bug-in-60-000-exposed-eol-modems/

 

Immunefi suspends TrustSec amid bug bounty dispute

https://cointelegraph.com/news/immunefi-suspends-trustsec-over-bounty-payment-dispute

 

ATRC’s VentureOne Launches QuantumGate to Secure Data for the Quantum Era

https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-november-13-julich-leads-qsolid-quantum-prototype-toward-hybrid-hpc-integration-for-industry-research-skt-quantum-cryptography-chip-receives-verification-from-national/

 

IBM Says Qiskit Executes Complex Algorithms With Record Level of Scale, Speed And Accuracy

https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/11/13/ibm-says-qiskit-executes-complex-algorithms-with-record-level-of-scale-speed-and-accuracy/

 

Scientists Want to Teleport a Whole Human. A Quantum Breakthrough Could Make It Reality

https://gizadeathstar.com/2024/11/yes-but-who-is-being-teleported/

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a62776863/quantum-teleportation-breakthrough/

 

How Italy Became an Unexpected Spyware Hub

https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/11/13/1335242/how-italy-became-an-unexpected-spyware-hub

 

Consumers Are Drowning In Debt As Hordes Of Businesses Fail All Over The US

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/consumers-are-drowning-debt-hordes-businesses-fail-all-over-us

 

Lawyer allegedly hacked with spyware names NSO founders in lawsuit

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/13/lawyer-allegedly-hacked-with-spyware-names-nso-founders-in-lawsuit/

 

GOLD's SHOCKING Role in the Fed's New World Order | Tom Luongo

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

 

FBI confirms China-backed hackers breached US telecom giants to steal wiretap data

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/14/us-confirms-china-backed-hackers-breached-telecom-providers-to-steal-wiretap-data/

 

OpenAI, Google, & Anthropic Face Hurdles In Advancing AI Models

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/openai-google-anthropic-face-hurdles-advancing-ai-models-casting-doubt-near-term-agi

 

Leaked info of 122 million linked to B2B data aggregator breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/leaked-info-of-122-million-linked-to-b2b-data-aggregator-breach/

 

OpenText Cybersecurity Unveils 2024's Nastiest Malware

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/opentext-cybersecurity-unveils-2024-s-nastiest-malware

 

Silk Road Founder Trusts Trump To 'Honor His Pledge' For Commutation

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/silk-road-founder-trusts-trump-honor-his-pledge-commutation

 

Cyberattack against Alberta Innovates sparks investigation

https://calgaryherald.com/news/cyberattack-alberta-innovates-investigation

 

AMD to lay off 4% of workforce, or about 1,000 employees

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/13/amd-layoffs-company-to-4percent-of-workforce-or-about-1000-employees-.html

 

Lazarus Group Targets macOS with RustyAttr Trojan in Fake Job PDFs

https://hackread.com/lazarus-group-macos-rustyattr-trojan-fake-job-pdfs/

 

Unauthorized access at a electricity provider in Germany

https://www.heise.de/news/Stromanbieter-Tibber-gehackt-50-000-deutsche-Kunden-betroffen-10030864.html

 

The true (and surprising) cost of forgotten passwords

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-true-and-surprising-cost-of-forgotten-passwords/

 

Washington's Cybersecurity Storm of Complacency

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/washingtons-cybersecurity-storm-complacency

 

Chinese National Faces 20 Years of Jail Time for Laundering Millions in Crypto

https://gbhackers.com/chinese-national-faces-20-years-of-jail-time/

 

Two Men Charged For Hacking US Tax Preparation Firms

https://www.securityweek.com/two-men-charged-for-hacking-us-tax-preparation-firms/

 

Google Warns of Rising Cloaking Scams, AI-Driven Fraud, and Crypto Schemes

https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/google-warns-of-rising-cloaking-scams.html

 

Bengali man arrested in connection with $235M WazirX crypto heist

https://cointelegraph.com/news/delhi-police-arrest-wazirx-hacker-breach-investigation

 

NIST Releases Initial Public Draft of “Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards”

planqc to Build 1,000-Qubit Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer

https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-november-14-quantum-computing-inc-secures-first-order-for-tfln-photonic-chip-foundry-nist-releases-initial-public-draft-of-transition-to-post-quantum-cryptography-st/

 

IBM Boosts the Amount of Computation You Can Get Done On Quantum Hardware

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/11/14/018246/ibm-boosts-the-amount-of-computation-you-can-get-done-on-quantum-hardware

 

Google’s Gemini AI Chatbot Keeps Telling Users to Die

https://hackread.com/google-gemini-ai-chatbot-tells-users-to-die/

 

Americans Are Using the Dumbest Possible Passwords (2024 Edition)

https://gizmodo.com/americans-are-using-the-dumbest-possible-passwords-2024-edition-2000524147

 

A simple way to create unhackable passwords

https://www.publish0x.com/simple-solutions-to-complex-problems/a-simple-way-to-create-unhackable-passwords-xeenglp

 

COVID Roundup: $12 Million Jury Award For Fired Vaxx Refuser

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-11-13/covid-roundup-12-million-jury-award-fired-vaxx-refuser

 

US Accuses China of Vast Cyber-Espionage Against Telecoms

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-accuses-china-vast-cyber-212218531.html

 

Experts expect Trump to relax business cybersecurity rules, drop human rights concerns on spyware, and take an aggressive stance on US adversaries' cyber armies

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-administration-cybersecurity-policy-reversals/

 

Nearly half of AI data centers may not have enough power by 2027

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/14/nearly-half-of-ai-data-centers-may-not-have-enough-power-by-2027/

 

World's most common passwords remain alarmingly insecure, report finds

https://www.neowin.net/news/worlds-most-common-passwords-remain-alarmingly-insecure-report-finds/

 

A simple way to convert a weak password into 100 super strong passwords

https://www.publish0x.com/simple-solutions-to-complex-problems/a-simple-way-to-convert-a-weak-password-into-100-super-stron-xyexomw

 

Phison intros 'world's fastest' high-capacity 128TB SSD — Pascari D205V hits 3 million IOPS and 14,600 MB/s with PCIe 5.0

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/phison-intros-worlds-fastest-high-capacity-128tb-ssd-pascari-d205v-hits-3-million-iops-and-14-600-mb-s-with-pcie-5-0

 

Botnet exploits GeoVision zero-day to install Mirai malware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/botnet-exploits-geovision-zero-day-to-install-mirai-malware/

 

World heading toward a 'data doomsday' as demand outstrips energy supply, researchers warn

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-world-doomsday-demand-outstrips-energy.html

 

These 8 Apps on Google Play Store Contain Android/FakeApp Trojan

https://hackread.com/google-play-store-apps-android-fakeapp-trojan/

 

A Norwegian fisherman accidentally caught a US submarine in his nets

https://www.businessinsider.com/norway-fisherman-caught-uss-virginia-nuclear-powered-submarine-nets-tangled-2024-11

 

Chinese SilkSpecter Hackers Attacking Black Friday Shoppers

https://gbhackers.com/hackers-attacking-black-friday-shoppers/

 

A Bear Ate My Car - Wild Insurance Fraud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2UD5TCe1s4

 

8.8 Rated PostgreSQL Vulnerability Puts Databases at Risk

https://hackread.com/postgresql-vulnerability-puts-databases-at-risk/

 

NSO, Not Government Clients, Operates Its Spyware

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/15/2314234/nso-not-government-clients-operates-its-spyware

 

Study Reveals Why COVID-19 Vaccine Antibodies Wane Rapidly

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/study-reveals-why-covid-19-vaccine-antibodies-wane-rapidly

 

Fraud network uses 4,700 fake shopping sites to steal credit cards

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fraud-network-uses-4-700-fake-shopping-sites-to-steal-credit-cards/

 

Why AI won’t make you a better writer

https://venturebeat.com/ai/why-ai-wont-make-you-a-better-writer/

 

Australia To Make Big Tech Liable For Citizens' Online Safety

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/15/0114233/australia-to-make-big-tech-liable-for-citizens-online-safety

 

Microsoft Power Pages Misconfigurations Expose Millions of Records Globally

https://hackread.com/microsoft-power-pages-misconfigurations-data-leak/

 

Hungary confirms hack of defense procurement agency

https://therecord.media/hungary-defense-procurement-agency-hacked

 

"I Inherited MILLIONS AND IT RUINED MY LIFE..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgCy0-j999o

 

Cybercriminals Launch SEO Poisoning Attack to Lure Shoppers to Fake Online Stores

https://gbhackers.com/seo-poisoning-fake-sites/

 

BORON, FUSION, AND ANOTHER HISTORICAL ANOMALY

https://gizadeathstar.com/2024/11/boron-fusion-and-another-historical-anomaly/

 

Cyber attack on a city government in Germany

https://www.aschaffenburg.de/Aktuelles/Aktuelle-Meldungen/DE_index_4160_98157.html

 

"Why Are We Hiding It From The Public?" - Five Takeaways From Congressional UFO Hearing

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/five-takeaways-congressional-ufo-hearing

 

Glove Stealer Malware Bypasses Chrome’s App-Bound Encryption

https://www.securityweek.com/glove-stealer-malware-bypasses-chromes-app-bound-encryption/

 

NEW UFO VIDEOS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOK2OLoZ1AY

 

Cloud Ransomware Flexes Fresh Scripts Against Web Apps

https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/cloud-ransomware-scripts-web-applications

 

China-linked threat actors compromised multiple telecos and spied on a limited number of U.S. government officials

https://securityaffairs.com/170981/intelligence/china-linked-threat-actors-spied-on-u-s-gov-officials.html

 

Known Brand, Government Domains Hijacked via Sitting Ducks Attacks

https://www.securityweek.com/known-brand-government-domains-hijacked-via-sitting-ducks-attacks/

 

IBM Launches Its Most Advanced Quantum Computers

https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-november-15-scope-technologies-forms-strategic-alliance-with-global-care-innovations-bitlab-to-drive-advanced-ai-quantum-security-solutions-for-healthcare-across-north-america/

 

4M+ WordPress Websites to Attacks, Following Plugin Vulnerability

https://gbhackers.com/4m-wordpress-websites-to-attacks/

 

Forbidden Medical Cures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg-Ocr5hNLI

 

Vietnamese Hacker Group Deploys New PXA Stealer Targeting Europe and Asia

https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/vietnamese-hacker-group-deploys-new-pxa.html

 

Is the Government Suppressing Silver Prices for Military Use?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd2zEwca-lg

 

Keyboard robbers steal 171K customers' data from AnnieMac mortgage house

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/15/anniemac_data_breach/

 

Cybersecurity Flaws in US Drinking Water Systems Put 26 Million at Risk

https://hackread.com/cybersecurity-flaws-us-drinking-water-systems-risks/

 

Funny Video

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hPXnKl92zyI

 

T-Mobile confirms it was hacked in recent wave of telecom breaches

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/t-mobile-confirms-it-was-hacked-in-recent-wave-of-telecom-breaches/

 

Intel’s Principal Scientist Advises Q-Day Preparation

https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/10/31/intels-principal-scientist-advises-q-day-preparation/

 

 

 

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