News for October 13, 2024

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 12 Oct 2024


UN report: cyber crime syndicates raked in as much as $37B in 2023 and are growing in Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and across Southeast Asia despite police efforts
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-07/southeast-asia-s-cyber-gangs-took-37-billion-in-2023-un-says 

FBCS data breach impacted 238,000 Comcast customers
https://securityaffairs.com/169478/data-breach/fbcs-data-breach-impacted-238000-comcast-customers.html 

LEGO removes crypto scam from homepage after being hacked: Report
https://cointelegraph.com/news/lego-removes-crypto-token-scam-from-homepage 

Personal Information Compromised in Universal Music Data Breach
https://www.securityweek.com/personal-information-compromised-in-universal-music-data-breach/ 

Comcast and Truist Bank customers caught up in FBCS data breach
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/comcast-and-truist-bank-customers-caught-up-in-fbcs-data-breach/ 

New Gorilla Botnet Launches Over 300,000 DDoS Attacks Across 100 Countries
https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/new-gorilla-botnet-launches-over-300000.html 

US agency warns against crypto-hungry Trinity ransomware
https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-agency-warns-trinity-ransomware-targeting-institutions 

Pentagon's UFO Investigator Breaks 2 Year Silence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh7umwJln38 

LEGO's website hacked to push cryptocurrency scam
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/legos-website-hacked-to-push-cryptocurrency-scam/ 

SportQuake: crypto companies have spent a record of almost £130M on Premier League sponsorship deals for the 2024/25 season, buoyed by tighter gambling rules
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-07/crypto-sponsorship-of-premier-league-clubs-on-rise-kraken-okx-strike-deals 

Wallet drainer exits TON due to lack of ‘whales’, shifts focus to Bitcoin targets
https://cryptoslate.com/wallet-drainer-exits-ton-due-to-lack-of-whales-shifts-focus-to-bitcoin-targets/ 

Scope Technologies Completes Updates for Fully Encrypted, Quantum-Resilient, and Decentralized Cloud Storage
https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-october-7-scope-technologies-completes-updates-for-fully-encrypted-quantum-resilient-and-decentralized-cloud-storage/ 

BRICS Meeting 2024 - A Game Changer for GOLD? | Doomberg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQQKOgAyCOQ 

Kyiv's hackers launched an unprecedented cyber attack on Russian state media VGTRK on Putin's birthday
https://securityaffairs.com/169486/cyber-warfare-2/kyivs-hackers-hit-russian-state-media.html 

TAKE IT SERIOUS! The Collapse That Will Change A Generation - Chris Vermeulen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeGdLawBNi4 

Ukrainian pleads guilty to operating Raccoon Stealer malware
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukrainian-pleads-guilty-to-operating-raccoon-stealer-malware/ 

A real "fantasy console" for indie game developers and bedroom programmers.
https://www.clockworkpi.com/ 

HELENE ANOMALIES PTS 1,2: MORE THAN ONE WAY TO STEER A STORM? STANDING WAVES? AND THE WIERDNESS OF MILTON
https://gizadeathstar.com/2024/10/more-than-one-way-to-steer-a-storm/ 
https://gizadeathstar.com/2024/10/helene-anomalies-pt-2-standing-waves-and-the-wierdness-of-milton/ 

‘Cyber Pearl Harbor’ increasingly likely given the current threat landscape: Blackpanda
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/10/07/blackpanda-a-cyber-pearl-harbor-risk-is-very-likely.html 

The Impending Economic Meltdown w/Investor Legend Jim Rogers, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqbDbc1RCfg 

BUSINESS JOKES. TOP 12 FUNNY JOKES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFa_BcYZiWk 

China's Big Quantum Leap Will Destroy West’s Chip Industry & Change Tech World Forever!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0JtAGwgyWg 

Science inspired games, puzzles and quizzes
https://www.scientificamerican.com/games/ 

iPhone flaw could read your saved passwords out loud. Update now!
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/10/iphone-flaw-could-read-your-saved-passwords-out-loud-update-now 

Universal Music data breach impacted 680 individuals
https://securityaffairs.com/169502/data-breach/universal-music-group-data-breach.html 

A Gen Xer can't find a job after 1,000 applications
https://www.businessinsider.com/unemployment-cant-find-job-applications-six-figures-retirement-degree-remote-2024-10 

Critical Apache Avro SDK RCE flaw impacts Java applications
https://securityaffairs.com/169469/security/apache-avro-java-sdk-critical-flaw.html 

LemonDuck Malware Exploiting SMB Vulnerabilities To Attack Windwos Servers
https://gbhackers.com/lemonduck-smb-exploit/ 

Poland Now Has More Gold Reserves Than The UK
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/poland-now-has-more-gold-reserves-uk 

Casio reports IT systems failure after weekend network breach
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/casio-reports-it-systems-failure-after-weekend-network-breach/ 

Craig Hemke: All Bets Off for Gold, What to Watch for Silver, Miners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RhbRFqvXPc 

Cyberattack on American Water Shuts Down Customer Portal, Halts Billing
https://hackread.com/american-water-cyberattack-shuts-down-portal-billing/ 

Top 10 Most Viewed Beatles Songs on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zphqnjZm9JQ 

Vulnerable APIs and Bot Attacks Costing Businesses Up to $186 Billion Annually
https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/vulnerable-apis-and-bot-attacks-costing.html 

Man pleads guilty to stealing over $37 Million worth of cryptocurrency
https://securityaffairs.com/169447/cyber-crime/man-pleads-guilty-37-million-cryptocurrency-theft.html 

Socrates' Secret to EXPOSING Fools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFp6EKeTlOY 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SClxi3yYaI 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czLTxAHn1d0 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46CYtwXH_aE 

China’s Salt Typhoon Hacks AT&T and Verizon, Accessing Wiretap Data: Report
https://hackread.com/china-salt-typhoon-hacks-att-verizon-wiretap-data/ 

Likho Hackers Using MeshCentral For Remotely Managing Victim Systems
https://gbhackers.com/likho-apt-meshcentral-shift/ 

Musk PAC Offers $47 Bounty For Every Swing-State Voter Referred To Sign Petition
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/musk-pac-offers-47-bounty-every-swing-state-voter-referred-sign-petition 

Physical Security Firm ADT Hacked Again
https://www.securityweek.com/physical-security-firm-adt-hacked-again/ 

Epictetus’ Art of Winning in All Circumstances (Stoicism)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbYUmcczJsA 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMH8ehFwHk 

Microsoft: Creative Abuse of Cloud Files Bolsters BEC Attacks
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/microsoft-creative-abuse-cloud-files-bec-attacks 

Critical Automative 0-Day Flaws Let Attackers Gain Full Control Over Cars
https://gbhackers.com/automative-0-day-flaws-control-cars/ 

De-Dollarization: China Squeezes USD Debt By Guaranteeing RMB Bonds In The Global Markets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNuGmecGM6Y 

MoneyGram confirms hackers stole customer data in cyberattack
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/moneygram-confirms-hackers-stole-customer-data-in-cyberattack/ 

Costco’s gold bars fly off shelves as bullion prices hit records
https://financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/costco-gold-bars-bullion-prices-records 

Healthcare Organizations Warned of Trinity Ransomware Attacks
https://www.securityweek.com/healthcare-organizations-warned-of-trinity-ransomware-attacks/ 

Cyberattack Group 'Awaken Likho' Targets Russian Government with Advanced Tools
https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/cyberattack-group-awaken-likho-targets.html 

China Upgrades First Superconducting Quantum Computer Production Line
https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-october-8-scalable-parity-architecture-for-quantum-optimization-with-global-addressing-d-wave-offers-slas-for-leap-quantum-computing-cloud-service-china-upgrad/ 

Boney M 2024 MIX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ass8QLsK0 

Scammers Hit Florida Hurricane Victims with Fake FEMA Claims, Malware Files
https://hackread.com/scammers-florida-hurricane-victim-fake-fema-malware/ 

New Mamba 2FA bypass service targets Microsoft 365 accounts
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-mamba-2fa-bypass-service-targets-microsoft-365-accounts/ 

Bitcoin Creator Is Peter Todd, HBO Film Says
https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/09/0157238/bitcoin-creator-is-peter-todd-hbo-film-says 

Peter Todd shrugged off the idea and called the suggestion 'ludicrous'
https://financialpost.com/fp-finance/cryptocurrency/hbo-documentary-bitcoin-creator-canadian 

Scammers Clone Voice Of Congressional Candidate To Trick Dad Into Sending $35,000!
https://talker.news/2024/10/09/attorneys-voice-cloned-in-ai-scam-to-fool-dad-into-giving-35k/ 

Best Beatles Songs Collection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ZhYl11TpM 

Hackers Breached Japan Aerospace Company’s President Account
https://gbhackers.com/hackers-breached-japan-aerospace-company/ 

Why Manual Password Tracking Isn't Secure for Password Security
https://hackernoon.com/why-manual-password-tracking-isnt-secure-for-password-security 

Prepare For The Changing World Order | Ray Dalio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WxyFRuHzrc 

Researchers Uncover Major Security Vulnerabilities in Industrial MMS Protocol Libraries
https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/researchers-uncover-major-security.html 

Canada’s Hidden Bailout Just Started
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWX7xeumhJM 

AI girlfriend site breached, user fantasies stolen
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/10/ai-girlfriend-site-breached-user-fantasies-stolen 

Ancient Technologies Found on the Moon and Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXFitV6l-tY 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z14a8HSoe0A 

Crypto-stealing malware campaign infects 28,000 people
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/cryptocurrency/crypto-stealing-malware-campaign-infects-28-000-people/ 

Bitfinex deemed ‘sole victim’ eligible for recovery of $7.4 billion Bitcoin hack
https://cryptoslate.com/bitfinex-deemed-sole-victim-eligible-for-recovery-of-7-4-billion-bitcoin-hack/ 

Eviden Rolls Out Post-Quantum Cryptography HSMaaS to Address Emerging Threats
https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-october-9-multiverse-computing-selected-by-airbus-to-build-gesture-recognition-software-for-fighter-pilots-toyota-and-xanadu-collaborate-to-pioneer-qua/ 

New Crypto Trojan.AutoIt.1443 Hits 28,000 Users via Game Cheats, Office Tool
https://hackread.com/trojan-autoit-1443-hits-users-game-cheats-office-tool/ 

Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/internet-archive-hacked-data-breach-impacts-31-million-users/ 

Casio Hit by Major Cyberattack AGAIN
https://hackread.com/casio-hit-by-major-cyberattack-again/ 

Rewardy global radio app closes automatically due to hacking
https://www.publish0x.com/onlinemoneymaking/rewardy-global-radio-app-closes-automatically-due-to-hacking-xyqxpzv 

FBI Created a Crypto Token to Bait Pump-and-Dump Scammers
https://gizmodo.com/fbi-created-a-crypto-token-to-bait-pump-and-dump-scammers-2000510208 

DOJ proposes breakup and other big changes to end Google search monopoly
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/googles-ai-deals-could-hurt-its-search-monopoly-appeal-expert-says/ 

ShadowLogic Attack Targets AI Model Graphs to Create Codeless Backdoors
https://www.securityweek.com/shadowlogic-attack-targets-ai-model-graphs-to-create-codeless-backdoors/ 

An investigation details a $243M crypto heist in August 2024 where attackers used a phone-based social engineering attack on a user of Gemini's crypto exchange
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/lamborghini-carjackers-lured-by-243m-cyberheist/ 

Strange Sightings 2024!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et6aqaZqY_I 

Akira and Fog ransomware now exploit critical Veeam RCE flaw
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/akira-and-fog-ransomware-now-exploiting-critical-veeam-rce-flaw/ 

Hacked Robot Vacuums Across the U.S. Started Yelling Slurs
https://gizmodo.com/hacked-robot-vacuums-across-the-us-started-yelling-slurs-2000511013 

Researchers question AI’s ‘reasoning’ ability as models stumble on math problems with trivial changes
https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/11/researchers-question-ais-reasoning-ability-as-models-stumble-on-math-problems-with-trivial-changes/ 

1 bug, $50,000+ in bounties, how Zendesk intentionally left a backdoor in hundreds of Fortune 500 companies
https://gist.github.com/hackermondev/68ec8ed145fcee49d2f5e2b9d2cf2e52 

The Gold Bull Cycle Has Just Begun
https://dailyreckoning.com/the-gold-bull-cycle-has-just-begun/ 

Octo2 malware is targeting Android devices by disguising itself as popular apps like NordVPN and Google Chrome
https://hackread.com/octo2-malware-fake-nordvpn-chrome-apps-android-device/ 

Fidelity Data Breach Exposed the Personal Data of 77,000 Customers
https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/fidelity-data-breach-exposed-the-personal-data-of-77000-customers/ 

Cyber attack on a association of municipalities in Germany
https://www.elbe-heide.de/news/1/987561/nachrichten/eingeschr%C3%A4nkte-erreichbarkeit-der-verwaltung-der-verbandsgemeinde-elbe-heide.html 

Staying in Cash is Dangerous, Bonds Reckless, as Central Banks Work To Kill Money – Daniel Lacalle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUXH43A-0Hs 

Marriott settles with FTC, to pay $52 million over data breaches
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/marriott-settles-with-ftc-to-pay-52-million-over-data-breaches/ 

DDoS attack on municipalities in Belgium
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/de/2024/10/08/weitere-cyberangriffe-auf-websites-von-haefen-und-kommunalverwal/ 

Critical Mozilla Firefox Zero-Day Allows Code Execution
https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/critical-mozilla-firefox-zero-day-code-execution 

In Other News: Traffic Light Hacking, Ex-Uber CSO Appeal, Funding Plummets, NPD Bankruptcy
https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-traffic-light-hacking-ex-uber-cso-appeal-funding-plummets-npd-bankruptcy/ 

The BRICS' UNIT Will Mean End of Dollar Dominance But Won't Guarantee Sound Money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuIBhTbG8Tw 

Crypto whale loses $36M in major phishing scam causing DETH depeg
https://cryptoslate.com/crypto-whale-loses-36m-in-major-phishing-scam-causing-deth-depeg/ 

How Hybrid Password Attacks Work and How to Defend Against Them
https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/how-hybrid-password-attacks-work-and.html 

Feds want Bitfinex hacker ‘Razzlekhan’ jailed for 18 months
https://cointelegraph.com/news/feds-ask-18-months-jail-bitfinex-hacker-heather-morgan-razzlekhan 

How Can Crypto Enthusiasts Protect Themselves When Starting Staking?
https://hackernoon.com/how-can-crypto-enthusiasts-protect-themselves-when-starting-staking 

Is Now The Right Time To Buy Gold Coins?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-10-10/now-right-time-buy-gold-coins 

Inspired by Spider-Man, a lab recreates web-slinging technology
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241009215417.htm 

Google’s Sycamore Quantum Computer Chip Can Now Outperform the Fastest Supercomputers, New Study Suggests
https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-new-briefs-october-11-eviden-drives-quantum-adoption-with-installation-of-iqm-spark-quantum-computer-new-single-photon-detector-on-silicon-photonics-platform-charts-path-for-highly/ 

Threat Actor ProKYC Selling Tools To Bypass Two-Factor Authentication
https://gbhackers.com/prokyc-bypasses-2fa/ 

Are You A Part Of Them? - Theory Of Stupidity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IyzgMxuXOE 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym1WQK1WMSU 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl6QMARq_zQ 

Vivaldi vs Paganini: Clash of the Titans in Violin Mastery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpJX-GiLQdY 

 

 

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