News for October 20, 2024

News for October 20, 2024

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 19 Oct 2024


Teraleak: Pokémon Developer Game Freak Hacked; Decades of Data Leaked

https://hackread.com/teraleak-pokemon-developer-game-freak-hacked-data-leak/

 

Iranian hackers now exploit Windows flaw to elevate privileges

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oilrig-hackers-now-exploit-windows-flaw-to-elevate-privileges/

 

Markets Overvalued by 150% as Dishonest Metrics Hide the Coming 'Catastrophic' Collapse: Dave Collum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ek8sfpwTpQ

 

Marriott & Starwood Face $52M Settlement After Security Breaches

https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/marriot-starwood-52m-settlement-security-breaches

 

Teenage social media use strongly linked to anxiety and depression

https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/social-media-teen-mental-health-a-parents-guide#:~:text=According%20to%20a%20research%20study,including%20depression%20and%20anxiety%20symptoms.

 

Dutch police dismantled dual dark web market ‘Bohemia/Cannabia’

https://securityaffairs.com/169743/cyber-crime/dutch-police-dismantled-dark-web-market-bohemia-cannabia.html

 

pac4j Java Framework Vulnerable to RCE Attacks

https://gbhackers.com/pac4j-java-framework-vulnerable/

 

Remote viewing secrets: a handbook Joseph McMoneagle

https://rexresearch1.com/RemoteViewingLibrary/MoneagleRemoteviewingsecrets.pdf

 

Gryphon Healthcare and Tri-City Medical Center have disclosed data breaches collectively impacting over 500,000 individuals

https://www.securityweek.com/gryphon-healthcare-tri-city-medical-center-disclose-significant-data-breaches/

 

Supply Chain Attacks Can Exploit Entry Points in Python, npm, and Open-Source Ecosystems

https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/supply-chain-attacks-exploit-entry.html

 

Modern TVs have “unprecedented capabilities for surveillance and manipulation,” group reveals

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/personal/2024/10/modern-tvs-equipped-with-unprecedented-capabilities-for-surveillance-and-manipulation-group-reveals

 

Pilot Caught A Flying UFO , What Happened Next Is Terrifying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_O3S3zWHI

 

Critical Veeam Vulnerability Exploited to Spread Akira and Fog Ransomware

https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/critical-veeam-vulnerability-exploited.html

 

China to Launch New Quantum Communications Satellites

https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-october-14-zapata-ai-to-cease-operations-terminates-all-employees-china-to-launch-new-quantum-communications-satellites-in-2025-qunova-becomes-first-to-achiev/

 

How to Scrape Data from an E-Commerce Website: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners

https://medium.com/@ahmadmukhtar2001/how-to-scrape-data-from-an-e-commerce-website-the-ultimate-guide-for-beginners-7d54e47adce3

 

Thousands of Fortinet instances vulnerable to actively exploited flaw

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/14/fortinet_vulnerability/

 

UCLA professor says he’s homeless due to low pay

https://www.kron4.com/news/california/ucla-professor-says-hes-homeless-due-to-low-pay/

 

America First Policy Institute, a Group Advising Trump, Says Its Systems Were Breached

https://www.securityweek.com/america-first-policy-institute-a-group-advising-trump-says-its-systems-were-breached/

 

Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/drones-military-pentagon-defense-331871f4

 

OilRig Exploits Windows Kernel Flaw in Espionage Campaign Targeting UAE and Gulf

https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/oilrig-exploits-windows-kernel-flaw-in.html

 

Gold's Importance as Reserve Asset Is Making a Major Comeback

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ITFJseyPc

 

Recent Firefox Zero-Day Exploited Against Tor Browser Users

https://www.securityweek.com/recent-firefox-zero-day-exploited-against-tor-browser-users/

 

"Housing Crisis & Rising Costs Will Only Get Worse!" - How We're Destroying America | Peter Schiff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAyir921HyE

 

Zero-day Flaws Exposed EV Chargers to Shutdowns and Data Theft

https://hackread.com/zero-day-flaws-ev-chargers-to-shutdowns-data-theft/

 

National Public Data, the hacked data broker that lost millions of Social Security numbers and more, files for bankruptcy

https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/14/national-public-data-the-hacked-data-broker-that-lost-millions-of-social-security-numbers-and-more-files-for-bankruptcy/

 

BRICS Payments System To Purge USD Threat

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

 

Publishers face 20% game revenue reduction if Denuvo DRM is cracked quickly, according to new study

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/publishers-face-20-percent-game-revenue-reduction-if-denuvo-drm-is-cracked-quickly-according-to-new-study

 

Over 200 malicious apps on Google Play downloaded millions of times

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-200-malicious-apps-on-google-play-downloaded-millions-of-times/

 

Global public debt to pass $100tn this year

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2024/oct/15/uk-wage-growth-slows-unemployment-pound-ftse-imf-business-live#:~:text=Global%20public%20debt%20to%20pass%20%24100tn%20this%20year%2C%20warns%20IMF,-Global%20public%20debt&text=Global%20public%20debt%20is%20very,that%20is%2C%20before%20the%20pandemic.

 

Microsoft says governments should bear the responsibility for dealing with cybercrime

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/15/microsoft_digital_defense_report/

 

New Malware Campaign Uses PureCrypter Loader to Deliver DarkVision RAT

https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/new-malware-campaign-uses-purecrypter.html

 

Categorizing How Distributed Databases Utilize Consensus Algorithms

https://medium.com/@adamprout/categorizing-how-distributed-databases-utilize-consensus-algorithms-492c8ff9e916

 

This influencer was scammed out of thousands in crypto — and has a tip to help you avoid fraud

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/15/influencer-scammed-out-of-thousands-in-crypto-has-a-tip-to-avoid-scams.html

 

New Interface Uses Light to Scale Up Quantum Computers

https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-october-15-new-interface-uses-light-to-scale-up-quantum-computers-usheffield-chooses-oxford-instruments-nanoscience-equipment-for-1m-ultra-low-temperature-facility/

 

New Telekopye Scam Toolkit Targeting Booking.com and Airbnb Users

https://hackread.com/telekopye-scam-toolkit-hit-booking-com-airbnb-users/

 

For AI, secrecy often does not improve security

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-ai-secrecy.html

 

131 Magic Tricks for Amateurs

https://rexresearch1.com/MagicTricksLibrary/131MagicTricksforAmateurs.pdf

 

WordPress Jetpack plugin critical flaw impacts 27 million sites

https://securityaffairs.com/169848/uncategorized/wordpress-jetpack-plugin-critical-flaw.html

 

Passwords have problems, but passkeys have more

https://world.hey.com/dhh/passwords-have-problems-but-passkeys-have-more-95285df9

https://www.publish0x.com/simple-solutions-to-complex-problems/a-simple-way-to-understand-risks-and-dangers-of-passkeys-and-xwvqven

 

Reset Coming: Is BRICS the Trigger? Andy Schectman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K6tTaqPXXk

 

New FASTCash malware Linux variant helps steal money from ATMs

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-fastcash-malware-linux-variant-helps-steal-money-from-atms/

 

TANGO: Gianpiero Galdi & Lorena Tarantino

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

 

Hackers Allegedly Selling Data Stolen from Cisco

https://gbhackers.com/hackers-allegedly-selling-data-stolen-from-cisco/

 

Brazil arrests USDoD hacker tied to FBI, National Public Data breaches

https://hackread.com/brazil-arrest-usdod-hacker-fbi-national-public-data-breach/

 

Malicious ads exploited Internet Explorer zero day to drop malware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-ads-exploited-internet-explorer-zero-day-to-drop-malware/

 

TrickMo Banking Trojan Can Now Capture Android PINs and Unlock Patterns

https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/trickmo-banking-trojan-can-now-capture.html

 

Election season raises fears for nearly a third of people who worry their vote could be leaked

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/personal/2024/10/election-season-raises-fears-for-nearly-a-third-of-people-who-worry-their-vote-could-be-leaked

 

US Charges Duo Behind Anonymous Sudan for Over 35,000 DDoS Attacks

https://hackread.com/us-charges-anonymous-sudan-35000-ddos-attacks/

 

Europe Is Plunging and the U.S. Economy Is Next

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZmJ1N2fcdU

 

Why The Fed Is Creating A Financial Time Bomb | Christian Vartian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TCwhUg4WuM

 

AI bots easily bypass some social media safeguards, study reveals

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-ai-bots-easily-bypass-social.html

 

North Korean Hackers Deploy Linux FASTCash Malware for ATM Cashouts

https://hackread.com/north-korean-hackers-linux-fastcash-malware-atm-cashouts/

 

Spain’s Shocking Alliance with China: Europe Never Saw This Coming!

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

 

Understand these seven password attacks and how to stop them

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/understand-these-seven-password-attacks-and-how-to-stop-them/

https://www.publish0x.com/simple-solutions-to-complex-problems/a-simple-way-to-solve-password-reuse-credential-stuffing-and-xdkynej

 

Amazon Joins Push For Nuclear Power To Meet Data Center Demand

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/10/16/144210/amazon-joins-push-for-nuclear-power-to-meet-data-center-demand

 

Authorities Seize Dark Web Marketplaces Sipulitie and Tsätti

https://hackread.com/authorities-seize-dark-web-marketplaces-sipulitie-tsatti/

 

Before His Death, Apollo 11's 'Third Astronaut' Michael Collins FINALLY Admitted It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofB9_JGxdwg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNkmhY_ju8o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eHK3q9s11E

 

IQM Selected to Deliver Two Advanced Quantum Computers as Part of Euro-Q-Exa Hybrid System

https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-october-16-parityqc-uofinnsbruck-discover-most-efficient-implementation-of-the-quantum-fourier-transform-iqm-selected-to-deliver-two-advanced-quantum-computers-as-par/

 

Internet researchers reach beyond academia to close major security loophole

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-internet-academia-major-loophole.html

 

Personal information for more than 115,000 Texans leaked in DPS data breach

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2024/10/16/503095/personal-information-for-more-than-115000-texans-leaked-in-dps-data-breach/

 

SideWinder APT Strikes Middle East and Africa With Stealthy Multi-Stage Attack

https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/sidewinder-apt-strikes-middle-east-and.html

 

Cyber attack on a hospital operator in Germany

https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/154959/Cyberangriff-auf-ueberregionalen-Krankenhausbetreiber

 

Is the cost of having kids too high?

https://financialpost.com/personal-finance/debt/cost-having-kids-too-high-tips-frugal-child-rearing

 

Iranian hackers act as brokers selling critical infrastructure access

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/iranian-hackers-act-as-brokers-selling-critical-infrastructure-access/

 

Radiant Capital halts lending after exploit

https://cointelegraph.com/news/radiant-capital-pauses-contracts-exploit-fears

 

Commercial laundry giant reports data breach

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/alliance-laundry-systems-provides-6700521/

 

Market 'Panic' Warning! | E.B. Tucker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbvf6slP6Pw

 

Bad Actors Manipulate Red-Team Tools to Evade Detection

https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/bad-actors-manipulate-red-team-tools-evade-detection

 

A critical flaw in Kubernetes Image Builder could allow attackers to gain root access

https://securityaffairs.com/169919/security/kubernetes-image-builder-critical-flaw.html

 

Authorities Indicted Two Anonymous Sudan Hackers Over Cyberattacks

https://gbhackers.com/sudan-hackers-over-cyberattacks/

 

Researchers Uncover Cicada3301 Ransomware Operations and Its Affiliate Program

https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/cross-platform-cicada3301-ransomware.html

 

Iranian Hackers Use Brute Force in Critical Infrastructure Attacks

https://www.securityweek.com/iranian-hackers-use-brute-force-in-critical-infrastructure-attacks/

 

23andMe will retain your genetic information, even if you delete the account

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/10/23andme-will-retain-your-genetic-information-even-if-you-delete-the-account

 

VMware HCX Platform Vulnerable to SQL Injection Attacks

https://gbhackers.com/vmware-hcx-platform-vulnerable/

 

Apple researchers suggest artificial intelligence is still mostly an illusion

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-apple-artificial-intelligence-illusion.html

 

Crypto security firm mistakenly shares drainer link to ‘help’ Radiant hack victims

https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-security-firm-ancilia-shares-drainer-link-radiant-hack

 

DeFi protocol Radiant Capital loses $48 million in second exploit this year

https://cryptoslate.com/defi-protocol-radiant-capital-loses-48-million-in-second-exploit-this-year/

 

200-Foot UFO Seen in 13 Places in One Night | Close Encounters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-72CS8zwfXE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RIhWXLQh0M

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

 

A tough new EU cyber law is off to a messy start, with many countries failing to adopt the rules

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/17/nis2-most-eu-countries-miss-deadline-to-meet-new-cybersecurity-rules.html

 

Robot Vacuums That Collect Photos, Videos And Audio Of Users To Train AI Models Start Yelling Obscenities And Chasing Dogs

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/15/robot-vacuum-with-remote-access-flaw-is-collecting-photos-videos-and-audio-of-users-to-train-companys-ai-models/

 

CorPower promises to pull wave energy out from the depths and into the mainstream

https://thenextweb.com/news/has-wave-energy-finally-found-its-golden-buoy

 

Deepfake lovers swindle victims out of $46M in Hong Kong AI scam

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/deepfake-lovers-swindle-victims-out-of-46m-in-hong-kong-ai-scam/

 

51% have changed their spending behaviour to make ends meet and save money, survey says

https://financialpost.com/news/economy/canadians-eating-less-sharing-expenses-rising-cost-living

 

China Cyber Association Calls For Review of Intel Products Sold In China

https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/10/17/0014234/china-cyber-association-calls-for-review-of-intel-products-sold-in-china

 

TANGO: Dmitry & Esmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvnei5JKGVs

 

Cisco takes DevHub portal offline after hacker publishes stolen data

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-takes-devhub-portal-offline-after-hacker-publishes-stolen-data/

 

Spectre flaws continue to haunt Intel and AMD as researchers find fresh attack method

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/18/spectre_problems_continue_amd_intel/

 

Did CDC Officials Mislead The Public About COVID Vaccine Efficacy? Rep. Massie Says "Yes"

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/did-cdc-officials-mislead-public-about-covid-vaccine-efficacy-rep-massie-says-yes

 

CALEA Hack Proves Dangers Of Government-Mandated Backdoors

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/16/wyden-calea-hack-proves-dangers-of-government-mandated-backdoors/

 

Engineers develop new method for ultra-clean biofuel combustion

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-method-ultra-biofuel-combustion.html

 

Is China’s $19 Trillion Crisis a Global Time Bomb? | Michael Nicoletos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEt_4yzd56I

 

Product Security Bad Practices

https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/product-security-bad-practices

 

Casio says ‘no prospect of recovery yet’ after ransomware attack

https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/17/casio-says-no-prospect-of-recovery-yet-after-ransomware-attack/

 

Hacker Charged With Seeking to Kill Using Cyberattacks on Hospitals

https://www.wired.com/story/anonymous-sudan-ddos-indictment-takedown/

 

Engineers set new record on how fast data can be sent wirelessly

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-10-fast-wirelessly.html

 

FBI arrests Alabama man for SEC X hack that spiked price of bitcoin

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/17/sec-hack-bitcoin-price-fbi-arrest-man.html

 

ClickFix Attack: Fake Google Meet Alerts Install Malware on Windows, macOS

https://hackread.com/clickfix-fake-google-meet-alerts-windows-macos-malware/

 

Tech giant Nidec confirms data breach following ransomware attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tech-giant-nidec-confirms-data-breach-following-ransomware-attack/

 

BianLian ransomware claims attack on Boston Children's Health Physicians

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bianlian-ransomware-claims-attack-on-boston-childrens-health-physicians/

 

SolarWinds Web Help Desk Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution

https://gbhackers.com/solarwinds-web-help-desk-vulnerability/

  EigenLayer X account compromised, shares malicious airdrop link

https://cointelegraph.com/news/eigenlayer-x-account-compromised-malicious-airdrop-link

 

macOS HM Surf flaw in TCC allows bypass Safari privacy settings

https://securityaffairs.com/169945/security/macos-hm-surf-flaw-tcc-bypass-safari-privacy-settings.html

 

Microsoft creates fake Azure tenants to pull phishers into honeypots

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-creates-fake-azure-tenants-to-pull-phishers-into-honeypots/

 

In Other News: China Making Big Claims, ConfusedPilot AI Attack, Microsoft Security Log Issues

https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-china-making-big-claims-confusedpilot-ai-attack-microsoft-security-log-issues/

 

Fake North Korean IT Workers Infiltrate Western Firms, Demand Ransom

https://hackread.com/fake-north-korean-it-workers-west-firms-demand-ransom/

 

Historic bitcoin theft tied to Connecticut kidnapping, luxury cars, $500K bar bills

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/17/cryptocurrency-theft-google-kidnapping-lamborghi-bar-.html

 

What is a vampire attack in crypto?

https://cointelegraph.com/explained/what-is-a-vampire-attack-in-crypto

 

Hackers blackmail Globe Life after stealing customer data

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-blackmail-globe-life-after-stealing-customer-data/

 

Hacker Arrested for Invading Computers & Selling Police Data

https://gbhackers.com/hacker-arrested-for-invading-computers/

 

Radiant Capital teams with US law enforcement after $50M DeFi hack

https://cryptoslate.com/radiant-capital-teams-with-us-law-enforcement-after-50m-defi-hack/

 

Taiwanese Researchers Unveil World’s Smallest Single-Photon Quantum Computer

https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-october-18-quantum-computing-inc-receives-award-to-support-nasa-in-quantum-sensing-solutions-for-lidar-missions-cyber-officials-cite-legacy-systems-as-post-quantum-rea/

 

ESET partner breached

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/eset-partner-breached-to-send-data-wipers-to-israeli-orgs/

 

The government is getting fed up with ransomware payments fueling endless cycle of cyberattacks

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/18/that-must-end-government-urges-new-thinking-on-ransomware-payments.html

 

Iranian Hackers Target Microsoft 365, Citrix Systems with MFA Push

https://hackread.com/iranian-hackers-target-microsoft-365-mfa-push-bombing/

 

Gmail Users Warned About New Account Takeover Scam: Here's What To Look For

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/gmail-users-warned-about-new-account-takeover-scam-heres-what-look

 

Google Scholar has a 'verified email' for Sir Isaac Newton

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-scholar-has-a-verified-email-for-sir-isaac-newton/

 

TANGO: ZOTTO & DAIANA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRP2_IzQlsQ

 

 

 

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