News for September 1, 2024

News for September 1, 2024

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 31 Aug 2024


ARRL Pays $1 Million Ransom To Decrypt Their Systems After Attack

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/25/0232200/arrl-pays-1-million-ransom-to-decrypt-their-systems-after-attack

 

Microsoft’s Copilot falsely accuses court reporter of crimes he covered

https://www.osnews.com/story/140580/microsofts-copilot-falsely-accuses-court-reporter-of-crimes-he-covered/

 

Port of Seattle Hit by Cyberattack, Services & Websites Down

https://gbhackers.com/port-of-seattle-hit-by-cyberattack/

 

Chinese Hackers Breach US Internet Firms via Startup, Lumen Says

https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/08/27/1628230/chinese-hackers-breach-us-internet-firms-via-startup-lumen-says

 

31.5M invoices, contracts, patient consent forms, and more exposed to the internet

https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/26/31m_invoices_business_files_exposed/

 

A Revolutionary Quantum Compass Could Soon Make GPS-Free Navigation a Reality

https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/26/0119238/a-revolutionary-quantum-compass-could-soon-make-gps-free-navigation-a-reality

 

FlightAware Exposes Sensitive Personal Data Of Millions Of Users, Pilots, And Plane Owners

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/26/whoops-flightaware-exposes-sensitive-personal-data-of-millions-of-users-pilots-and-plane-owners/

 

Another Blow to Boeing: NASA Says SpaceX Will Bring Starliner Astronauts Home From ISS

https://gizmodo.com/another-blow-to-boeing-nasa-says-spacex-will-bring-starliner-astronauts-home-from-iss-2000490671

 

Major Backdoor In Millions of RFID Cards Allows Instant Cloning

https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/08/25/2236219/major-backdoor-in-millions-of-rfid-cards-allows-instant-cloning

 

Woman denied lottery jackpot after forgetting where she bought ticket

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-woman-denied-lottery-jackpot-after-forgetting-where-she-bought-ticket-1.7015109

 

Patelco Credit Union Ransomware Attack, Customers & Employees Data Stolen

https://gbhackers.com/patelco-credit-union-ransomware-attack/

 

Ex-billionaire John Foley says he lost all of his money and had to sell 'almost everything' after losing Peloton CEO job

https://www.businessinsider.com/peloton-john-foley-former-ceo-says-lost-all-money-2024-8

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/former-billionaire-john-foley-says-181933050.html

 

Linux market share approaching 4.5% for first time, could hit 5% by 1Q25

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-market-share-approaching-45-for-first-time-could-hit-5-by-1q25

 

This One Thing Will Destroy Investors; Your House Will be Taken Warns Bert Dohmen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imffuhW3LRM

 

Canada's Park'N Fly reveals data breach affecting 1 million customer files

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/park-n-fly-data-breach-canada-1.7305301

 

Hundreds of online stores hacked in new campaign

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/08/hundreds-of-online-stores-hacked-in-new-campaign

 

Goldman Sachs to Lay Off Over 1,300 Workers

https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/goldman-sachs-to-lay-off-over-1-300-workers-f1d92b88

 

Qantas mistakenly sells first-class flights at a massive discount

https://www.businessinsider.com/qantas-mistakenly-sells-first-class-flights-at-massive-discount-2024-8

 

Cheana Stealer Attacking Windows & macOS VPN Users to Deploy Malware Payloads

https://gbhackers.com/cheana-stealer-vpn-users/

 

TDECU Data Breach: 500,000+ Members Affected by MOVEit Exploit

https://hackread.com/tdecu-data-breach-by-moveit-exploit/

 

Something big (with a size of about 100 km and a speed of over 250 km/sec) hit the moon!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNk5x4cJcKc

 

Seattle-Tacoma Airport officials confirm cyberattack disrupted service, websites

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/sea-tac-airport-officials-say-cyberattack-disrupted-service-websites/

 

Patelco notifies 726,000 customers of ransomware data breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/patelco-notifies-726-000-customers-of-ransomware-data-breach/

 

The middle class's worst retirement fear

https://www.businessinsider.com/social-security-retirement-savings-middle-class-outlive-benefits-income-expenses-2024-8

 

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has fined Uber a record €290M

https://securityaffairs.com/167606/digital-id/dutch-dpa-fined-uber-e290m.html

 

PythonAnywhere Cloud Platform Abused for Hosting Ransomware

https://hackread.com/pythonanywhere-cloud-platform-abused-for-hosting-ransomware/

 

Hackers Claim to Have Stolen Top Secret Documents From the U.S. Marshals Service

https://gizmodo.com/hackers-claim-to-have-stolen-top-secret-documents-from-the-u-s-marshals-service-2000491162

 

We Are at the Melt-Up Stage and Reality Doesn't Matter Anymore | Lynette Zang

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

 

Hackers Use Rare Stealth Techniques to Down Asian Military, Gov't Orgs

https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/hackers-use-rare-stealth-techniques-to-down-asian-military-govt-orgs

 

Portugal Named Best Country For Americans To Relocate...

https://studyfinds.org/best-countries-for-americans-to-live-in/

 

Microsoft Copilot Prompt Injection Vulnerability Let Hackers Exfiltrate Sensitive Data

https://gbhackers.com/microsoft-copilot-prompt-vulnerability/

 

Japan to begin developing ZetaFLOPS-scale supercomputer in 2025

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/supercomputers/japan-to-begin-developing-the-first-zetaflops-scale-supercomputer-in-2025

 

Polygon Discord compromise hits Avalanche, ZKsync hours later

https://cointelegraph.com/news/polygon-discord-scam-hits-avalanche-zksync-hours-later

 

Iranian State Hackers Team Up with Ransomware Gangs in Attacks on US

https://hackread.com/iranian-state-hackers-ransomware-gangs-us-attacks/

 

China’s Volt Typhoon Hackers Caught Exploiting Zero-Day in Servers Used by ISPs, MSPs

https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-apt-volt-typhoon-caught-exploiting-versa-networks-sd-wan-zero-day/

 

Why has Japan been hit with rice shortages, soaring prices despite normal crops?

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240823/p2a/00m/0bu/024000c

 

BlackSuit ransomware stole data of 950,000 from software vendor

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/blacksuit-ransomware-stole-data-of-950-000-from-software-vendor/

 

Australian Regulators Decide To Do Absolutely Nothing About Clearview’s Privacy Law Violations

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/26/australian-regulators-decide-to-do-absolutely-nothing-about-clearviews-privacy-law-violations/

 

80% of #AI projects crash and burn! A new RANDCorporation report reveals the shocking reasons behind these failures.

https://x.com/salesforcedevop/status/1825576033426485391

 

Hackers Calling Employees to Steal VPN Credentials from US Firms

https://hackread.com/hackers-calling-employees-steal-us-vpn-credentials/

 

Human brain organoid bioprocessors now available to rent for $500 per month

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/human-brain-organoid-bioprocessors-now-available-to-rent-for-dollar500-per-month

 

Fujitsu and QIQB Achieve Quantum Advantage Advance, Cutting 5-Year Classical Computation to 10 Hours with 60,000 Qubits!!!

https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/08/28/fujitsu-and-qiqb-achieve-breakthrough-in-quantum-advantage-cutting-5-year-classical-computation-to-10-hours-with-60000-qubits/

 

New LummaC2 Malware Variant Uses PowerShell, Obfuscation to Steal Data

https://hackread.com/lummac2-malware-variant-powershell-obfuscation-steal-data/

 

Cybercrime and sabotage cost German firms $300 billion in past year

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cybercrime-sabotage-cost-german-firms-080224198.html

 

Quinn: Countdown To Crisis, Catastrophe, & Collapse

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/quinn-countdown-crisis-catastrophe-collapse

 

DICK’s Sporting Goods says confidential data exposed in cyberattack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dicks-sporting-goods-says-confidential-data-exposed-in-cyberattack/

 

Hyundai to double hybrid lineup amid slowdown in global EV demand

https://financialpost.com/transportation/autos/hyundai-double-hybrid-lineup-ev-slowdown

 

US offers $2.5M reward for Belarusian man involved in mass malware distribution

https://securityaffairs.com/167684/cyber-crime/belarusian-man-mass-malware-distribution.html

 

32 Million Sensitive Records Exposed From Service Management Provider

https://gbhackers.com/32m-records-exposed-servicebridge/

 

The American Dream Feels Out of Reach for Most

https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/american-dream-poll-us-economy-e5ddf640

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/09/american-dream-is-out-of-reach-survey-says-how-people-define-success-now.html

 

Malware Delivered via Malicious Pidgin Plugin, Signal Fork

https://www.securityweek.com/malware-delivered-via-malicious-pidgin-plugin-signal-fork/

 

APT-C-60 Group Exploit WPS Office Flaw to Deploy SpyGlace Backdoor

https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/apt-c-60-group-exploit-wps-office-flaw.html

 

Juniper Networks partners with Quantum Bridge Technologies to advance industry-first quantum-safe networking solutions

https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-august-28-juniper-networks-partners-with-quantum-bridge-technologies-to-advance-industry-first-quantum-safe-networking-solutions-psiquantum-plans-to-eventually-build-a-m/

 

California water district computer hacked, preventing customers from making phone payments

https://www.dailybulletin.com/2024/08/27/ie-water-district-computer-hacked-preventing-customers-from-making-phone-payments/

 

PSA: These ‘Microsoft Support’ ploys may just fool you

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/scams/2024/08/psa-these-microsoft-support-ploys-may-just-fool-you

 

Fake Canva home page leads to browser lock

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/scams/2024/08/fake-canva-home-page-leads-to-browser-lock

 

Ontario woman's $7 taxi ride cost her nearly $7,500 instead

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-woman-s-7-taxi-ride-cost-her-nearly-7-500-instead-1.7016530

 

BlackByte Ransomware Exploits New VMware Flaw in VPN-Based Attacks

https://hackread.com/blackbyte-ransomware-vmware-flaw-vpn-based-attacks/

 

Dick's Sporting Goods hit by cyberattack

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/dicks-sporting-goods-hit-cyberattack

 

Famous influencers are dropping like flies: Why?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwCG-3H4zEM

 

Millions lost as Mbappé’s hacked account promotes $460M crypto scam

https://cointelegraph.com/news/trader-loses-1-million-fake-mbappe-token-scam

 

Russian Hackers Exploit Safari and Chrome Flaws in High-Profile Cyberattack

https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/russian-hackers-exploit-safari-and.html

 

Cyber attack on a political party in Germany

https://www.cicero.de/innenpolitik/correctiv-liegen-interne-daten-vor-cyberangriff-auf-bundnis-sahra-wagenknecht

 

California water district computer hacked

https://www.dailybulletin.com/2024/08/27/ie-water-district-computer-hacked-preventing-customers-from-making-phone-payments/

 

Cyberattack on the website a zoo in Ireland

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0828/1467216-fota-wildlife-park-cyberattack/

 

Crypto scammers ditch Ponzi schemes for emotionally manipulative scams, says Chainalysis

https://cryptoslate.com/crypto-scammers-ditch-ponzi-schemes-for-emotionally-manipulative-scams-says-chainalysis/

 

Iran's 'Fox Kitten' Group Aids Ransomware Attacks on US Targets

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/irans-fox-kitten-group-aids-ransomware-attacks-on-us-targets

 

Aging in poverty: 3 baby boomers share the loneliness of being low-income

https://www.businessinsider.com/boomers-living-social-security-government-aid-snap-loneliness-crisis-isolation-2024-8

 

Corona Mirai botnet spreads via AVTECH CCTV zero-day

https://securityaffairs.com/167764/malware/corona-mirai-botnet-avtech-cctv-zero-day.html

 

Bank of America Being “Set-Up” to Fail in Next Financial Crisis as Buffett Sells $1B Worth of Stock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIN5G_2e6h4

 

Critical Vulnerability in Perl Module Installer Let Attackers Intercept Traffic

https://gbhackers.com/vulnerability-perl-module-installer/

 

Vietnamese Human Rights Group Targeted in Multi-Year Cyberattack by APT32

https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/vietnamese-human-rights-group-targeted.html

 

"Markets Are NOT Priced For Slowing Earnings" | Lance Roberts & Adam Taggart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1BjSodDahQ

 

Powerful Spyware Exploits Enable a New String of ‘Watering Hole’ Attacks

https://www.wired.com/story/russia-cozy-bear-watering-hole-attacks/

 

Food As MEDICINE: Surprising Ways to Drastically HEAL DISEASE, with Dr. Andrew Weil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syqrp2kngNs

 

New Voldemort Malware Uses Google Sheets to Target Key Sectors Globally

https://hackread.com/voldemort-malware-uses-google-sheets-target-sectors

 

Toronto school board confirms students’ info stolen as LockBit claims breach

https://therecord.media/toronto-school-district-board-ransomware

 

.NET-based Snake Keylogger Attack Windows Using Weaponized Excel Documents

https://gbhackers.com/net-based-snake-keylogger-attack/

 

Iranian cybercriminals are targeting WhatsApp users in spear phishing campaign

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/08/iranian-cybercriminals-are-targeting-whatsapp-users-in-spear-phishing-campaign

 

The True Meaning of “Woke”

https://dailyreckoning.com/the-true-meaning-of-woke/

 

Cyberattackers Exploit Google Sheets for Malware Control in Likely Espionage Campaign

https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/cyberattackers-exploit-google-sheets.html

 

City of Columbus sues man after he discloses severity of ransomware attack

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/city-of-columbus-sues-man-after-he-discloses-severity-of-ransomware-attack/

 

Ancient humans built a bridge inside a cave on Mallorca nearly 6,000 years ago

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/30/science/ancient-submerged-cave-bridge-mallorca/index.html

 

Malware Infiltrates Pidgin Messenger's Official Plugin Repository

https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/2047211/malware-infiltrates-pidgin-messengers-official-plugin-repository

 

Crypto hacks surpass $1.2B in 2024, Celsius repays $2.5B: Finance Redefined

https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-hacks-surpass-1-2-billion-finance-redefined

 

Year-Long Malware Campaign Exploits NPM to Attack Roblox Developers

https://hackread.com/malware-exploits-npm-attack-roblox-developers/

 

Target is selling Lenovo laptops for $150, with a catch

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/lenovo-ideapad-slim-3-chromebook-deal-target-august-2024/

 

A simple way to run a public DPG on mobile devices (+FREE mobile apps)

https://www.publish0x.com/simple-solutions-to-complex-problems/a-simple-way-to-run-a-public-dpg-on-mobile-devices-xwvdqpg

 

Travly lets travelers submit videos for a chance to earn a 5% commission from hotel bookings

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/25/travly-social-discovery-booking-platform-travel-influencers/

 

 

P.S. For those who want to have a list of annotations, here is a link to an article on how to do it with ChatGPT and Zapier

https://zapier.com/blog/how-to-use-chatgpt-to-summarize-an-article/

 

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