News for September 8, 2024

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 7 Sep 2024


Novel attack on Windows spotted in phishing campaign run from and targeting China

https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/02/securonix_china_slowtempest_campaign/

 

Cyber attack on a hospital operator in Germany

https://presse-augsburg.de/it-blockiert-wertachkliniken-bobingen-und-schwabmuenchen-melden-cyberangriff/969166/

 

Researchers create all-perovskite tandem solar cell with record efficiency

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-perovskite-tandem-solar-cell-efficiency.html

 

Ransomware Gangs Pummel Southeast Asia

https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ransomware-gangs-pummel-southeast-asia

 

AI is actually increasing our workload

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/careers/article-ai-is-actually-increasing-our-workload/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41055631

 

Global Phishing Scam Hits Canadian Pizza Chains for Credit Card Data

https://hackread.com/phishing-scam-canadian-pizza-chains-credit-card-data/

 

RansomHub Ransomware Group Targets 210 Victims Across Critical Sectors

https://thehackernews.com/2024/09/ransomhub-ransomware-group-targets-210.html

 

LOOKS LIKE HUGE SPHERE SUCKING PLASMA FROM SUN!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps5i3ft93YM

 

A new variant of Cicada ransomware targets VMware ESXi systems

https://securityaffairs.com/167897/cyber-crime/a-new-variant-of-cicada-ransomware-targets-vmware-esxi-systems.html

 

Crypto losses to hacks exceed $313M in August

https://cointelegraph.com/news/313-million-crypto-lost-hacks-august

 

A deepfake porn crisis has hit 500+ South Korean schools, as police investigate crime rings targeting two major universities and consider a probe into Telegram

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpdlpj9zn9go

 

New Eucleak attack lets threat actors clone YubiKey FIDO keys

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-eucleak-attack-lets-threat-actors-clone-yubikey-fido-keys/

 

A giant hole in Siberia is visible from space and growing rapidly. It might reveal hints about our planet's future.

https://www.aol.com/giant-hole-siberia-visible-space-154247647.html

 

Tracelo Location Tracker Data Breach: 1.4 Million Users’ Data Dumped

https://hackread.com/tracelo-location-tracker-data-breach-user-records-leak/

 

"The Crash Will Be WORSE Than 2008..." — Peter Schiff’s Last WARNING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uiv7AJdR38

 

Hackers inject malicious JS in Cisco store to steal credit cards, credentials

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-inject-malicious-js-in-cisco-store-to-steal-credit-cards-credentials/

 

WazirX hacker moves $6.5M in crypto to Tornado Cash

https://cointelegraph.com/news/wazirx-hacker-moves-6m-crypto-tornado-cash

 

Huge fireball sparks panic as it streaks over 13 states -- but what was it?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13799709/kentucky-fireball-sky-footage-panic.html

 

Revival Hijack supply-chain attack threatens 22,000 PyPI packages

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/revival-hijack-supply-chain-attack-threatens-22-000-pypi-packages/

 

Phishing scams dominate August’s $300M crypto losses – report

https://cryptoslate.com/phishing-scams-dominate-augusts-300m-crypto-losses-report/

 

These 10 restaurant chains filed for bankruptcy this year

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/01/restaurant-chains-that-filed-for-bankruptcy-this-year.html

 

Hacker Leaks Data of 390 Million Users from VK, a Russian Social Network

https://hackread.com/hacker-leaks-data-of-vk-users-russian-social-network/

 

These Were The Best And Worst Performing Assets Of August, And YTD

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/these-were-best-and-worst-performing-assets-august-and-ytd

 

Meta warns of looming ‘quantum apocalypse’ for modern encryption, cryptography standards

https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news-archive/quantum-news-briefs-september-3-the-impact-of-nists-pqc-standardization-on-the-federal-cybersecurity-ecosystem-meta-warns-of-looming-quantum-apocalypse-for-modern/

 

Transport for London confirms cyberattack

https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/03/tfl_cyberattack/

 

FTC: Over $110 million lost to Bitcoin ATM scams in 2023

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ftc-americans-lost-over-110-million-to-bitcoin-atm-scams-in-2023/

 

Dutch regulator slaps Clearview AI with $33 million fine and threatens executive liability

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/3/24234879/dutch-regulator-gdpr-clearview-ai-fine

 

Trio Admits Running “OTP Agency” Enabling Bank Fraud, and 2FA Bypass

https://hackread.com/trio-admits-running-otp-agency-bank-fraud-2fa-bypass/

 

DDoS attack on the website of a association of municipalities in France

https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/marne/reims/cyber-attaque-le-site-internet-de-la-ville-de-reims-rendu-inaccessible-ce-mardi-midi-3026069.html

 

Zyxel warns of critical OS command injection flaw in routers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zyxel-warns-of-critical-os-command-injection-flaw-in-routers/

 

August sees 215% rise in crypto phishing, $55M lost in single attack

https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-phishing-attacks-surge-august-215-percent

 

Hackers steal sensitive personal data in attack on WS Audiology

https://medwatch.com/News/hearing_health/article17414135.ece

 

Goldman Going For Gold

https://www.zerohedge.com/the-market-ear/goldman-going-gold

 

Cyberattackers Spoof Palo Alto VPNs to Spread WikiLoader Variant

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/cyberattackers-spoof-palo-alto-vpns-to-spread-wikiloader-variant

 

Rage Stealer Rebranded as Angry Stealer, Now Uses Telegram Bot for Data Theft

https://hackread.com/rage-stealer-angry-stealer-telegram-bot-data-theft/

 

New Emansrepo Malware Uses HTML Files to Target Windows Users

https://gbhackers.com/emansrepo-html-attack/

 

Newly discovered gene may influence longevity

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240904130839.htm

 

Android Users Urged to Install Latest Security Updates to Fix Actively Exploited Flaw

https://thehackernews.com/2024/09/google-confirms-cve-2024-32896.html

 

City of Columbus tries to silence security researcher

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/09/city-of-columbus-tries-to-silence-security-researcher

 

Behind Closed Doors: The Meeting at Jackson Hole You Didn’t Know About

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

 

Scammers have found a way to burn tokens from inside Solana wallets

https://cointelegraph.com/news/new-solana-scam-burn-tokens-from-inside-sol-wallets

 

US charges Russian state media employees over a social media influence scheme

https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/us-charges-russian-state-media-employees-over-a-social-media-influence-scheme-200028302.html

 

Penpie exploited for $27 million in re-entrancy attack

https://cryptoslate.com/penpie-exploited-for-27-million-in-reentrancy-attack/

 

AI Firm’s Misconfigured Server Exposed 5.3 TB of Mental Health

https://hackread.com/ai-firm-misconfigured-server-exposed-mental-health-data/

 

Quantum Computers Excel at Solving Highly Complex Problems

https://thequantuminsider.com/2024/09/04/quantum-computers-excel-at-solving-highly-complex-problems/

 

Making Lemonade Out of Economic Lemons | Peter Schiff

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

 

Fake OnlyFans Checker Tool Infects Hackers with Lummac Stealer

https://hackread.com/onlyfans-checker-tool-hackers-lummac-stealer-malware/

 

Major Blow to Dollar and NATO as Turkey Applies for BRICS Membership

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UL60j8GD3E

 

Federal prosecutors charge a man for allegedly using AI to create hundreds of thousands of songs by fake bands to get $10M in royalties from streaming services (Maia Coleman/New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/nyregion/nc-man-charged-ai-fake-music.html

 

Critical GeoServer Vulnerability Exploited in Global Malware Campaign

https://hackread.com/geoserver-vulnerability-exploited-global-malware-campaign/

 

"The Crash Will Be WORSE Than 2008" | George Gammon’s Last WARNING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LBbmLEz7ks

 

Google searches are becoming a bigger target of cybercriminals with the rise of ‘malvertising’

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/05/google-searches-big-target-for-malvertising-hackers.html

 

Veeam warns of critical RCE flaw in Backup & Replication software

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/veeam-warns-of-critical-rce-flaw-in-backup-and-replication-software/

 

“FREE ENERGY”, MURDERS, STRANGE DEATHS, AND CBDCs

https://gizadeathstar.com/2024/09/free-energy-murders-strange-deaths-and-central-bank-digital-currencies/

 

Planned Parenthood confirms cyberattack as RansomHub claims breach

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/planned-parenthood-confirms-cyberattack-as-ransomhub-claims-breach/

 

The world’s most powerful supercomputers are getting a diamond quantum boost

https://thenextweb.com/news/ornl-quantum-brilliance-supercomputer-diamond-accelerator-partnership

 

LiteSpeed Cache bug exposes 6 million WordPress sites to takeover attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/litespeed-cache-bug-exposes-6-million-wordpress-sites-to-takeover-attacks/

 

A cash-strapped region of Argentina has created its own currency amid the country's economic struggles

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/argentina-province-currency-economy-struggles-recession-chacho-peso-javier-milei-2024-9

 

China's 'Earth Lusca' Propagates Multiplatform Backdoor

https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/chinas-earth-lusca-propagates-multiplatform-backdoor

 

Notorious Mallox Ransomware Evolved From Private Ransomware to RaaS

https://gbhackers.com/notorious-mallox-ransomware-raas/

 

Why This Wall Street Firm Wants Its Traders to Play Poker

https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/poker-wall-street-trading-options-stocks-4223c308

 

Car rental giant Avis discloses data breach impacting customers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/car-rental-giant-avis-discloses-data-breach-impacting-customers/

 

China to ignite a $1 trillion golden avalanche

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-09-06/china-ignite-1-trillion-golden-avalanche

 

Angel Drainer upgraded, deploying 300+ malicious DApps in 4 days

https://cointelegraph.com/news/angel-wallet-drainer-is-back-with-300-malicious-d-apps-and-counting-block-aid

 

A top 'engineer' faked his degrees and only had a high-school education. He got away with it for years.

https://www.businessinsider.com/top-engineer-faked-degrees-15-years-only-high-school-2024-9

 

RansomHub Claims Planned Parenthood Hack, Steals 93GB of Sensitive Data

https://hackread.com/ransomhub-planned-parenthood-hack-steals-data/

 

SonicWall SSLVPN access control flaw is now exploited in attacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sonicwall-sslvpn-access-control-flaw-is-now-exploited-in-attacks/

 

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) – Accelerating towards Dystopia

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2024-09-06/central-bank-digital-currencies-cbdcs-accelerating-towards-dystopia

 

RAG Predictive Coding for AI Alignment Against Prompt Injections and Jailbreaks

https://hackernoon.com/rag-predictive-coding-for-ai-alignment-against-prompt-injections-and-jailbreaks

 

Surviving the Crash of 1929: How Gold Stocks Defied the Great Depression

https://goldsilver.com/blog/surviving-the-crash-of-1929-how-gold-stocks-defied-the-great-depression/

 

SpyAgent Android malware steals your crypto recovery phrases from images

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/spyagent-android-malware-steals-your-crypto-recovery-phrases-from-images/

 

Leaked Disney Data Reveals Financial and Strategy Secrets

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/leaked-disney-data-reveals-financial-and-strategy-secrets-56573020

 

Hard earned truth: Your brain isn't wired to invest properly

https://financialpost.com/wealth/hard-earned-truth-your-brain-isnt-wired-to-invest-properly

 

New RAMBO attack steals data using RAM in air-gapped computers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-rambo-attack-steals-data-using-ram-in-air-gapped-computers/

 

When the Models Fail

https://dailyreckoning.com/when-the-models-fail/

 

Predator Spyware Exploiting “one-click” & “zero-click” Flaws

https://gbhackers.com/predator-spyware-zero-click-flaws/

 

Suspect tries to drive over cruiser to escape after police surround stolen Bronco

https://www.cp24.com/news/terrifying-suspect-tries-to-drive-over-cruiser-to-escape-after-police-surround-stolen-bronco-at-mississauga-drive-thru-1.7024794

 

CISA Breaks Silence on Controversial ‘Airport Security Bypass’ Vulnerability

https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-responds-after-disclosure-of-controversial-airport-security-bypass-vulnerability/

 

North Korean Threat Actors Deploy COVERTCATCH Malware via LinkedIn Job Scams

https://thehackernews.com/2024/09/north-korean-threat-actors-deploy.html

 

Researchers create a one-dimensional gas out of light

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240906141649.htm

 

New Android malware steals private keys from screenshots and images

https://cointelegraph.com/news/new-android-malware-steals-private-keys-from-images

 

Malaysia Orders ISPs To Reroute DNS Traffic

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/07/0649249/malaysia-orders-isps-to-reroute-dns-traffic

 

 

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