Daily ยท 2026-08-03
๐ด Water Attacks Spread to 7 States, ๐ด N-able RMM God-Mode Exploit, โ ๏ธ COLDCARD RNG $88M Theft, ๐ฏ Larva-24009 Phishing Campaign, ๐ก๏ธ Chrome Blocks New Tab Hijackers
US water-sector attacks expand to at least 7 states; N-able N-central RMM auth bypass is under active exploitation with an incomplete first fix; a COLDCARD firmware RNG flaw likely enabled an $88.6M Bitcoin theft; plus new Larva-24009 phishing analysis and AI-noise data from CrowdStrike's threat hunting report.
The water-sector campaign that hit Minnesota is the day's defining story, now confirmed across at least seven states with Michigan and South Dakota acknowledging incidents and a TLP:Amber WaterISAC report aligning the activity with hacking campaigns the US has previously tied to Iran. The pattern matches the 2020 attacks on Israeli water facilities: cellular-connected equipment as the assumed vector and internet-exposed PLCs as the target. Every water and wastewater operator with cellular-connected OT should assume it is in scope. US Water Cyberattacks Extend Beyond Minnesota to at Least 7 States
The COLDCARD hardware-wallet RNG flaw explains the $88.6 million Bitcoin theft from 4,585 wallets in three automated sweeps. A faulty check in firmware makes the random number generator fall back to a deterministic algorithm seeded with observable device values, so attackers could reconstruct seeds offline and match derived addresses against the blockchain. Updating firmware does not repair an exposed seed; affected users must generate and migrate to a new one. COLDCARD Hardware Wallet RNG Flaw Likely Behind $88.6M Bitcoin Theft
The CrowdStrike threat-hunting report sets the new baseline: AI-driven detections now outnumber human-triggered ones by more than two to one, and AI-enabled malicious activity is up 89 percent year over year. Detection triage must treat agentic behavior as the norm, and agent identities need first-class inventory and least privilege.
Watchlist: cellular-modem audits and VPN-gated remote access at water utilities, COLDCARD seed migration for affected users, and agent-identity inventory as AI-driven noise becomes the baseline.