Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2024

The X account of cybersecurity firm Mandiant was likely hacked through a brute-force password attack, the company revealed. Last week, threat actors hacked the X account of cybersecurity firm Mandiant and used it to impersonate the Phantom crypto platform and share a cryptocurrency scam. ” the company said on X.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Daniel James Junk (22) of Portland was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme that resulted in the theft of millions of dollars of cryptocurrency using a SIM swapping. Once hijacked a SIM, the attacker can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2023

CyberNews analyzed a classic cryptocurrency romance scam, also known as CryptoRom, explaining how scammers hid the money CryptoRom scammers hid the money with several layers of obfuscation, but the Cybernews research team discovered that the stolen funds ended up in Binance accounts. Here’s how we did it.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2023

North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus has laundered $900 million worth of cryptocurrency, Elliptic researchers reported. North Korea-linked Lazarus Group laundered $900 Million in cryptocurrency between July 2022 and July 2023. ” reads the report published by Elliptic. ” reads the report published by Elliptic.

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Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Scams Hacking 112

Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last week’s epic hack against Twitter. ” Twice in the past year, the OGUsers forum was hacked , and both times its database of usernames, email addresses and private messages was leaked online.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Once payments are collected from the victims, they make previously created resources vanish and set up the next new campaign – this is why investigators named the group “Digital Smoke” According to the latest report by FTC released last week called “The Top Scams of 2022” people reported losing $8.8

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. Sources close to the investigation tell KrebsOnSecurity the accused was a key member of a criminal hacking group blamed for a string of cyber intrusions at major U.S.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There are two main types of online fraud aimed at stealing user data and money: phishing and scams. The history of scams and phishing. Also in the 1990s, the first online scams appeared. Phishing and scams: current types of fraud. They just need to sign up and pay a small fee. Distribution.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The FBI warns of an increase of fraudulent schemes leveraging cryptocurrency ATMs and QR Codes to facilitate payment. The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) published an alert to warn the public of fraudulent schemes leveraging cryptocurrency ATMs and Quick Response (QR) codes to complete payment transactions.

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Cryptocurrency Scams Accountability Government 75

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

One of the largest cybercrime services for laundering stolen merchandise was hacked recently, exposing its internal operations, finances and organizational structure. Services like SWAT are known as “Drops for stuff” on cybercrime forums. Most reshipping scams promise employees a monthly salary and even cash bonuses.

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Cybercrime Marketing Scams Retail 280

Krebs on Security

MARCH 7, 2022

This final post on the Conti conversations explores different schemes that Conti pursued to invest in and steal cryptocurrencies. This wealth allowed Conti to do things that regular investors couldn’t — such as moving the price of cryptocurrencies in one direction or the other. “Cryptocurrency article contest!

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. Super Bowl Sunday watchers are treated to no fewer than a half-dozen commercials for cryptocurrency investing. I will also continue to post on LinkedIn about new stories in 2023. agencies]. .”

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Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 239

Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2024

On March 1, a cryptocurrency address that security researchers had already mapped to BlackCat received a single transaction worth approximately $22 million. “They are exit scamming their affiliates. “ALPHV/BlackCat did not get seized,” Wosar wrote on Twitter/X today. “It’s a good lesson for everyone.

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Healthcare Ransomware Scams Insurance 337

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The US DoJ charged the suspected Twitter hacker ‘PlugWalkJoe’ with the theft of $784,000 worth of cryptocurrency using SIM swap attacks. Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Having been in the field for so long, we have witnessed some major changes in the cybercrime world’s modus operandi. This report shares our insights into the Russian-speaking cybercrime world and the changes in how it operates that have happened in the past five years. The year 2016 saw banks in Russia hacked one after another.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2021

Our continued reliance on passwords for authentication has contributed to one toxic data spill or hack after another. 22, 2020, when cryptocurrency wallet company Ledger acknowledged that someone had released the names, mailing addresses and phone numbers for 272,000 customers. Urgency should be a giant red flag. Take a deep breath.

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Passwords Password Management Phishing Scams 358

Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2021

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report, the 2020 Internet Crime Report , which includes data from 791,790 complaints of suspected cybercrimes. According to the 2020 Internet Crime Report , the top three crimes reported by victims in 2020 were phishing scams, non-payment/non-delivery scams, and extortion.

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Internet Internet Scams Identity Theft 102

Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

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Artificial Intelligence Data breaches Scams Insurance 85

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2022

Earlier this month, the administrator of the cybercrime forum Breached received a cease-and-desist letter from a cybersecurity firm. This identity has been highly active on Breached and its predecessor RaidForums for more than two years, mostly selling databases from hacked Mexican entities. “Who does it?

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Data breaches Banking Cybercrime Marketing 270

Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2022

Microsoft researchers warn of the rising threat of cryware targeting non-custodial cryptocurrency wallets, also known as hot wallets. Microsoft warns of the rise of cryware, malicious software used to steal info an dfunds from non-custodial cryptocurrency wallets, also known as hot wallets. Ransomware. Password and info stealers.

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Cryptocurrency Social Engineering Malware Cybercrime 86

SC Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

From a preference for writing custom malware code to pioneering new strategies, North Korean hacking groups have shown an innovative spirit that allows them to punch above their weight despite crushing sanctions. The post What makes North Korean hacking groups more creative? appeared first on SC Media.

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Hacking Media Malware Cryptocurrency 103

Malwarebytes

JUNE 23, 2022

Europol has coordinated a joint operation to arrest members of a cybercrime gang and effectively dismantle their campaigns that netted million in Euros. The group was involved in fraud, money laundering, phishing, and scams. The group was involved in fraud, money laundering, phishing, and scams.

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Phishing Banking Cryptocurrency Scams 102

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Related: The threat of ‘business logic’ hacks. The Iranian hacker group TA453 has recently been using a technique that creates multiple personas to trick victims , deploying “social proof” to scam people into engaging in a thread. Companies and consumers must be more cautious than ever when using their devices.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2020

Group-IB discovered thousands of personal records of users from multiple countries exposed in a targeted multi-stage bitcoin scam. The new scheme is similar to the “Bitcoin Evolution” scam, that Group-IB reported on in Feb. SecurityAffairs – hacking, bitcoin scam). The source of the leak has not been established yet.

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Scams Media Cryptocurrency Data breaches 98

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Iran Crisis Russia-Aligned TAG-70 Targets European Government and Military Mail Servers in New Espionage Campaign U.S.

Spyware 88

Spyware Cyber Insurance Hacking Advertising 88

Malwarebytes

JUNE 14, 2021

Lock and Code S02E10 DOJ recovers pipeline ransom, signals more aggressive approach to cybercrime 800 arrests after police dupe crime groups into using backdoored phones TrickBot indictment reveals the scale and complexity of organised cybercrime Microsoft fixes seven zero-days , including two PuzzleMaker targets, Google fixes serious Android flaw (..)

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Cybercrime Scams VPN Phishing 54

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2022

According to cybersecurity experts , this may be used for political propaganda, foreign influence activity, disinformation, scams, and fraud. . The experts highlight deepfakes will be likely used by bad actors to provide misleading information about cryptocurrency, as well as Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), using profiles of celebrities.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2023

Now Abyss Locker also targets VMware ESXi servers Russian APT BlueBravo targets diplomatic entities with GraphicalProton backdoor CoinsPaid blames North Korea-linked APT Lazarus for theft of $37M worth of cryptocurrency Monitor Insider Threats but Build Trust First Zimbra fixed actively exploited zero-day CVE-2023-38750 in ZCS DepositFiles exposed (..)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Security experts from Cisco Talos have uncovered two recent sextortion scam campaigns that appear to leverage on the Necurs botnet infrastructure. The scammer demands a payment in cryptocurrency for not sharing the video. Security Affairs – sextortion, cybercrime). 30, 2018 through Oct. 26, 2018 — 58 days’ worth of spam.”

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Cryptocurrency targeted attacks. The cryptocurrency business continues to grow, and people continue to invest their money in this market because it’s a digital asset and all transactions occur online. These are attractive aspects that cybercrime groups will be unable to resist. It also offers anonymity to users.

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Cryptocurrency Mobile Ransomware Banking 92

Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

Resecurity has uncovered a cybercriminal faction known as “ GXC Team “, who specializes in crafting tools for online banking theft, ecommerce deception, and internet scams. These methods are commonly employed in wire fraud and well-known bogus invoice scams. billion on organizations.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2021

Mindaugas (who wished his last name not to be disclosed publicly), an executive at a UK-based company, unknowingly fell for a scam when he tried to claim a £60 bonus supposedly offered by Coinbase, a mistake that resulted in £15,000 lost to fraudsters in minutes. Falling for the scam. The scammers didn’t waste any time. says Loreta.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 8, 2022

Back in March, popular NFT battler Axie Infinity lay at the heart of a huge cryptocurrency theft inflicted on the Ronin network. The attacker used hacked private keys in order to forge fake withdrawals. Scams originating from LinkedIn accounts are popular at the moment. USDC drained from the Ronin bridge in two transactions.

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Cryptocurrency Scams Engineering Hacking 120

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause a massive wave of poverty, and that invariably translates into more people resorting to crime, including cybercrime. We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular. Cracking down hard on the cybercrime world.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Casinos of tribal communities are losing millions in Ransomware attacks Threat actors stole $55 million worth of cryptocurrency from bZx DeFi platform Philips Tasy EMR healthcare infomatics solution vulnerable to SQL injection White hat hackers earn over $1 Million at Pwn2Own Austin 2021 A drone was modified to disrupt U.S. Operators made $2.1

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 25, 2022

Folks, Who wants to dive deep into some of my latest commercially available research and stay on the top of their OSINT/cybercrime research and threat intelligence gathering game that also includes their team and organization? Dancho Danchev’s “Intell on the Criminal Underground – Who’s Who in Cybercrime for ” Presentation – [PDF].

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2021

Experts found critical authentication bypass flaw in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S. Experts found critical authentication bypass flaw in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager UNC2529, a new sophisticated cybercrime gang that targets U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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