SecureList

JUNE 12, 2023

Introduction Stealing cryptocurrencies is nothing new. Since then, stealing cryptocurrencies has continued to occupy cybercriminals. One of the latest additions to this phenomenon is the multi-stage DoubleFinger loader delivering a cryptocurrency stealer. For example, the Mt. recovery phrases). recovery phrases).

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. Taylor Monahan is founder and CEO of MetaMask , a popular software cryptocurrency wallet used to interact with the Ethereum blockchain.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Over time, Bitcoin has become the most widely used cryptocurrency in the world. Backups should be kept safely in several places, such as encrypted cloud storage or external hard drives. A virtual private network (VPN) can offer an additional layer of encryption and security. Secure your network, device.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 21, 2022

Treasury Department warning of a North Korean state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) known as the Lazarus Group targeting cryptocurrency and blockchain companies. The threat actors use social engineering to encourage individuals to download trojanized cryptocurrency applications on Windows or macOS operating systems.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Cryptocurrency apps were the most high risk for exposing sensitive information, a reverse-engineering study shows.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 12, 2020

Mike Stay broke an old zipfile encryption algorithm to recover $300,000 in bitcoin. DefCon talk here.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

million worth of cryptocurrency from cryptocurrency investment accounts. . Hackers stole roughly €1.183 million worth of cryptocurrency from investment accounts of 2gether, 26.79% of overall funds stored by the accounts. worth of cryptocurrency from 2gether appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2021

Indian cryptocurrency exchange Buyucoin suffered a security incident, threat actors leaked sensitive data of 325K users. A new incident involving a cryptocurrency exchange made the headlines, the India-based cryptocurrency exchange suffered a security incident, threat actors leaked sensitive data of 325K users on the Dark Web.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

The disclosure revealed a profitable network of phishing sites that behave and look like the real Privnote, except that any messages containing cryptocurrency addresses will be automatically altered to include a different payment address controlled by the scammers. co showing the site did indeed swap out any cryptocurrency addresses.

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SecureList

JUNE 5, 2023

The main purpose of the malware that is dropped by the Satacom downloader is to steal BTC from the victim’s account by performing web injections into targeted cryptocurrency websites. The encrypted data is stored inside the malicious payload. Satacom technical analysis The initial infection begins with a ZIP archive file.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

xyz pic.twitter.com/VLhISark8Y — Goldwave (@OGoldwave) March 13, 2023 The variant employed in the campaign supports a more sophisticated encryption method of byte remapping and a monthly rotation of the C2 server. #ViperSoftX is back, doesn't look like much has changed. c2 arrowlchat[.]com ” concludes the report.

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SecureList

JANUARY 13, 2022

Also, we have previously reported on cryptocurrency-focused BlueNoroff attacks. It appears that BlueNoroff shifted focus from hitting banks and SWIFT-connected servers to solely cryptocurrency businesses as the main source of the group’s illegal income. Malware infection. PROCESS_ID. #. DLL_FILE_SIZE. DLL_FILE_DATA.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2021

Trojan Shield operation: The FBI and Australian Federal Police ran an encrypted chat platform that was used by crime gangs and intercepted their communications. The FBI and Australian Federal Police (AFP) ran an encrypted chat platform that was used by crime gangs and intercepted their communications. ” continues EUROPOL.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Threat actors targeted tens thousands of unauthenticated Redis servers exposed on the internet as part of a cryptocurrency campaign. This may allow hackers to gain server privileges, delete or steal data, or even lead to an encryption extortion, critically endangering normal business services.” ” warns Censys.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This is significant because in November 2022, LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. KrebsOnSecurity last month interviewed a victim who recently saw more than three million dollars worth of cryptocurrency siphoned from his account.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2020

Encryption is a cornerstone of digital commerce. Related: A ‘homomorphic-like’ encryption solution We know very well how to encrypt data in transit. And we’ve mastered how to encrypt — and decrypt — data at rest. PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2022

The SOVA Android banking trojan was improved, it has a new ransomware feature that encrypts files on Android devices, Cleafy researchers report. targets over 200 banking and cryptocurrency exchange apps. The malware encrypts the files inside the infected devices using an AES algorithm and renaming them with the extension “.enc”.

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WIRED Threat Level

APRIL 6, 2021

The encrypted messaging app is integrating support for MobileCoin in a bid to keep up with the features offered by its more mainstream rivals.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2024

Borrowing from the playbook of ransomware purveyors, the darknet narcotics bazaar Incognito Market has begun extorting all of its vendors and buyers, threatening to publish cryptocurrency transaction and chat records of users who refuse to pay a fee ranging from $100 to $20,000. “And yes, this is an extortion!!!!

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2018

The cryptocurrency craze rages on, and one unintended consequence is the dramatic rise of illicit cryptocurrency mining. To help you unpack all of this, here are five fundamental concepts that will help you understand why you should reduce your exposure to illicit cryptocurrency mining. Cryptocurrency basics. SMB relief.

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NopSec

MARCH 29, 2023

Another day goes by, another latest and greatest security breach affects the cryptocurrency world. The attacks range from phishing campaigns scamming prominent crypto personalities of their NFT (Non-fungible tokens) stashes to attackers exploiting crypto protocols and encryption algorithms to extract tokens out of various crypto ecosystems.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 13, 2023

While Zoom is used by millions of people around the world, these campaigns are likely targeting victims who are into cryptocurrencies as well as corporate users, in order to gain access to company networks. huntingpanel[.]link. Indicators of Compromise Case #1 IOCs Description Indicator Fake Zoom site zoom-us[.]tech virtual-meetings[.]cn[.]com

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2022

Norton 360 , one of the most popular antivirus products on the market today, has installed a cryptocurrency mining program on its customers’ computers. According to the FAQ posted on its site , “ Norton Crypto ” will mine Ethereum (ETH) cryptocurrency while the customer’s computer is idle.

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WIRED Threat Level

JANUARY 6, 2022

A beta “payments” feature now lets users of the popular encrypted messaging app send MobileCoin around the globe.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 2, 2021

In the early days of ransomware things were fairly simple: malware would infect your company’s infrastructure, encrypting your valuable data with a secret key that was only known to your attackers. If you had shown the foresight of making secure backups in advance, you could get back up and running again.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Tools involved digital media, encrypted communication, cryptocurrency, and secret data handoffs. According to emails we have viewed, the suspect, in this case, was selling a variety of restricted military intelligence with the goal of making $5 million in cryptocurrency. Government. By the end of 2020, the FBI was looking at it.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2020

In the last 18 months, North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group has continued to target cryptocurrency exchanges evolving its TTPs. Kaspersky researchers have analyzed the attacks carried out by North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group in the past 18 months and confirmed their interest in banks and cryptocurrency exchanges.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

If we define ransomware as malware that encrypts files to extort the owner of the system, then the first malware that could be classified as ransomware is the 1989 AIDS Trojan. However, while it encrypted file(name)s and asked for a ransom, it was far from effective. Today's ransomware is the scourge of many organizations.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

” The botnet’s P2P communication is encrypted using AES for symmetric encryption and the Diffie-Hellman protocol for key exchange. The post FritzFrog cryptocurrency P2P botnet targets Linux servers over SSH appeared first on Security Affairs. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2019

Experts observed the STOP ransomware installing the Azorult password-stealing Trojan to steal account credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and more. Experts observed the ransomware also installing the dreaded Azorult password-stealing Trojan on victim’s machine to steal account credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, documents and more.

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Graham Cluley

JUNE 15, 2022

And isn't the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain doing just great? How did a saxophonist sneak sensitive information in and out of the Soviet Union? How might an Apple AirTag have led to murder?

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SecureList

AUGUST 10, 2022

VileRAT is a Python implant, part of an evasive and highly intricate attack campaign against foreign exchange and cryptocurrency trading companies. Accept: */* Referer: [link] Cookie: source=<encrypted blob>; User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Connection: keep-Alive Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8 Windows NT 10.0; Host: corstand[.]com.

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Threatpost

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

million users of a gaming and cryptocurrency website were dumped online after dual data breaches. The passwords of more than 2.2

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Security Boulevard

MAY 27, 2022

The Exfiltration Phase of The Kill Chain of a Cryptocurrency-Based Attack Provides the Greatest Opportunity to Identify Cybercriminals. Cryptocurrency gained through illicit means is less useable than other assets due to the way cryptocurrency systems currently do not fully protect owner identity and allow for only limited liquidity.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

” The Pollard’s Kangaroo interval ECDLP solver algorithm appears to be an attempt to break the SECP256K1 encryption which is used by Bitcoin to implement its public key cryptography. “Breaking the cryptographic encryption is considered “Mission: Impossible”. ” continue the experts. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2019

million Ripple coins (XRP), worth nearly $10 million, from the users of the GateHub cryptocurrency wallet service. million Ripple coins (XRP), worth nearly $10 million, from the users of the GateHub cryptocurrency wallet service. Cyber criminals stole 3.2 A new cyber heist made the headlines, crooks stole 3.2 Pierluigi Paganini.

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