Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In reality, the malware watched a user’s clipboard to find text that matches the normal length of a certain type of cryptocurrency wallet address. In one case, researchers found a file titled “Amazon Gift Tool.exe” that was being marketed on a publicly available file repository site as a free Amazon gift card generator.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The attackers used social engineering to gain long-term access to the development environment and extended it with fake human interactions in plain sight. This malware is designed to steal browser data, local cryptocurrency wallets, files with specific names ( wallet.dat , password.docx , etc.) APPDATA%RoamingExodus).

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Phishing and social engineering are common ways threat actors can obtain a symmetric key, but cryptanalysis and brute force attempts can also break symmetric key ciphers. The three innovators and MIT patented the RSA algorithm, a proprietary system available through RSA Security until its public release in 2000.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Cryptonomicon basically predicted Bitcoin and the rise of cryptocurrency. It has it all: Biohacking, social engineering, physical security penetration. – Kyle Fowers, Security Consultant II 6. Takedown Takedown is a 2000 film, inspired by the life story of notorious hacker, Kevin Mitnick.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Worms and the Dawn of the Internet Age: 1987-2000. Social engineering attacks soon found use in the digital space. One of the first instances was the Love Letter virus of 2000. Like many early computer viruses, the Brain was relatively benign and wasn’t designed to be much more than a nuisance.

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