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E-Crime Rapper ‘Punchmade Dev’ Debuts Card Shop

Krebs on Security

Purchases can be made in cryptocurrencies, and checking out prompts one to continue payment at Coinbase.com. ” “Punchmade Dev is best known for his creative ways to use technology, video gaming, and social media to build a fan base,” the profile continues. ” the site promises. Devon Turner, a.k.a.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 457 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Clorox estimates the costs of the August cyberattack will exceed $49 Million Mastodon fixed a flaw that can allow the takeover of any account Iranian hackers breached Albania’s Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) Operation Synergia led to the arrest of 31 individuals Ex CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte sentenced to 40 years in prison Cloudflare breached (..)

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FakeSG campaign, Akira ransomware and AMOS macOS stealer

SecureList

This includes the “winnt” folder, which is only present in Windows 2000. What sets it apart is certain similarities with Conti. For example, the list of folders excluded from the encryption process is exactly the same. Another similarity is the string obfuscation function used.

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CSC Research Finds Third Parties Continue to Lay Groundwork for Malicious Activity Among Thousands of COVID-Related Domains

CyberSecurity Insiders

It uses proprietary technology combined with machine learning, artificial intelligence, and clustering technology to generate invaluable security insights to help thwart brand abuse and cybersecurity incidents. At CSC, we believe domain security intelligence is power. To access the full report and additional details, visit our website.

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IT threat evolution Q2 2024

SecureList

This malware is designed to steal browser data, local cryptocurrency wallets, files with specific names ( wallet.dat , password.docx , etc.) When ScarletStealer is executed, it checks for the presence of cryptocurrencies and crypto wallets by looking for certain folder paths (e.g., The collected data are zipped and sent to the C2.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Ethereum Smart Contracts

ForAllSecure

How do you stop a half billion dollars in cryptocurrency from being stolen? There are a lot of public chains, and there are alot of cryptocurrencies. And, bridging across cryptocurrencies, that sometimes exposes a lot of vulnerabilities. In other words, these cryptocurrencies were essentially stolen. million dollars.

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Types of Encryption, Methods & Use Cases

eSecurity Planet

National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST) made a public request for potential ciphers. The three innovators and MIT patented the RSA algorithm, a proprietary system available through RSA Security until its public release in 2000.