Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2020

US DoJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint to seize 280 Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) accounts containing funds allegedly stolen by North Korea-linked hackers. ” The analysis of the blockchain allowed the US officials to follow the stolen funds from two hacked exchange back to the 280 crypto-currency accounts. .”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

“Kaye allegedly operated The Real Deal, a Dark Web market for illicit items, including stolen account login credentials for U.S. The man, along with other individuals of a gang known as “ thedarkoverlord ,” trafficked in stolen social security numbers. Kaye also trafficked login credentials for Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

US authorities have indicted two men for hacking the exchange EtherDelta in December 2017, one of them was also accused of TalkTalk hack. US authorities have indicted two men, Elliot Gunton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka, for hacking the cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta in 2017. Six days later, on December 19, 2017.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2022

The North Korea-linked APT group BlueNoroff has been spotted targeting cryptocurrency startups with fake MetaMask browser extensions. The North Korea-linked APT group BlueNoroff has been spotted targeting cryptocurrency startups with fake MetaMask browser extensions. The researchers are not aware of the compromise of these companies.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2021

Koshkin and his co-conspirators claimed that their services could be used for malware such as botnets, remote-access trojans, keyloggers, credential stealers and cryptocurrency miners.” Koshkin was arrested in California in September 2019 , while Tsurkan was arrested in April 2017. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

billion of money and cryptocurrency from financial institutions and companies, to create and deploy multiple malicious cryptocurrency applications, and to develop and fraudulently market a blockchain platform.” ransomware in May 2017, and carried out extortion and attempted extortion from 2017 through 2020.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

PaloAlto Network warns of the WatchDog botnet that uses exploits to take over Windows and Linux servers and mine cryptocurrency. Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks uncovered a cryptojacking botnet, tracked as WatchDog, that is targeting Windows and Linux systems. Oracle WebLogic Server CVE-2017-10271 – versions 10.3.6.0.0,

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts. The criminals could hijack social media accounts and bypass 2FA services based on SMS used by online services, including financial ones. .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2022

The US agency received over 95,000 reports from US consumers victims of social media frauds, this marks an 18-fold increase over 2017 reported losses and more than double compared to 2020. Scammers tricked people into sending money, often cryptocurrency, on promises of huge returns. Check if you can opt out of targeted advertising.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In 2017, Greek Police arrested the Russian national Alexander Vinnik and they accused the man of running the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange to launder more than US$4bn worth of the cryptocurrency. Alexander Vinnik allegedly headed the Bitcoin exchange BTC-e, he is charged with different hacking crimes in Russia, France, and the United States.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. How did the contagion stop?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2019

The Binance cryptocurrency exchange revealed that leaked users’ KYC data were obtained by hackers from a third-party vendor. In July, the hack of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange made the headlines, hackers stole$41 Million worth of Bitcoin (over 7,000 bitcoins) from Binance. million at the time of the hack).

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2020

.” Since November 2018, the USCYBERCOM’s Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) is sharing the unclassified malware samples on the CYBERCOM_Malware_Alert VirusTotal account. Now, USCYBERCOM shares five more samples, the older one dated 2017 while the rest has been created in 2018.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 27, 2021

Significantly, improper use incidents—which result from a violation of an organization's acceptable use policies, such as installing unapproved software or viewing inappropriate material—increased the most, from 249 in 2017 to 1,103 in 2020, a 343 percent growth. 6 key areas where NASA's information security is failing.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019, Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. In 2017, password-protected archives accounted for only 0.08% of all malicious objects. Links account for 29%, while attachments—for 71%. The revival of ransomware.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2019

A tainted version of the Tor Browser is targeting dark web market shoppers to steal their cryptocurrency and gather information on their browsing activity. Between 2017 and early 2018, crooks promoted the webpages of the trojanized Tor Browser using spam messages on multiple Russian forums. org torproect[.]org

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

And the rest, they say is this as a reporter, I was in a position to learn as I wrote about information security. Here's the crazy thing: prior to 2017 Prior to attending DEF CON 25 Stoke never tried his hand at bug bounty. Vamosi: Jack also applied his bug bounty knowledge to his cryptocurrency research as well.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The man funded nine fraudulent accounts with an initial deposit of 200 to 2,000 bitcoin and then triggered 140 withdrawal transactions in rapid succession. The authorities seized the stolen funds on November 2021, at the time it was the biggest-ever seizure of cryptocurrency. billion mystery. ” said U.S. Attorney Damian Williams.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2023

According to Proofpoint the group is targeting cryptocurrencies since at least 2017. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week confirmed that in June 2022 the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group and APT38 stole $100 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from the Blockchain company Harmony Horizon Bridge.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The website of Brian Krebs , a well-known journalist in the field of information security, was also subjected to a brief, but powerful, M?ris Another information security media, Infosecurity magazine , hit by a DDoS attack , decided to switch to a more robust hosting provider. ris attack. Quarter summary.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

Botmasters and account resellers are tasked with providing initial access inside the victim’s network. Finally, negotiations with the victims may be handled by yet another team and when the ransom is paid out, a whole new set of skills is needed to launder the cryptocurrency obtained.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Javali trojan is active since November 2017 and targets users of financial and banking organizations geolocated in Brazil and Mexico. In this way, if the User Account Control (UAC) prompts the victim that the antivirus engine wants to make changes on the system, well, users probably will not question it.

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Lenny Zeltser

JULY 25, 2018

” A variation of this technique was documented by Stu Sjouwerman at KnowBe4 in 2017. ” The email includes demand for payment via cryptocurrency such Bitcoin to ensure that “Your naughty secret remains your secret.” The scammer demands payment in exchange for suppressing the “compromising evidence.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

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