Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

billion yen ($60 million) worth of cryptocurrencies from the Japanese digital currency exchange Zaif exchange. a Japanese cryptocurrency firm, hackers have compromised its Zaif exchange and have stolen 6.7 billion yen ($60 million) worth of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Monacoin, and Bitcoin Cash. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 5, 2018

A few years ago, the term cryptocurrency was only used among the tech elite and the only type available for purchase was Bitcoin. Fast forward to 2018 when the average consumer is able to invest and has a pick of over 1,800 different kinds of cryptocurrencies to choose from. dollars via crypto hacks and scams.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

billion worth of cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five years. billion) in cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five years. economic sanctions were toughened in 2017 in response to its nuclear and missile tests.” million in cryptocurrency through this program. trillion won ($1.2

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Digital Shadows

JUNE 7, 2021

It’s been a pretty big year so far for cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies’ current total market cap sits just above $1.7 The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase recently launched an IPO, India has reversed a ban on cryptocurrencies, and ransomware groups continue to demand payment in anonymity-based cryptocurrency.

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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

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Group-IB and Swiss insurance broker ASPIS that owns CryptoIns project, have developed the world’s first scoring model for assessing cryptocurrency exchanges. Based on the risk score, CryptoIns experts have calculated insurance rates for cryptocurrency exchange users who can now insure their accounts against cyber threats.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 16, 2023

Cryptocurrency has become a popular way to conduct transactions online, but it has also become a popular tool for cybercriminals. One of the ways they have been able to use crypto to their advantage is through the use of cryptocurrency mixers. One of the largest cryptocurrency mixers in the world is, or rather was , ChipMixer.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

Whether perceived or real, a lack of understanding about blockchain technology has slowed the adoption of advanced distributed database technology in the past decade. We’ll look at what blockchain technology is, how its development relates to cybersecurity, and the state of blockchain-based security solutions.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

An American was charged with money laundering while operating the dark web Helix Bitcoin mixer service between 2014 and 2017. Larry Dean Harmon (36), from Akron, Ohio, was charged with laundering more than $310 million worth of Bitcoin while he was operating a Darknet-based cryptocurrency laundering service between 2014 and 2017.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In one recent engagement, a client of Nick’s said they’d reached out to an investor from Switzerland — The Private Office of John Bernard — whose name was included on a list of angel investors focused on technology startups. ” Mr. Bernard’s investment firm did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

For the uninitiated, NFTs are unique tokens that accompany original and collectible digital artwork or videos that can be sold or traded as a form of cryptocurrency, with transactions registered on the blockchain. Many of the earlier NFTs involved illustrations of kittens, but they can take the form of just about anything. billion in 2020.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 17, 2022

US Treasury has endorsed the news and tagged it as one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists of all time. Gamers on Axie can earn cryptocurrency for playing and winning games and selling their avatars. Highly placed sources say that the steal of funds was made to find the nuclear ambitions of Kim Jong UN.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) says the GRU’s hackers built Cyclops Blink by exploiting previously undocumented security weaknesses in firewalls and routers made by both ASUS and WatchGuard Technologies. energy facilities. and international companies and entities, including U.S. federal agencies like the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

And the targets in this case are widespread: banks, ATMs, cryptocurrency exchanges, online casinos, movie studios such as Sony Pictures, and theater chains such as AMC. million from an Indonesian cryptocurrency company in September 2018; and $11.8 It shows the nation-state's sweeping efforts to steal $1.3 The list goes on. sanctions.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Introduction It’s just another cryptocurrency miner… Nobody would even suspect the mining malware was merely a mask, masquerading behind an intricate modular framework that supports both Linux and Windows. Subsequent analysis revealed earlier instances of suspicious code dating back to 2017. 8, 15.0.0.0/8, 8, 16.0.0.0/8,

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Krebs on Security

MAY 7, 2021

John Bernard , a pseudonym used by a convicted thief and con artist named John Clifton Davies who’s fleeced dozens of technology startups out of an estimated $30 million, appears to have reinvented himself again after being exposed in a recent investigative series published here. Hemptonllp[.]com As we’ve seen here, the U.K.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 1, 2021

Many people primarily know the blockchain as the decentralized digital ledger system used to record cryptocurrency transactions. He also mentioned that this technology is especially relevant now, with so many people working at home due to COVID-19. That’s one definition of it. Here are five compelling examples. Enhancing Data Sharing.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Transactions were paid in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.” The AlphaBay Market went down on July 4th, 2017 without any explanation, many users that purchased products on the marketplace fearer the Exit-Scam. This sentence serves as further proof that criminals cannot hide behind technology to break the law,” said U.S.

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SecureList

MARCH 28, 2023

We have come across a series of clipboard injection attacks on cryptocurrency users, which emerged starting from September 2022. As long as such attacks continue to thrive in the modern ecosystem of the cryptocurrency world, it’s worth explaining how they work and where the danger lies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 13, 2021

And what’s interesting about the training is that only those kids who top their class in Math and Science are eligible to become a state sponsored hacking trainee and are whisked off to remote hacking schools where they are trained in accessing different tools and technology that are going to be launched against adversaries in near future.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

The APT group has been active since at least 2017, its campaigns involve persistent phishing and credential theft campaigns leading to intrusions and data theft. ” Since at least December 17, 2022, the group has used a new naming pattern for its domains containing keywords related to information technology and cryptocurrency.

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 2, 2019

It’s still a relatively uncommon exploit, but if you are visibly in possession of something hackers want–whether it’s a cool “OG” handle on social media, cryptocurrency or the codes to launch nuclear war–the assaults on attractive targets will increase in 2019.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. However, the technological side of cybersecurity is no longer the weakest link in a company’s proverbial chain. Technological Tactics. Technological tactics. Individuals.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The technology industry has met the dramatic rise in ransomware and other cyber attacks with an impressive set of tools to help companies mitigate the risks. This gives the perpetrator the access needed to launch the ransomware and lock the company out of its own infrastructure or encrypt files until the ransom is paid in cryptocurrency.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2022

Some infamous examples of ransomware attacks over the years include: WannaCry: This ransomware attack occurred in May 2017 and had devastating effects worldwide. CryptoLocker: Another cryptocurrency attack took place in 2013 at the hands of a piece of ransomware called CryptoLocker. Since 2020, cyberattacks have increased by 50%.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

“In all, we introduced 31 new ads policies in 2018 to address abuses in areas including third-party tech support, ticket resellers, cryptocurrency and local services such as garage door repairmen, bail bonds and addiction treatment facilities.” ” reads the press release published by Google. “We took down 2.3

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Ransomware was a relatively obscure form of malware until the early 2010s , but it has increased in scope and the amount of damage it has caused year after year, aided by a proliferation of botnets , cryptocurrencies , and sophisticated criminal enterprises. An artificially generated “person.” Source: ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com?????.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 25, 2022

5] EclecticIQ analysts assess that Bitcoin will remain the most popular currency used by cybercriminals [6] , but that savvy criminals will switch to Monero and other Anonymity Enhanced Cryptocurrency (AEC). Ring Confidential Transaction (RingCT) is a technology that encrypts the transaction amount. About EclecticIQ Threat Research.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 15, 2023

Oftentimes this is credential data, but it can be any data that may have financial value to an adversary; this includes paid online service accounts, cryptocurrency wallets, instant messenger, or email contacts lists, etc. Key Mystic Stealer functions include its ability to extract data from web browsers and cryptocurrency wallets.

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Cryptocurrency Password Management Malware DNS 52

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 4, 2022

Department of Justice announced on July 26 that it seized approximately half a million dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency assets from North Korean based threat actors, who receive the funds as ransom following a ransomware operation against U.S. based hospitals. 2 , 3 ) In late July, the U.S. 5 ) More recently, the U.S.

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NopSec

APRIL 23, 2018

To do so, it’s necessary to closely watch and understand the latest technologies, socio-economic trends, legal/privacy trends and even political climates. Here’s a sneak peek of what we have in store: Massive Data Breaches Some of the largest and most unique data breaches ever were seen in 2017. million records were exposed as well.

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Pentester Academy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Introduction In May 2017, a worldwide ransomware attack infamously known as WannaCry was set in motion. This ransomware made use of the EternalBlue , an exploit of Microsoft’s implementation of their SMB protocol, released by The Shadow Brokers hacker group in April 2017, to gain access to remote Windows machines in most cases.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Upon release from prison, Skorjanc became chief technology officer for NiceHash , a cryptocurrency mining service. In December 2017, $52 million worth of Bitcoin mysteriously disappeared from NiceHash coffers. In October 2019, Skorjanc was arrested in Germany in response to a U.S.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The conference features a variety of topics and sessions regarding all aspects of financial services, from cryptocurrency to banking. Three topics that piqued my interest at the 2017 show included authentication, blockchain and digital payments. Among the top use cases discussed were identity, cryptocurrency and digital assets.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2022

Though Lambda has been around for less than ten years, serverless technology is considered relatively young, according to Matt Muir, one of Cado’s researchers. Because of this, security measures for such a technology is often overlooked. This lack of oversight has now bore fruit.

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