Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

The cyberattacks against the cryptocurrency industry are a profitable business for threat actors, according to the experts, $12.1 billion worth of cryptocurrencies have been stolen in the last decade. “Cryptocurrency crime stands in direct proportion to the size of the cryptocurrency market. Threat actors stole $3.18

Cryptocurrency 105

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2022

DoJ announced that Nicholas Truglia (25) was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the theft of over $20 million worth of cryptocurrency through SIM swapping attacks. Nicholas Truglia and his associates stole a staggering amount of cryptocurrency from the victim through a complex SIM swap scheme.” In May 2019, Terpin won $75.8

Cryptocurrency 91

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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 complaint did not name the hacked exchanges, it only reports two attacks that took place in July 1, 2019, and September 25, 2019.

Cryptocurrency 116

Cryptocurrency Hacking Advertising Accountability 116

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Raccoon stealer was first spotted in April 2019, it was designed to steal victims’ credit card data, email credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data. in the stolen data.

Identity Theft 95

Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Hacking 95

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

One of the key significant improvements are support of more software clients (including browser-based cryptocurrency wallets), upgraded credit card (CC) grabber, and additional advanced mechanisms for password storage dump on various platforms to extract credentials and tokens.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2021

According to the indictment , the expert earned millions in income from promoting cryptocurrencies, consulting work, speaking engagements, and selling the rights to his life story for a documentary. The investigators suppose that the income was directed into bank accounts and cryptocurrency exchange accounts in the names of nominees.

Cryptocurrency 132

Cryptocurrency Banking Accountability Antivirus 132

Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2020

Ukrainian authorities arrested the members of a cybercrime gang who ran 20 cryptocurrency exchanges involved in money laundering. Police in Ukraine announced the arrest of the members of a cybercrime gang composed of three individuals who ran 20 cryptocurrency exchanges used in money laundering activities.

Cryptocurrency 105

Cryptocurrency Computers and Electronics Cybercrime Digital transformation 105

Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2021

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has published its annual report, the 2020 Internet Crime Report , which provides information from 791,790 complaints of suspected cybercrimes affecting victims in the U.S. billion and authorities observed an increase of more than 300,000 complaints from 2019 (+69%). billion in losses.

Internet 108

Internet Internet Scams Identity Theft 108

Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2023

The duo operated the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer that facilitated more than $1 billion in money laundering transactions and laundered hundreds of millions of dollars for the Lazarus APT group. According to OFAC, Tornado Cash was used to launder more than $7 billion worth of virtual currency since its creation in 2019.

Cryptocurrency 84

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Hacking Accountability 84

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2021

claims to be a trader of cryptocurrencies in social networks. “According to information from Bayerischer Rundfunk and Zeit Online, German investigative authorities have been targeting Nikolay K. One of the attacks, against a software developer, took place in 2019. for months. ” consider the post.

Cryptocurrency 118

Cryptocurrency Ransomware Cybercrime Accountability 118

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2020

The Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange is forcing users to reset their passwords following a data leak. . Another bad news for the community of the virtual currencies communities, the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange has forced its users to reset their passwords following a data leak. . charlysatoshi. This is a real email!

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2023

CryptBot malware is active since at least 2019, it allows operators to steal sensitive data from the Google Chrome of the infected systems. The malware allows operators to steal login credentials from popular services such as social media platforms and cryptocurrency wallets, then stolen data is sold on cybercrime forums by the operators.

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Malware Cybercrime Cryptocurrency Media 93

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The attacks also aimed at carrying out other criminal activities, such as the deployment of ransomware and cryptocurrency malware. According to the indictment announced in August 2019, Zhang Haoran (???), These individuals are all present in the FBI’s most wanted list. 35, and Tan Dailin (???),

Identity Theft 101

Identity Theft Advertising Government Technology 101

Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2020

Crooks exploit CVE-2019-18935 deserialization vulnerability to achieve remote code execution in Blue Mockingbird Monero-Mining campaign. “Blue Mockingbird is the name we’ve given to a cluster of similar activity we’ve observed involving Monero cryptocurrency-mining payloads in dynamic-link library (DLL) form on Windows systems.”

Cryptocurrency 86

Cryptocurrency Advertising Accountability Encryption 86

Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

In January 2019, law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe announced the seizure of the popular xDedic marketplace , an underground market offering for sale access to compromised systems and personally identifiable information. ” reads the press release published by DoJ. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Cybercrime Identity Theft Government Hacking 102

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The Raccoon stealer was first spotted in April 2019, it was designed to steal victims’ credit card data, email credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data. “Raccoon Infostealer then stole personal data from victim computers, including log-in credentials, financial information, and other personal records.

Identity Theft 83

Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Cyber threats Cybercrime 83

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Crooks were able to hijack traffic and email to various cryptocurrency-related websites as a result of a DNS hijacking attack on domains managed by GoDaddy. ” states a security notice published by the company. ” states a security notice published by the company. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Social Engineering Engineering DNS Data breaches 101

Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

. “The SSNDOB administrators created advertisements on darkweb criminal forums for the Marketplace’s services, provided customer support functions, and regularly monitored the activities of the sites, including monitoring when purchasers deposited money into their accounts.” ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

Cybercrime 92

Cybercrime Cryptocurrency Marketing Advertising 92

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Taiwanese vendor QNAP warns customers of ongoing attacks targeting their NAS devices with cryptocurrency miners. Taiwanese vendor QNAP warns customers of threat actors targeting their NAS devices with cryptocurrency miners. Use stronger passwords for your administrator and other user accounts.

Cryptocurrency 100

Cryptocurrency Ransomware Malware Passwords 100

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Organizations have paid more than $600 million in cryptocurrency during 2021, nearly one-third to the Conti ransomware gang. According to a report published by the blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis, organizations have paid $602 million in cryptocurrency during 2021. Last week, cybersecurity agencies from the U.K., added the company.

Ransomware 90

Ransomware Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Malware 90

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Avast researchers reported that since 2019, MyKings operators have amassed at least $24 million in the Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin. However, experts pointed out that the botnet uses more than 20 cryptocurrencies in total, for this reason the total financial gains could be greater than $24M.

Cryptocurrency 103

Cryptocurrency Encryption Malware Hacking 103

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The IPStorm botnet was first uncovered in May 2019 while targeting Windows systems, not experts from Intezer reported that the bot evolved to infect other platforms, including Android, Linux, and Mac devices. reads the Intezer’s report. The IPStorm bot also kills a list of processes that could potentially interfere with its operations.

Hacking 91

Hacking Cryptocurrency Cyber Attacks Advertising 91

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. .

Mobile 93

Mobile Telecommunications Data breaches Identity Theft 93

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.” Cyber-Enabled Heists from Banks : from 2015 through 2019 the APT group attempted to steal more than $1.2

Cryptocurrency 74

Cryptocurrency Banking Hacking Ransomware 74

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. The WatchDog botnet has been active at least since Jan.

Cryptocurrency 141

Cryptocurrency Hacking Accountability Software 141

Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2021

It is the third large French-speaking platform seized by the local police after Black Hand in 2018 and French Deep Web Market in 2019. French authorities seized the dark web marketplace Le Monde Parallèle, the operation is another success of national police in the fight against cybercrime activity in the dark web.

Cybercrime 143

Cybercrime Cryptocurrency Banking Mobile 143

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2020

They can prove their identity by answering basic security questions and requesting the cancellation of the old SIM and the activation of a new one. Crooks used the duplicates to receive directly to their phones the second-factor authentication codes used by banks to confirm fraudulent transfers to accounts under theirs control.

Banking 115

Banking Cybercrime Mobile Accountability 115

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

users China-linked APT40 used ScanBox Framework in a long-running espionage campaign Russian streaming platform Start discloses a data breach impacting 7.5M users China-linked APT40 used ScanBox Framework in a long-running espionage campaign Russian streaming platform Start discloses a data breach impacting 7.5M

Data breaches 67

Data breaches Malware Surveillance Ransomware 67

Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2021

” The group has been active since 2019, the NetWalker ransomware has been offered with the Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model. in cryptocurrency obtained from ransom payments. Attacks have specifically targeted the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, taking advantage of the global crisis to extort victims.”

Ransomware 123

Ransomware Healthcare Cryptocurrency Government 123

Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. The UK Security Service MI5 said 10,000 staff from every UK government department and from important UK industries have been lured by fake LinkedIn profiles.

Ransomware 124

Ransomware Passwords Scams Government 124

SecureWorld News

MAY 27, 2021

Here are three examples from the new report: "In 2019, a NASA contract employee used a personal computer to access NASA-owned networks and systems to mine cryptocurrency.". "In In 2018, an account belonging to an external user was compromised and used to steal approximately 500 megabytes of data from a major mission system.".

Cyber Risk 61

Cyber Risk Risk Architecture Cyber threats 61

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. The first half of 2019 saw a 10-fold increase in the number of password-protected objects, such as documents and archive files, being used to deliver malware.

Ransomware 71

Ransomware Antivirus Malware Banking 71

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.

Antivirus 103

Antivirus Malware Cryptocurrency Software 103

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In wider action coordinated by Europol, two LockBit actors have been arrested this morning in Poland and Ukraine, over 200 cryptocurrency accounts linked to the group have been frozen.” LockBit is a prominent ransomware operation that first emerged in September 2019.

Energy and Utilities 91

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Manufacturing Financial Services 91

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. A bug in Instagram exposed user accounts and phone numbers. France and Germany will block Facebooks Libra cryptocurrency. Once again thank you!

Adware 52

Adware Password Management Advertising Hacking 52

Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2019

Hackers compromised a Canonical GitHub account, Ubuntu source code was not impacted. Adobe Patch Tuesday updates for July 2019 address only 5 minor flaws. Microsoft released Patch Tuesday security updates for July 2019. CVE-2019-1132 Windows Zero-Day exploited by Buhtrap Group in government attack.

Data breaches 51

Data breaches Spyware Advertising Government 51

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In wider action coordinated by Europol, two LockBit actors have been arrested this morning in Poland and Ukraine, over 200 cryptocurrency accounts linked to the group have been frozen.” LockBit is a prominent ransomware operation that first emerged in September 2019.

Energy and Utilities 101

Energy and Utilities Ransomware Manufacturing Financial Services 101