2023 Cryptocurrency Web Fraud 
Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 11, 2024
A financial firm registered in Canada has emerged as the payment processor for dozens of Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cybercrime services aimed at Russian-speaking customers, new research finds. A machine-translated version of Flymoney, one of dozens of cryptocurrency exchanges apparently nested at Cryptomus.
Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Adam Griffin is still in disbelief over how quickly he was robbed of nearly $500,000 in cryptocurrencies. “So, the attacker receives the invitation to fill out the form – and when they complete it, they enter their intended victim’s email address into the form, not their own,” Cluely wrote in a December 2023 post.
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Krebs on Security
MAY 29, 2025
Pig butchering is a rampant form of fraud wherein people are lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in fraudulent cryptocurrency trading platforms. The FBI has released a technical writeup (PDF) of the infrastructure used to manage the malicious Funnull domains between October 2023 and April 2025. cloud providers.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 9, 2024
For example, in its most recent transparency report (PDF) Verizon said it received more than 127,000 law enforcement demands for customer data in the second half of 2023 — including more than 36,000 EDRs — and that the company provided records in response to approximately 90 percent of requests.
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Since then, a steady trickle of six-figure cryptocurrency heists targeting security-conscious people throughout the tech industry has led some security experts to conclude that crooks likely have succeeded at cracking open some of the stolen LastPass vaults. “The victim profile remains the most striking thing,” Monahan wrote.
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Malicious hackers are targeting people in the cryptocurrency space in attacks that start with a link added to the target’s calendar at Calendly , a popular application for scheduling appointments and meetings. The attackers impersonate established cryptocurrency investors and ask to schedule a video conference call. capital).
Krebs on Security
APRIL 4, 2024
The disclosure revealed a profitable network of phishing sites that behave and look like the real Privnote, except that any messages containing cryptocurrency addresses will be automatically altered to include a different payment address controlled by the scammers. co showing the site did indeed swap out any cryptocurrency addresses.
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