Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2023

Two Russian nationals have been charged with the hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko (43) and Aleksandr Verner (29) have been charged with the hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox in 2011 and the operation of the illicit cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e. ” reads the DoJ.

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APRIL 15, 2020

Google has removed 49 new Chrome browser extensions from its official Web Store that hide the code to hijack cryptocurrency wallets. Google has removed 49 new Chrome browser extensions from its official Web Store that contain the code to steal sensitive information and hijack cryptocurrency wallets. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JUNE 27, 2019

Another cryptocurrency exchange announced to have suffered a theft, this time is the victim is the Singapore-based Bitrue. It has happened again, crooks stole funds from another cryptocurrency exchange, this time the victim is the Singapore-based Bitrue. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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JUNE 4, 2020

Hackers hijacked one of the domains of the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck and used it for spear-phishing attacks. The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck announced that threat actors have accessed their account at the Oname.com domain registrar and hijacked one of its domain names. Pierluigi Paganini.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Anatoly Legkodymov, the founder of the Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange has pleaded in a money-laundering scheme. Anatoly Legkodymov (41) (aka Anatolii Legkodymov, Gandalf, and Tolik), the Russian founder of the unlicensed Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange, has pleaded guilty in a money-laundering scheme.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

Researchers uncovered a large scale operation targeting cryptocurrency users with a previously undetected multiplatform RAT named ElectroRAT. Security researchers from Intezer uncovered a large scale operation targeting cryptocurrency users with a previously undetected RAT named ElectroRAT. ” Intezer concludes.

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JUNE 7, 2019

million Ripple coins (XRP), worth nearly $10 million, from the users of the GateHub cryptocurrency wallet service. million Ripple coins (XRP), worth nearly $10 million, from the users of the GateHub cryptocurrency wallet service. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. reads the report.

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JULY 7, 2019

Yesterday, July 6, 2019, hackers breached the GitHub account of Canonical Ltd., On July 6, 2019, hackers have breached the GitHub account of Canonical Ltd., Hackers at least created 11 new GitHub repositories in compromised Canonical account. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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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

AUGUST 7, 2018

Group-IB researchers have investigated user data leaks from cryptocurrency exchanges and has analyzed the nature of these incidents. In 2017, when cryptocurrencies were gaining momentum, their record-breaking capitalization and a spike in Bitcoin’s exchange rate led to dozens of attacks on cryptocurrency services.

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

. “Comprised of several layers of members mainly from Latvia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Belgium, the QQAAZZ network opened and maintained hundreds of corporate and personal bank accounts at financial institutions throughout the world to receive money from cybercriminals who stole it from accounts of victims.”

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JULY 15, 2022

Threat actors behind the campaign used multiple accounts across several social media platforms to advertise password-cracking software for Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Human-Machine Interface (HMI), and project files. The Sality P2P botnet is known to be involved in password cracking and cryptocurrency mining activities.

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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Once the hackers gained access to a system, they downloaded an initial assm.exe file to achieve persistence and to add a backdoor account for future access. Tencent researchers observed the use of an account with the username “ Default ” and a password of “ @fg125kjnhn987.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Palo Alto Networks’s Unit 42 first observed the malware in November 2023 reporting that it has been advertised on the hacking forum Hackforums since April 30, 2023. The name of the threat comes from a League of Legends character.

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MAY 2, 2023

“Web resources offered users anonymous exchange of cryptocurrencies. Exchange services were advertised on closed hacker forums.” ” Many of these services are advertised on cybercrime forums, the services were offering support in both Russian and English. . authorities.”

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation is issuing this announcement to inform mobile carriers and the public of the increasing use of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) swapping by criminals to steal money from fiat and virtual currency accounts.” Use a variation of unique passwords to access online accounts.

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MARCH 23, 2023

Nexus is available via a Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) subscription and is advertised on underground forums or through private channels (e.g., However, Cleafy’s Threat Intelligence & Response Team reported having detected the first Nexus infections in June 2022, months before the MaaS was publicly advertised.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

The botnet was involved in stealing users’ credentials and data, mining cryptocurrencies abusing victims’ resources, and setting up proxies to funnel other people’s internet traffic through infected machines and routers. Google revealed that Starovikov and Filippov also operated several online websites to advertise the botnet.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

” The conspirators hacked into the protected computers of corporate entities and stole proprietary and corporate information. The group advertised stolen data for sale and sometimes threatened to leak or sell stolen sensitive files if the victim did not pay a ransom. He stole people’s cryptocurrency. He sold hacked data.

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MARCH 26, 2020

which is a Shopify-like platform that has been hosting hundreds of online shops used for the sale of hacked accounts and stolen user data. The Russian man also advertised the platform on other hacking forums. Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, and victim addresses. appeared first on Security Affairs.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Group-IB assisted Paxful, an international peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace, in countering web-bot and social engineering attacks. Group-IB Secure Portal also managed to identify over 100,000 accounts with three or more logins from the same device. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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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. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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MARCH 17, 2020

Last week, security experts from MalwareHunterTeam detected new ransomware dubbed CoronaVirus has been distributed through a malicious web site that was advertising a legitimate system optimization software and utilities from WiseCleaner. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

KPOT Stealer is a “stealer” malware that focuses on exfiltrating account information and other data from web browsers, instant messengers, email, VPN, RDP, FTP, cryptocurrency, and gaming software. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. pic.twitter.com/fJ3BwlaHsR — ??????3

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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.

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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. appeared first on Security Affairs.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

US authorities have indicted two men, Elliot Gunton and Anthony Tyler Nashatka, for hacking the cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta in 2017. Clearly the access to the CEO account allowed the hacker to breach the company. Gunton tricked a mobile telco’s operator into adding a call forwarding number to Coburn’s mobile account.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The RedLine malware allows operators to steal several pieces of information, including credentials, credit card data, cookies, autocomplete information stored in browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, credentials stored in VPN clients and FTP clients. The malicious code can also act as first-stage malware.

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DECEMBER 1, 2019

Facebook and Twitter warn of malicious SDK harvesting personal data from its accounts. Upbit cryptocurrency exchange hacked, crooks stole $48.5 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. million worth of ETH.

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MAY 6, 2020

The agents seized electronic equipment, external hard drives and hardware cryptocurrency wallets, all worth around €100 000. They used stolen credentials to gain access to other online accounts that shared the same username and passwords. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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JANUARY 30, 2022

Scammers tricked people into sending money, often cryptocurrency, on promises of huge returns. ” Investment scams, romance scams, and online shopping fraud accounted for over 70% of reported losses to social media scams in 2021, the FTC states. Check if you can opt out of targeted advertising.

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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. COPPERHEDGE, aka Manuscrypt , has been employed in attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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APRIL 19, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MAY 10, 2020

Researchers at security firm Red Canary uncovered a Monero cryptocurrency-mining campaign, tracked as Blue Mockingbird, that exploits the CVE-2019-18935 vulnerability in web applications built on the ASP.NET framework. Please vote Security Affairs for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS [link].

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NOVEMBER 15, 2020

million Texas drivers Biotech research firm Miltenyi Biotec hit by Mount Locker ransomware CISA Chief Chris Krebs expects to be fired by the White House Schneider Electric published a security advisory on Drovorub Linux Malware.

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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. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. million withdrawn. ” reported the AFP news. Pierluigi Paganini.

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