Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin disclosed a security breach, hackers stole $150 million from its hot wallets. Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin disclosed a major security incident, the hackers breached its hot wallets and stole all the funds, around $150 million. It seems #Kucoin got hacked.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

The bold author of a new cryptocurrency stealer, dubbed WeSteal, is promising its customers a leading way to make money in 2021. According to Palo Alto Networks, the author of WeSteal, that goes online as “ComplexCodes,” started advertising the cryptocurrency stealer on underground forums in mid-February 2021.

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Cryptocurrency Malware Advertising System Administration 108

Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2024

The RAT allowed customers to access and control their victims’ computers remotely, its author advertised its stealing capabilities. He is accused of advertising and selling the Hive remote access trojan (RAT) on the “Hack Forums” website. . ” reported the DoJ. ” continues DoJ. . ” continues DoJ.

Computers and Electronics 112

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Bad news for Facebook and its projects, France and Germany agreed to block Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency , the French finance ministry said. France and Germany governments announced that they will block Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency , the news was reported by French finance ministry Bruno Le Maire. “We Source: Coindesk.com.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2019

BITPoint Japan-based cryptocurrency announced that hackers have stolen more than $32 million (3.5 billion yen) worth of cryptocurrency due to a cyber attack. BITPoint Japan-based cryptocurrency was victim of a cyber attack, the Remixpoint’s subsidiary announced that hackers have stolen more than $32 million (3.5

Cryptocurrency 89

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The FBI warns of an increase of fraudulent schemes leveraging cryptocurrency ATMs and QR Codes to facilitate payment. The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) published an alert to warn the public of fraudulent schemes leveraging cryptocurrency ATMs and Quick Response (QR) codes to complete payment transactions.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2020

The Department of Justice has charged the two Chinese nationals for laundering cryptocurrency for North Korea-linked APT groups. for helping North Korea-linked hackers in laundering cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency have been stolen by the APT groups from two cryptocurrency exchanges. and Li Jiadong (???),

Cryptocurrency 100

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2019

The Ukrainian Secret Service (SBU) launched an investigation after employees at a local nuclear power plant connected some systems of the internal network to the Internet to mine cryptocurrency. Nuclear power plants are critical infrastructure, such kind of incident could potentially expose high-sensitive information.

Cryptocurrency 99

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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2020

Hackers have stolen more than $25 million worth of cryptocurrency from the Uniswap exchange and the Lendf. Bad news from cryptocurrency industry, hackers have stolen more than $25 million in cryptocurrency from the Uniswap exchange and the Lendf. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

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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Security Affairs

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 -->.

Cryptocurrency 71

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Security Affairs

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.

Cryptocurrency 97

Cryptocurrency Marketing Advertising Hacking 97

Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. The messages said recipients had earned an investment credit at a cryptocurrency trading platform called moonxtrade[.]com. In May 2020, Zipper told another Lolzteam member that quot[.]pw

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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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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2019

The Cryptocurrency startup Komodo hacked itself to protect the funds of its users and avoid that hackers steal them exploiting a flaw in its Agama wallet. The story I’m going to tell you is amazing, the Cryptocurrency startup Komodo hacked itself after discovered a backdoor in its Agama wallet. JavaScript library.

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Security Affairs

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 -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2024

.” The marketplace allowed buyers to pay using cryptocurrency exchange and online payment system Perfect Money. The platform provided an illicit cryptocurrency exchange service for converting Bitcoin to Perfect Money and vice versa. The authorities also seized the exchange platform.

Cybercrime 104

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2019

Researchers discovered that recently patched Firefox zero-day (CVE-2019-11707) has been exploited to deliver Windows and Mac malware to cryptocurrency exchanges. According to Martin, other cryptocurrency organizations were hit by similar attacks. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2019

million) cryptocurrency theft. million) cryptocurrency theft. The cyber criminals carried out typosquatting attacks by spoof or setting up a clone of a well-known online cryptocurrency exchange, in an attempt to trick users into providing their login credentials. SecurityAffairs – cryptocurrency theft, hacking).

Cryptocurrency 57

Cryptocurrency Computers and Electronics Cybercrime Advertising 57

Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2019

A new piece of malware appeared in the threat landscape, dubbed BlackSquid it targets web servers with several exploits to deliver cryptocurrency miners. Security experts at Trend Micro have discovered a new Monero cryptomining miner, dubbed BlackSquid, that is targeting web servers, network drives, and removable drives.

Cryptocurrency 64

Cryptocurrency Malware Advertising Hacking 64

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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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2021

Avast researchers analyzed the activity of a simple cryptocurrency malware dubbed HackBoss that allowed its operators to earn over $560K. The antivirus company Avast analyzed the case of a simple malware dubbed HackBoss and how it allowed its operators to earn more $560K worth of cryptocurrency since November 2018.

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Cryptocurrency Malware Hacking Banking 144

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2019

European airport systems were infected with a Monero cryptocurrency miner that was linked to the Anti-CoinMiner campaign discovered this summer by Zscaler researchers. . Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the analysis published by Cyberbit. . Pierluigi Paganini.

Cryptocurrency 61

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Yesterday almost $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency contained in a password-protected BitCoin wallet was moved to another wallet. Ahead of the 2020 Presidential election a mysterious transaction was noticed by cyber security experts and researchers. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2020

The US DoJ has filed a civil forfeiture complaint with the intent to seize control over 280 Bitcoin and Ethereum accounts that are believed to be holding funds which are the proceeds of hacking campaigns conducted by North Korea-linked APT groups against two cryptocurrency exchanges. In the second attack, threat actors stole $2.5

Cryptocurrency 117

Cryptocurrency Hacking Advertising Accountability 117

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Aurora Stealer is an info-stealing malware that was first advertised on Russian-speaking underground forums in April 2022. The malware was also able to target 40 cryptocurrency wallets and applications like Telegram. Researchers warn of threat actors employing a new Go-based malware dubbed Aurora Stealer in attacks in the wild.

Cybercrime 95

Cybercrime Malware Cryptocurrency Advertising 95

Security Affairs

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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Cybercrime Cryptocurrency Advertising Education 91

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. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cryptocurrency 106

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2020

The crew behind the Sodinokibi Ransomware plans to stop accepting Bitcoin and switched on Monero cryptocurrency to hide the money trail. The gang behind the Sodinokibi Ransomware has started accepting the Monero cryptocurrency instead of Bitcoin to make it harder investigation by law enforcement agencies. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2020

G7 Finance ministers expressed concern on Tuesday over the rise in ransomware attacks during the Covid-19 pandemic, including some involving cryptocurrencies. ” G7 experts pointed out that these attacks often involve payments in crypto-assets, jeopardizing essential functions along with our collective security and prosperity.

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Security Affairs

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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Passwords Software Firmware Malware 114

Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2023

The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 400 by Pierluigi Paganini appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Moshen Dragon).

Cyber Attacks 89

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Security Affairs

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. On Christmas Eve, Resecurity’s HUNTER unit spotted a new version of the infostealer Meduza (2.2).

Malware 117

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2020

The researchers pointed out that the Doki is a new multi-threaded malware leverages an undocumented technique for C2 communications by abusing the Dogecoin cryptocurrency blockchain in a unique way. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the report. ” state the researchers.

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Cryptocurrency Malware Advertising VPN 139

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

. “The funds were then transferred to other QQAAZZ-controlled bank accounts and sometimes converted to cryptocurrency using ‘tumbling’ services designed to hide the original source of the funds. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” . ” states the DoJ.

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Security Affairs

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.

Banking 81

Banking Cryptocurrency Malware Advertising 81