Responsible Cyber

JULY 13, 2024

Introduction Cryptocurrency represents a groundbreaking innovation in the financial sector, offering decentralized, peer-to-peer digital transactions through blockchain technology. However, the allure of these digital assets also attracts malicious actors, making cryptocurrency security paramount.

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SecureList

AUGUST 10, 2022

VileRAT is a Python implant, part of an evasive and highly intricate attack campaign against foreign exchange and cryptocurrency trading companies. Malicious DOCX social engineering message. We could not profile all the identified organizations, but half of them were foreign currency (FOREX) and cryptocurrency exchange brokers.

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SecureList

APRIL 21, 2025

In this article, we will review in detail how the fake CAPTCHA campaign works and share a list of IoCs that we discovered during our analysis and investigation of the campaign. Although we already described this distribution method in an earlier article , more details about this campaign have been discovered since then.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2025

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. DoJ charged three Russian citizens with operating crypto-mixing services U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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SecureList

JUNE 10, 2024

This article examines methods that rely on social engineering, where attackers manipulate the victim into giving away the OTP, and tools that they use to automate the manipulations: so-called OTP bots and administration panels to control phishing kits. The bot accepts payments in cryptocurrency only.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The basics of the BEC scam are explained in a July 2021 SecureWorld article that interviewed Stephen Dougherty of the U.S. Exploitation and Actions on the Objective – Typically, the exploited vulnerability is a human, someone who can be tricked through social engineering rather than malware. Secret Service.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As we mentioned in a previous blog , hackers come in many forms, but their methods can generally be classified into three distinct types of cybercriminals: The Impersonator – Hackers that pretend to be others, often using social engineering and human psychology to trick users.

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Transactions on the dark web are typically conducted using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin to maintain anonymity. Transactions on the dark web are often carried out with Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, which are unregulated and difficult to trace back to the user.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In this article in the KSB series, we review the trends of the past year, reflect on the predictions we made for 2024 , and offer insights into what we can expect in 2025. This is particularly notable in the case of Lazarus APT, specifically its attacks against cryptocurrency investors in May.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2023

AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. This article discusses the tactics employed by Chinese cyber actors in committing CNP fraud and their value chain. The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Whether you’re a crypto-skeptic or a crypto-maximalist, it cannot be denied that the mostly unregulated cryptocurrency ecosystem is no stranger to fraud. To conduct attacks specifically linked to cryptocurrency, threat actors must usually cooperate within a web of associates—just like any other area of cyber crime.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

Other affected businesses include Chip, a UK-based savings app boasting 400,000 users; Hoolah, a shopping app with over 100,000 installs ; Mode, a cryptocurrency app with over 50,000 installs ; and Greenwheels, a car-sharing service with over 50,000 installs. Threat actors can abuse PII to conduct phishing and social engineering attacks.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The attackers used social engineering to gain long-term access to the development environment and extended it with fake human interactions in plain sight. In our previous article , we described the tools the attackers use to collect and exfiltrate files (LoFiSe and PcExter). The collected data are zipped and sent to the C2.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Classifications of Encryption Types To avoid confusion, let’s examine the different ways ‘type’ can be applied to encryption and how we will cover them in this article: Encryption category types will explain the overarching and basic categories of classification for encryption, including the two most important: symmetric and asymmetric encryption.

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Security Through Education

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore how these bad actors exploit world tragedy, using real-life examples from 2023 and previous years. Watch out for “charities” asking you to pay with cash, gift cards, wire transfers, or cryptocurrency. Written by: Josten Peña Human Risk Analyst for Social-Engineer, LLC

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In this article, we will review the past year’s trends to see which of our 2023 predictions have come true, and try to predict what is to come in 2024. This attack was highly targeted and showed particular interest in cryptocurrency companies, which may indicate that the ultimate goal of the attackers was financial gain.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Also known as APT29, this group is affiliated with Russia’s government. To get more details, check out the CISA alert “ Foreign Threat Actor Conducting Large-Scale Spear-Phishing Campaign with RDP Attachments. ”

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In this comprehensive article, we will examine the evolution and surge in these double extortion campaigns, look at real-world examples of how high-profile companies have been significantly impacted, and provide best practices for defending against and recovering from such attacks. Stress reporting suspicious activity.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

SecureWorld News just analyzed dozens of pages of court documents to understand this story of the Naval Engineer—an insider—who is accused of going rogue in a high-tech and high-stakes operation. Tools involved digital media, encrypted communication, cryptocurrency, and secret data handoffs. But this took time.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This article dives into the lexicon of malware, offering descriptions, protections, and examples of each. As you browse the myriad of malicious software featured in this article, we offer tips for how best to defend against each type. As a term, crimeware encompasses much of the malware types listed in this article.

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Security Through Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In this article we will review different types of malicious actors, their motives, and recent exploits they have found in society today. Most of these scams required victims to provide “support” by using cryptocurrency, such as bitcoin, making it harder to trace. Their approach however has varied over the years. Student Loan Scams.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

This article will walk you through the various types of malware, how to identify and prevent a malware attack, and how to mitigate the risks. Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. What is Malware . The data is neither stolen nor manipulated.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

This article will walk you through the various types of malware, how to identify and prevent a malware attack, and how to mitigate the risks. Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. What is Malware? The data is neither stolen nor manipulated.

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SecureList

JULY 29, 2021

Following our previous report on EdwardsPhesant, DomainTools and BitDefender published articles about malicious activities against targets in Southeast Asia which we believe, with medium to high confidence, are parts of EdwardsPhesent campaigns. In recent operations, the group has focused on cryptocurrency businesses. Final thoughts.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In this article, we’ll focus on what businesses have learned over the past twelve months, and how this can help us to turn 2022 into a safer and more successful year. Passwords should contain a mixture of lower and upper-case letters, numbers and symbols, and should be impossible to guess or socially engineer.

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Lenny Zeltser

JULY 25, 2018

Scammers use a variety of social engineering tactics when persuading victims to follow the desired course of action. ” The email includes demand for payment via cryptocurrency such Bitcoin to ensure that “Your naughty secret remains your secret.” ” The sender calls this “privacy fees.”

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Spinone

JANUARY 20, 2020

In this article, we will take a detailed look at how ransomware works, how your data can be corrupted and encrypted by it, and what you can do to decrease this probability as much as possible! The most preferred method of ransom payment is cryptocurrency because it is hard to track. But how does ransomware work? Use antivirus.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Some not only blindly facilitate the criminal norms of the cryptocurrency marketplace, but their law firms also blithely encourage cryptocurrency transactions by accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for their legal services. This last point about lawyers and cryptocurrency hits home and bothers me the most. Would a U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Reuters’ published a news article saying Brazil’s electro-nuclear power plant was hit by a ransomware attack, bringing down the operations to a halt on a partial note. And all the expenses are borne by the Kim Jung UN led nation who steals cryptocurrency to fund its nuclear programs.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

These sites referenced public figures and humanitarian groups, offering to accept cash in cryptocurrency, something that should have raised a red flag in itself. By getting the user’s secret phrase, cybercriminals could get access to their cryptocurrency balance. Now, attackers have started collecting Bitcoin for charity.

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