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Cryptocurrencies and cybercrime: A critical intermingling

Security Affairs

As cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity, there has also been growing concern about cybercrime involvement in this sector Cryptocurrencies have revolutionized the financial world, offering new investment opportunities and decentralized transactions.

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North Korea Hacking Cryptocurrency Sites with 3CX Exploit

Schneier on Security

News : Researchers at Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky today revealed that they identified a small number of cryptocurrency-focused firms as at least some of the victims of the 3CX software supply-chain attack that’s unfolded over the past week.

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Mandiant's Twitter account hacked to push cryptocurrency scam

Bleeping Computer

The Twitter account of American cybersecurity firm and Google subsidiary Mandiant was hijacked earlier today to impersonate the Phantom crypto wallet and share a cryptocurrency scam. [.]

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Cryptocurrency trading bots: Strengthening Cybersecurity and minimizing risks

CyberSecurity Insiders

billion in cryptocurrency was stolen by criminals in 2020, a recent report by Finaria reveals. Now, crypto trading bots have become popular in the cryptocurrency world: software that automatically trades on exchanges on your behalf. This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. A staggering $1.9 API security. Read full post.

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Cryptocurrency Users Targeted in Sophisticated ‘FatalRAT’ Phishing Campaign

Penetration Testing

Cryptocurrency enthusiasts are being urged to exercise extreme caution after a new phishing campaign was uncovered by cybersecurity researchers at Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL).

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Mandiant’s account on X hacked to push cryptocurrency scam

Bleeping Computer

The Twitter account of American cybersecurity firm and Google subsidiary Mandiant was hijacked earlier today to impersonate the Phantom crypto wallet and share a cryptocurrency scam. [.]

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Critical Unpatched Ray AI Platform Vulnerability Exploited for Cryptocurrency Mining

The Hacker News

Cybersecurity researchers are warning that threat actors are actively exploiting a "disputed" and unpatched vulnerability in an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform called Anyscale Ray to hijack computing power for illicit cryptocurrency mining.