Javvad Malik

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

TL;DR the argument is whether or not crypto should mean cryptography or cryptocurrency. You have governments trying to ban end to end encryption (refer to Alec Muffet for more nuanced discussions on E2E encryption ), no-one ever seems to have got PGP working, and what does cryptography has to do with privacy or secure banking?

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2024

“Ransomware is malicious software designed to encrypt data on victim computers, allowing bad actors the ability to demand a ransom payment in exchange for the decryption key.” .” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

An arbitrage bot is a tool that allows users to profit from cryptocurrency rate differences between platforms. Elastic researchers traced this campaign to April 2023 through the RC4 key used to encrypt the SUGARLOADER and KANDYKORN C2. The attack chain aimed at infecting the target system with the KANDYKORN macOS malware.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2022

“The Justice Department today announced a complaint filed in the District of Kansas to forfeit cryptocurrency paid as ransom to North Korean hackers or otherwise used to launder such ransom payments. The Kansas hospital opted to pay approximately a $100,000 ransom in Bitcoin to receive a decryptor e recover the encrypted files.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2023

The researchers speculate the packages are part of a highly-targeted attack on developers working in the cryptocurrency sector. “This seems to be another highly-targeted attack on developers involved in the cryptocurrency sphere. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2022

The Holy Ghost ransomware appends the file extension.h0lyenc to filenames of encrypted files. The SiennaBlue variant evolved over time by implementing multiple encryption options, string obfuscation, public key management, and support for the internet and intranet. The threat actors asked victims to pay a ransom from 1.2

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2024

The recent malware campaign involves a large, padded executable file that shares similarities with the “Keyzetsu clipper” malware, targeting cryptocurrency wallets. On April 3rd, the attacker updated the code in one of their repositories, linking to a new URL that downloads a different encrypted.7z

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. Cryptolocker and exploit components.

Malware 100

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2023

Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new information stealer malware, called Statc Stealer, that can steal a broad range of info from Windows devices. The malware can steal sensitive information from various web browsers, including login data, cookies, web data, and preferences.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

The ZIP archives contain a compressed executable payload that, if executed, will start the encryption process with LockBit Black ransomware. The emails sent in the April campaign contain ZIP attachments and were sent by the same addresses, “JennyBrown3422[@]gmail[.]com,” com,” and “Jenny[@]gsd[.]com.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2024

A malware campaign has been exploiting the updating mechanism of the eScan antivirus to distribute backdoors and cryptocurrency miners. Puppeteer orchestrates the core functionality of the malware, including the cryptocurrency mining as well as the backdoor deployment.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Microsoft revealed that the new Dexphot cryptocurrency miner has already infected more than 80,000 computers worldwide. Security experts at Microsoft analyzed a new strain of cryptocurrency miner tracked as Dexphot that has been active since at least October 2018. ”reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2022

The estimated value of greater Decentralized Finance and cryptocurrencies surpassed half a trillion dollars in market capitalization in 2018, and then one trillion for the first time in 2021 ( 1 ). Since then, cryptocurrency values reached new records during the pandemic. Cryptocurrencies Are Established Via Blockchain Security.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2024

The software may also contain encryption or features subject to export controls under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), potentially leading to further legal violations by foreign nationals downloading it without a license. The 911 S5 client software, hosted on U.S. servers, allowed cybercriminals outside the U.S. export laws.

VPN 93

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is targeting macOS Users searching for jobs in the cryptocurrency industry. Last week, SentinelOne researchers discovered a decoy documents advertising positions for the popular cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com. The attackers aimed at stealing credentials for the victims’ wallets.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Businesses employ MongoDB to organize and store large swaths of document-oriented information, and in GokuMarket’s case, the details of over a million customers and admin users. GokuMarket, a cryptocurrency exchange, was recently acquired by Canada-based crypto exchange ByteX.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2023

ReversingLabs discovered two malicious packages, respectively named nodejs-encrypt-agent and nodejs-cookie-proxy-agent, in the npm package repository containing an open-source info-stealer called TurkoRat. The nodejs-encrypt-agent was discovered due to name and version discrepancies noticed by the researchers while scanning the repository.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

The RedLine malware allows operators to steal several 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 a first-stage malware.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2021

However, experts pointed out that the botnet uses more than 20 cryptocurrencies in total, for this reason the total financial gains could be greater than $24M. “For protection against quick analysis and against static extraction with regular expressions, the substitute values are encrypted. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2024

The FBI is informing victims of LockBit ransomware it has obtained over 7,000 LockBit decryption keys that could allow some of them to decrypt their data. The FBI is inviting victims of LockBit ransomware to come forward because it has obtained over 7,000 LockBit decryption keys that could allow them to recover their encrypted data for free.

Energy and Utilities 109

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

builder Over 39K unauthenticated Redis services on the internet targeted in cryptocurrency campaign Hackers stole $160 Million from Crypto market maker Wintermute U.S. builder Over 39K unauthenticated Redis services on the internet targeted in cryptocurrency campaign Hackers stole $160 Million from Crypto market maker Wintermute U.S.

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Hackology

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It’s a fully decentralized messenger with no servers, ensuring that your messages remain private and secure. With Utopia, you can send encrypted messages, transfer files, create group chats and channels, and even have a private discussion with the help of an AI assistant called ChatGPT.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

. “This advisory highlights TTPs and IOCs DPRK cyber actors used to gain access to and conduct ransomware attacks against Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector organizations and other critical infrastructure sector entities, as well as DPRK cyber actors’ use of cryptocurrency to demand ransoms.” Obfuscate Identity.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

Good news for the victims of the ThiefQuest (EvilQuest) ransomware, they can recover their encrypted files for free. The victims of the ThiefQuest (EvilQuest) ransomware victims can recover their encrypted files without needing to pay the ransom due to the availability of a free decryptor. macOS ransomware #decryptor ( #EvilQuest )! |

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2023

“Nexus provides all the main features to perform ATO attacks (Account Takeover) against banking portals and cryptocurrency services, such as credentials stealing and SMS interception. The Nexus Trojan can target multiple banking and cryptocurrency in an attempt to take over customers’ accounts.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Russian police arrested 14 alleged members of the ransomware gang and raided 25 addresses seizing computer equipment and cryptocurrency wallets. “The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, in cooperation with the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the cities of Moscow, St. .

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

” Ragnar Locker is an aggressive ransomware group that typically demands millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency in ransom payments. Although as a result of the incident, some of our data was encrypted and business activities at several facilities have been temporarily disrupted, the company continuous to serve its global clients.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 3, 2023

Ransomware is malware that encrypts the victim's data and demands a ransom for its decryption. Cryptocurrency and the Metaverse pose new cybersecurity threats. According to the Global Information Security Workforce Study, the shortage of trained and qualified cybersecurity professionals worldwide is projected to reach 1.8

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Writing to the clipboard:a common tactic for stealing cryptocurrency funds. Password encryption keys key4.db Login information – “Login Data” folder. Executing shell commands. Displaying alert messages. Retrieving running process list. Executing files on disk or in memory. Downloading and executing additional payloads.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2023

Despite the FBI and law enforcement bodies always recommend not paying ransom in these attacks, in this case, the department opted to pay likely because they had no other way to recover the encrypted systems or to avoid the disclosure of sensitive data. “If

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2023

These changes included updated criteria for financial institutions, providing more specific requirements about which safeguards they must include in their information security programs. Since 2009, more than 6,600 distinct cryptocurrencies have been released.

Cryptocurrency 69

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 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. The filename of the encrypted files will be changed to the attacker’s email address (i.e. jpg ‘). jpg ‘).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2021

The new variant also implements new features for data-stealing focused on cryptocurrency apps. XCSSET is a Mac malware that was discovered by Trend Micro in August 2020, it was spreading through Xcode projects and exploits two zero-day vulnerabilities to steal sensitive information from target systems and launch ransomware attacks.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

Mandiant concluded that the 3CX attack was orchestrated by the North Korean state-sponsored hacking group known as Lazarus , a determination that was independently reached earlier by researchers at Kaspersky Lab and Elastic Security.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

bin, researchers also observed the use of a cryptocurrency mining module. . Experts observed several variants over the recent months, it authors have improved encryption and implemented new functionality of the final Node.js The malware also installs three other files, hhc.exe, hha.dll and chaes1.bin, ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2022

The Russian police arrested 14 alleged members of the ransomware gang and raided 25 addresses seizing computer equipment and cryptocurrency wallets. The expert noticed that the sample does not encrypt files, it only adds a random extension to the victim’s files. The raids took place in Moscow, St.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2021

It is interesting to tone that the phishing attacks against cryptocurrency targets broke 2 per for the first time, a circumstance that demonstrates the growing interest of cybercrime in targeting users attracted by the raise of the value of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. said LaCour, According to John LaCour, in Q1 2021, 94.5%

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