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Cryptocurrency Thefts Get Physical

Schneier on Security

Long story of a $250 million cryptocurrency theft that, in a complicated chain events, resulted in a pretty brutal kidnapping.

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Hackers Exploit Zoom's Remote Control Feature in Cryptocurrency Heists

SecureWorld News

A sophisticated cybercrime campaign, dubbed Elusive Comet , has been uncovered, in which North Korean threat actors are exploiting Zoom's remote control feature to infiltrate the systems of cryptocurrency professionals. The research behind the discovery was released by Security Alliance , which tracked and analyzed the campaign.

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A Day in the Life of a Prolific Voice Phishing Crew

Krebs on Security

KrebsOnSecurity recently told the saga of a cryptocurrency investor named Tony who was robbed of more than $4.7 million in cryptocurrencies from Tony was verify-trezor[.]io. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as well as those working at the cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Binance. Image: Shutterstock, iHaMoo.

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Scam Information and Event Management

SecureList

In a recent campaign starting in 2022, unknown malicious actors have been trying to mine cryptocurrency on victims’ devices without user consent; they’ve used large amounts of resources for distribution, but what’s more, used multiple unusual vectors for defense evasion and persistence.

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McDonald’s Falls Victim to Cyberattack: Instagram Hijacked to Promote Grimace Cryptocurrency

Penetration Testing

In a surprising turn of events, McDonald’s, the global fast-food giant, fell victim to a cyberattack that leveraged the brand’s Instagram account to promote a meme coin called “Grimace.”

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Will cryptocurrency mining soon saturate AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud?

The Last Watchdog

Cryptojacking, as defined by the Federal Trade Commission , is the use of JavaScript code to capture cryptocurrencies in users’ browsers without asking permission. LW: So cryptocurrency got discovered as the ideal payment vehicle for ransomware. In 2011, total cryptocurrency value was about $10 billion. It was insane.

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Rogue cryptocurrency billboards go phishing for wallets

Malwarebytes

NFT NYC describes itself as “the leading annual non-fungible token event” The 2022 meet-up is the fourth such event to take place. However, a “wallet drainer” is just another way of saying “phishing website” There are three ways the majority of cryptocurrency phishes take place: Airdrop phishing.