Cryptocurrency Hacking Scams 
Krebs on Security
MAY 29, 2025
a Philippines-based company that provides computer infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of websites involved in virtual currency investment scams known as pig butchering.” ” The Treasury Department said Funnull’s operations are linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles this week unsealed criminal charges against five men alleged to be members of a hacking group responsible for dozens of cyber intrusions at major U.S. The targeted SMS scams asked employees to click a link and log in at a website that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page.
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Krebs on Security
JANUARY 7, 2025
KrebsOnSecurity recently told the saga of a cryptocurrency investor named Tony who was robbed of more than $4.7 Before we get to the Apple scam in detail, we need to revisit Tony’s case. million in cryptocurrencies from Tony was verify-trezor[.]io. Image: Shutterstock, iHaMoo. million in an elaborate voice phishing attack.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 18, 2023
One of the oldest malware tricks in the book — hacked websites claiming visitors need to update their Web browser before they can view any content — has roared back to life in the past few months. Previously, the group had stored its malicious update files on Cloudflare, Guard.io
Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 29, 2024
In January, KrebsOnSecurity told the story of a Canadian man who was falsely charged with larceny and lost his job after becoming the victim of a complex e-commerce scam known as triangulation fraud. In this scam, you receive what you ordered, and the only party left to dispute the transaction is the owner of the stolen payment card.
Krebs on Security
MAY 30, 2023
A number of Discord communities focused on cryptocurrency have been hacked this past month after their administrators were tricked into running malicious Javascript code disguised as a Web browser bookmark. “I’ve seen all kinds of crypto scams, but I’ve never seen one like this.”
Joseph Steinberg
JUNE 9, 2021
Of course, if the FBI has such capabilities, it would likely use them sparingly and ascribe any successes to other techniques – just as the Allies did not act on every piece of data obtained by hacking Enigma so as not to alert the Nazis to Enigma’s compromise.). performed after obtaining a classic search warrant).
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