Malwarebytes

MARCH 13, 2023

Within those complaints, cryptocurrency investment fraud rose from $907 million in 2021 to $2.57 There are a number of different methods that cryptocurrency investment fraudsters deploy: Liquidity mining. The scammer contacts a real estate agent, usually offering to buy a very expensive property for cash or cryptocurrency.

Cryptocurrency

Appknox

JUNE 23, 2022

Thus, these Australian attacks significantly contribute to the rising trend in socially engineered attacks. Cryptocurrency and NFT attacks are rising as decentralized finance, and digital art assets become sophisticated socially engineered threats. Common Trends Among the Australian Mobile Threats.

Social Engineering

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 24, 2022

And security researchers from ESET have discovered that the malware was uploaded to the VirusTotal operated system in Brazil and was targeted by a social engineering attack. North Korea’s Lazarus Group has reportedly designed new ransomware that is being targeted at M1 processors popularly running on Macs and Intel systems.

Ransomware

Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

Malicious actors will continue to improve their social engineering tactics, making it more difficult to recognize deception and make it increasingly easier to become a victim, predicts Milbourne. Cryptocurrency. There was no shortage of discussion surrounding cryptocurrency and its security flaws. Ransomware.

Cybercrime

SC Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

.” The duo homed in on a list of emerging technologies that could create new wrinkles in the security landscape: automation, machine learning and AI including advances in NLP and GAN, immersive digital environments, data in the digital supply chain, cyber/physical crossover, additive manufacturing and the prevalence of 5G and widescale IoT.

Manufacturing

Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2023

Other top 4 targeted industries include Manufacturing, Insurance, Technology, and Financial Services seeing 15%, 9%, 7%, and 6% of the campaign traffic respectively.” Experts warn that the Energy sector was a major focus of this campaign, followed by manufacturing, and insurance. ” continues the report.

Phishing

Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2022

RedLine is a malware service available for purchase on underground forums that specifically targets the theft of sensitive information: passwords, credit cards, execution environment data, computer name, installed software, and more recently, cryptocurrency wallets and related files. OpenLink - open a link in the default browser.

Cybersecurity

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

It also turned out that the motherboards infected in all known cases came from just two manufacturers. VileRAT is a Python implant, part of an evasive and highly intricate attack campaign against foreign exchange and cryptocurrency trading companies. The group delivers its malware using social engineering.

Malware

SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This is particularly notable in the case of Lazarus APT, specifically its attacks against cryptocurrency investors in May. In general, we’ve observed hacktivists in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict become more skilled and more focused on attacking large organizations such as government, manufacturing and energy entities.

IoT

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In their campaigns to infect mobile devices, cybercriminals always resort to social engineering tools, the most common of these passing a malicious application off as another, popular and desirable one. The manufacturer of the mobile device preloads an adware application or a component with the firmware. Trends of the year.

Mobile

NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Ransomware, a definition Ransomware is a set of malware technologies, hacking techniques, and social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use to cause harm, breach data, and render data unusable. Victims pay ransomware adversaries for decryption keys through cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin. Unpatched exploits.

Ransomware

Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The US, manufacturing sector, and professional, scientific, and technical services (PSTS) sector are primary targets amidst an overall increase in ransomware attacks. This underscores the importance of having additional compensating controls and educating employees on the risks associated with phishing and other social engineering attacks.

Cyber Attacks

ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Stok : DEF CON that that summer for hacker summer camp and got invited or more or less kind of social engineer myself into a hacker one live hacking event used to be at the bar. All on his own Jack discovered a security flaw in a cryptocurrency app, a flaw that opened the door to the world of bug bounties.

Hacking

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Most device or software manufacturers place backdoors in their products intentionally and for a good reason. CISA reported that LokiBot “employs Trojan malware to steal sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, cryptocurrency wallets, and other credentials.” Phishing and Social Engineering. Backdoors.

Malware

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2022

Another victim in which the same chain was exhibited is a computer game manufacturer in Cambodia, where the attack could have been used for a different purpose, possibly to infiltrate the company’s supply chain. We recently discovered a Trojanized DeFi application, compiled in November 2021. Final thoughts.

Malware

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.

Phishing

SecureList

MAY 7, 2025

The Radar/Dispossessor operation was disrupted by the FBI in August 2024, and German authorities seized 47 cryptocurrency exchanges linked to ransomware laundering. Manufacturing, agriculture, and retail, as well as critical sectors such as government and energy are targeted, but economic constraints and smaller ransoms deter some attackers.

Ransomware