Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

billion yen ($60 million) worth of cryptocurrencies from the Japanese digital currency exchange Zaif exchange. a Japanese cryptocurrency firm, hackers have compromised its Zaif exchange and have stolen 6.7 billion yen ($60 million) worth of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Monacoin, and Bitcoin Cash. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Bleeping Computer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A fake Walmart press release stating that the retail chain would begin accepting Litecoin caused the cryptocurrency to jump by almost 35% this morning. [.].

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Adam Levin

APRIL 10, 2019

The analysis was conducted by the Aite Group, which looked at mobile apps in eight categories: retail banking, credit cards, mobile payment, healthcare savings, retail finance, health insurance, auto insurance and cryptocurrency.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

They’ve seen tremendous interest from a wide range of parties, whether that be institutional investors or retail hobbyists looking to find an angle. Cryptocurrency has been subjected to a rapidly changing balance of laws for the government to try and control it through regulation. Cryptocurrency wallet theft is no small issue.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2021

The retailer also reported that its main databases were not impacted. . At the time of this writing, it is unclear if the retailer has suffered a data breach, the leak site of the RansomExx gang has yet to include the Brazilian group among the list of targeted organizations. ” reads a statement from the company.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Once hijacked a SIM, the attackers can steal money, cryptocurrencies and personal information, including contacts synced with online accounts. Authenticate calls from third party authorized retailers requesting. Authenticate calls from third party authorized retailers requesting. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Cryptocurrency prices were dropping from the end of 2021 and throughout the first half of 2022. Although finance experts and retail investors estimate crypto to have a solid chance of recovery in the long term, at the time of writing this report the prices remain low. In fact, cybercriminals hunting for crypto can target anyone.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Most online retailers grew wise to these scams years ago and stopped shipping to regions of the world most frequently associated with credit card fraud, including Eastern Europe, North Africa, and Russia. The spreadsheet also included the cryptocurrency account numbers that were to be credited each month with SWAT’s earnings.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2023

PoC Exploit for CVE-2022-47966 will be released soon Fortinet observed three rogue PyPI packages spreading malware Managing Asset Risks During Healthcare M&As Avast researchers released a free BianLian ransomware decryptor for some variants of the malware Experts spotted a backdoor that borrows code from CIA’s Hive malware T95 Android TV Box sold (..)

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This article explains exactly what you need to know about cryptojacking, cryptocurrency, and how it directly impacts website security. Before you can understand cryptojacking, it’s important to understand what cryptocurrency is. Cryptocurrency is an anonymous decentralized form of currency created through “mining” computing resources.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 26, 2020

Cybersecurity experts say the raid included the charging of a major carding kingpin thought to be tied to dozens of carding shops and to some of the bigger data breaches targeting western retailers over the past decade. authorities in 2017. “ Flint had a piece of almost every major hack because in many cases it was his guys doing it.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 17, 2021

For decrypting the information, the attackers received a 'ransom' in cryptocurrency. Together, law enforcement has managed to shut down the infrastructure from which the virus spreads and block channels for legalizing criminally acquired cryptocurrencies.". The total damage reaches $500 million. Clop used in other ransomware attacks.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2023

FiXS, a new ATM malware that is targeting Mexican banks BidenCash leaks 2.1M stolen credit/debit cards Pegasus spyware used to spy on a Polish mayor Hundreds of thousands of websites hacked as part of redirection campaign MQsTTang, a new backdoor used by Mustang Panda APT against European entities Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from PayBito crypto exchange FBI issued a flash alert on Lockbit ransomware operation CISA orders federal agencies to fix actively exploited CVE-2022-21882 Windows flaw Over 500,000 people were impacted by a ransomware attack that hit Morley Ransomware attack hit Swissport International causing delays (..)

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2023

Constella Intelligence , a service that indexes information exposed by public database leaks, shows this email address was used to register an account at the clothing retailer romwe.com, using the password “ 123456xx.” DNS records for worldwiredlabs[.]com Zanko became an officer in a company called Godbex Solutions LTD.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Cryptocurrency targeted attacks. The cryptocurrency business continues to grow, and people continue to invest their money in this market because it’s a digital asset and all transactions occur online. More cryptocurrency-related threats: fake hardware wallets, smart contract attacks, DeFi hacks, and more.

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Cryptocurrency Mobile Ransomware Banking 86

Hot for Security

MAY 7, 2021

Sometimes, as we saw with the ransomware attack against British fashion retailer FatFace, the criminals will even give your business advice on how to improve its security in future. In addition, it will not affect existing policies that companies may have with the insurer.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular. In fact, from January through the end of October, Kaspersky detected more than 2,300 fraudulent global resources aimed at 85,000 potential crypto investors or users who are interested in cryptocurrency mining. Extortion on the rise.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 28, 2021

Binance, the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchange network, has had a rough few days. These stocks are bought and sold using Binance’s own cryptocurrency. ” Binance troubles in the first half of 2021. Magic words.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 7, 2018

Police in Florida have arrested a 25-year-old man accused of being part of a multi-state cyber fraud ring that hijacked mobile phone numbers in online attacks that siphoned hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from victims.

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Mobile Cryptocurrency Scams Computers and Electronics 208

Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

What would happen if you typed in “Amazon,” the corresponding domain popped up, and you clicked, but instead of finding the world’s largest online retailer, you landed on a 1980s WarGames-themed page with a laughing skull? A prospective client or customer types your company name and their browser does the rest.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2024

Experts spotted a new macOS Backdoor named SpectralBlur linked to North Korea Merck settles with insurers regarding a $1.4

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

-based Synoptek is a managed service provider that maintains a variety of cloud-based services for more than 1,100 customers across a broad spectrum of industries , including state and local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software. A now-deleted Tweet from Synoptek on Dec.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2021

They focused on four major areas: the monthly amount of suspicious ransomware payments; ransomware variants; Bitcoin payments tied to ransomware; and threat actors' use of Anonymity-Enhanced Cryptocurrencies (AECs), which means they can avoid reusing virtual currency wallets. Cryptocurrency's role in enabling ransomware attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Shopin founder charged by SEC for running $42 million scam cryptocurrency ICO. Eyal launched an Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) to raise funding to create universal shopper profiles, maintained on the blockchain , that would track customer purchase histories across online retailers and recommend products based on the collected data.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2022

Scammers tricked people into sending money, often cryptocurrency, on promises of huge returns. Some reports even described ads that impersonated real online retailers that drove people to lookalike websites. Their account may have been hacked – especially if they ask you to pay by cryptocurrency, gift card, or wire transfer.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Whether you’re a crypto-skeptic or a crypto-maximalist, it cannot be denied that the mostly unregulated cryptocurrency ecosystem is no stranger to fraud. To conduct attacks specifically linked to cryptocurrency, threat actors must usually cooperate within a web of associates—just like any other area of cyber crime.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The bad news is only getting worse for retailers, as fraudsters grow bolder and go after more valuable items than ever before. Attacks are up across many verticals, including digital goods, travel and cryptocurrency. Consumers enjoy convenience and discounts. For example, the beauty industry has seen ATO attacks increase by 94%.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In this case, the actors want to use the infected device to mine the Monero cryptocurrency (XMR): Contents of config.txt A look at the strings in the file to which the configuration is passed convinces us that this is indeed a miner: Let’s see if other downloaded files appear in the start.cmd code.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This includes the evolution from physical currency and checks to digital payment methods such as credit and debit cards, as well as the emergence of newer technologies like mobile payments and cryptocurrencies. Overall, CBDCs as a new type of digital currency are not volatile like cryptocurrencies.

Banking 71

Banking Cryptocurrency Financial Services Accountability 71

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In a security blog about Octo Tempest Microsoft states: “Octo Tempest monetized their intrusions in 2022 by selling SIM swaps to other criminals and performing account takeovers of high-net-worth individuals to steal their cryptocurrency.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2022

“Hundreds of millions of payment card details have been stolen from online retailers, banks and payments companies before being sold for cryptocurrency on online marketplaces such as UniCC.” ” reads the analysis published by Elliptic Threat Intel.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2022

“Frappo” acts as a Phishing-as-a-Service and enables cybercriminals the ability to host and generate high-quality phishing pages which impersonate major online banking, e-commerce, popular retailers, and online-services to steal customer data.

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Phishing Banking Retail Financial Services 72

Security Affairs

MARCH 30, 2023

The most recent version of AlienFox, Version 4, shows a totally different structure, it has added WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Prestashop, Magento, and Opencart targeting, an Amazon.com retail site account checker. Tool1, Tool2). . “The AlienFox toolset demonstrates another stage in the evolution of cybercrime in the cloud.”

Retail 91

Retail Cybercrime Cryptocurrency Malware 91

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2018

An entrepreneur and virtual currency investor is suing AT&T for $224 million, claiming the wireless provider was negligent when it failed to prevent thieves from hijacking his mobile account and stealing millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies. On June 11, 2017, Terpin’s phone went dead. A copy of his complaint is here (PDF).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Group-IB assisted Paxful, an international peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace, in countering web-bot and social engineering attacks. The combination of advanced anti-fraud technologies and intelligence protects both banking and retail customers. The figure suggests that bitcoin platforms remain of great interest to threat actors.

Cryptocurrency 58

Cryptocurrency Social Engineering eCommerce Engineering 58

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

In the meantime, 911’s absence may coincide with a measurable (if only short-lived) reprieve in unwanted traffic to top Internet destinations, including banks, retailers and cryptocurrency platforms, as many former customers of the proxy service scramble to make alternative arrangements.

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