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The $2.3 Billion Tornado Cash Case Is a Pivotal Moment for Crypto Privacy

WIRED Threat Level

Tuesday’s verdict in the trial of Alexey Pertsev, a creator of crypto-privacy service Tornado Cash, is the first in a string of cases that could make it much harder to skirt financial surveillance.

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The Binance Crackdown Will Be an 'Unprecedented' Bonanza for Crypto Surveillance

WIRED Threat Level

Binance’s settlement requires it to offer years of transaction data to US regulators and cops, exposing the company—and its customers—to a “24/7, 365-days-a-year financial colonoscopy.”

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Threat actors hacked the X account of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and announced fake Bitcoin ETF approval

Security Affairs

“The approved Bitcoin ETFs will be subject to ongoing surveillance and compliance measures to ensure continued investor protection.” Traded on major stock exchanges like stocks and bonds, ETFs enable investors to trade Bitcoin indirectly without direct involvement with the cryptocurrency. ” Gensler wrote.

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Mac users using Exodus cryptocurrency wallet targeted by a small spam campaign

Security Affairs

Security experts at F-Secure have recently spotted a small spam campaign aimed at Mac users that use Exodus cryptocurrency wallet. “From the website, the developer described their software as a cloud-based surveillance and remote spy tool. update.zip.” com” website, a cloud-based remote spy software for Mac systems.

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SEC X account hacked to hawk crypto-scams

Malwarebytes

We have seen several high-profile accounts that were taken over on X (formerly Twitter) only to be used for cryptocurrency related promotional activities, like expressing the approval of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). A spot Bitcoin ETF will buy the cryptocurrency directly, “on the spot”, at its current price, throughout the day.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 430 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Now Abyss Locker also targets VMware ESXi servers Russian APT BlueBravo targets diplomatic entities with GraphicalProton backdoor CoinsPaid blames North Korea-linked APT Lazarus for theft of $37M worth of cryptocurrency Monitor Insider Threats but Build Trust First Zimbra fixed actively exploited zero-day CVE-2023-38750 in ZCS DepositFiles exposed (..)

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The Evolution of Darknets

Schneier on Security

He does not have to visit any easily to surveil post office or letter box, instead the whole public space becomes his hiding territory. Cryptocurrencies are still the main means of payment, but due to the higher customer-binding, and vetting process by the merchant, escrows are seldom employed.