Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2019

Researchers discovered that recently patched Firefox zero-day (CVE-2019-11707) has been exploited to deliver Windows and Mac malware to cryptocurrency exchanges. According to Martin, other cryptocurrency organizations were hit by similar attacks. CVE-2019-11707 is a type confusion vulnerability in Array.pop. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 10, 2023

In 2012, researcher Cormac Herley offered an answer : It weeded out all but the most gullible. They are forlorn strangers looking for romance, hot new cryptocurrencies that are soon to skyrocket in value, and seemingly-sound new financial websites offering amazing returns on deposits.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2023

Two Russian nationals have been charged with the hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko (43) and Aleksandr Verner (29) have been charged with the hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox in 2011 and the operation of the illicit cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e. ” reads the DoJ.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The cryptocurrency stolen in 2012 was valued at $3.36 The cryptocurrency stolen in 2012 was valued at $3.36 Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Monday, October 7, 2022, the seizure of 50,676 Bitcoin stolen in the hack of the no-longer-existent Silk Road dark web marketplace. This seizure was then the […].

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

The Justice Department said that in Dragonfly’s first stage between 2012 and 2014, the defendants hacked into computer networks of industrial control systems (ICS) companies and software providers, and then hid malware inside legitimate software updates for such systems. energy facilities. ” HYDRA.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

The company spokesperson also disclosed that the ransomware gang was demanding $50 million in Monero cryptocurrency for deleting the data on its servers that will also terminate the sale of the data process on the dark web.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 22, 2021

Note 1- North Korea has the ambition to become a super-power nuclear nation by 2025 and is seen fulfilling its objective by launching cyber attacks on the critical infrastructure of nations supporting the west and those belonging to international banks and cryptocurrency-related businesses. .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2023

One of the key significant improvements are support of more software clients (including browser-based cryptocurrency wallets), upgraded credit card (CC) grabber, and additional advanced mechanisms for password storage dump on various platforms to extract credentials and tokens.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Upon release from prison, Skorjanc became chief technology officer for NiceHash , a cryptocurrency mining service. A 2012 sales thread on Darkode for Rev Locker. In December 2017, $52 million worth of Bitcoin mysteriously disappeared from NiceHash coffers. In October 2019, Skorjanc was arrested in Germany in response to a U.S. .”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2024

RaaS : Mirroring the Legitimate SaaS Models In mid-2012, the ransomware ecosystem evolved with the introduction of Reveton , the first Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS). The Digital Currency of Crime Cryptocurrencies play a central role in ransomware economics by offering anonymity and privacy that traditional payment methods cannot match.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Skynet was first discovered in 2012 and has since grown to become one of the largest botnets in the world. The Godzilla botnet has been active since at least 2021, it was used to launch large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, as well as steal login credentials and mine cryptocurrency.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 22, 2018

have arrested and charged a 19-year-old area man on suspicion hijacking mobile phone numbers as part of a scheme to steal large sums of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The remainder of the price of the vehicle was financed through the trade-in of a 2012 Audi R8. Authorities in Santa Clara, Calif.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

“JAMES ZHONG pled guilty to committing wire fraud in September 2012 when he unlawfully obtained over 50,000 Bitcoin from the Silk Road dark web internet marketplace. The authorities seized the stolen funds on November 2021, at the time it was the biggest-ever seizure of cryptocurrency. billion mystery. ” said U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 13, 2021

A hacker named Raymond Ngan, aged 49, was arrested by the federal authorities in November 2020 and named as ‘Individual X’ who stole bitcoins worth $4 billion from Silk Road Marketplace between 2012 -2013. Note 1- Silk Road was a kind of dark web marketplace that served as a platform to allow sale of drugs from 2012 till the year 2013.

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SecureList

MAY 6, 2024

Methodology In this report, we present an analysis of financial cyberthreats in 2023, focusing on banking Trojans and phishing pages that target online banking, shopping accounts, cryptocurrency wallets and other financial assets. Cryptocurrency phishing saw a 16% year-on-year increase in 2023, with 5.84 million in 2022.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In 2012, when the program started, the agency received more than 3,000 tips. Can an industry lobbying group under scrutiny (perhaps in cryptocurrencies ) pay firms to look at other industries instead and tie up SEC resources? It worked in a big way. By 2020, it had more than doubled, and it more than doubled again by 2023.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

Pin was active on Opensc around March 2012, and authored 13 posts that mostly concerned data encryption issues, or how to fix bugs in code. Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 finds that pin@darktower.ru was used by a Russian-speaking member called Pin on the English-language cybercrime forum Opensc.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

According to the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), this individual also was behind the infamous Reveton ransomware Trojan spread in 2012 — 2014. Ransomware Quarterly trends and highlights Progress in law enforcement In August, Spain arrested a cybercriminal who founded Ransom Cartel in 2021 and set up a malvertizing campaign.

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Google Security

AUGUST 24, 2022

Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2012/064 ; Nadia Heninger, Zakir Durumeric, Eric Wustrow, and J. Biased Nonce Sense: Lattice Attacks against Weak ECDSA Signatures in Cryptocurrencies. Lenstra, James P. Hughes, Maxime Augier, Joppe W. Bos, Thorsten Kleinjung, and Christophe Wachter. Ron was wrong, Whit is right. Alex Halderman.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

They want $1 million in the Monero cryptocurrency from Optus to not sell the data to other people. They want $1 million in the Monero cryptocurrency from Optus to not sell the data to other people. Case Files: Attack like its 1999 (Citibank) in 2012 (Signet/Jared jewelers, Molina Health). million users. What happened?

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Europol described the ring as “very well organized”, saying it included computer experts who created the phishing domains and spear headed cyber fraud, money mule recruiters and organizers, and money launderers, some of whom are said to be cryptocurrency experts. Cyber mafia” is not an unknown concept in the cybersecurity world.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The cryptocurrency stolen in 2012 was valued at $3.36 Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Monday, October 7, 2022, the seizure of 50,676 Bitcoin stolen in the hack of the no-longer-existent Silk Road dark web marketplace. billion at the moment of discovery and now is worth $1.04 This seizure was then the […].

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 24, 2022

Interestingly, from the year 2012 to 2021, the loss is estimated to be $60 billion in cryptocurrency, and the past 16 months fetched a loss of $44 billion on a combined note…might be true! Fourth is a news piece belonging to a Digital Transformation firm Orion Innovation which has been hit by the LockBit Ransomware group.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

“The seizure represents the largest seizure of cryptocurrency in the history of the Department of Justice.” filed a civil complaint to forfeit the funds, this is the largest seizure of cryptocurrency funds the Department of Justice has ever made. .” reads the press release published by the DoJ.

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Cryptocurrency Advertising Marketing Hacking 88

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 20, 2018

They accept payment via PayPal, Google Wallet, and/or cryptocurrencies, and subscriptions can range in price from just a few dollars to several hundred per month. Investigators say Bukoski’s booter service was among the longest running services targeted by the FBI, operating since at least 2012.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

Based on our findings, there are some similarities in both techniques and architectures with another cybercrime group, which appeared in the wild around 2012, most probably Romanian. Searching for useful information, we found that it has appeared on several honeypots since 2012, the scripts are similar in styles and in techniques implemented.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Introduction It’s just another cryptocurrency miner… Nobody would even suspect the mining malware was merely a mask, masquerading behind an intricate modular framework that supports both Linux and Windows. During that time, it had effectively evaded analysis and had previously been misclassified as a cryptocurrency miner.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

This trend aimed at reducing threats from banking Trojans for PCs has been continuing in Russia since 2012. In Russia, according to Group-IB experts, there are no longer any groups left that would conduct thefts from individuals using banking Trojans for PCs.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

It stole credentials for various financial systems including online banking applications and cryptocurrency wallets in Brazil. This is a typical example of the kind of old-school text-message scams that were popular in 2011 and 2012. The Trojan Ghimob was one of 2020’s most exciting discoveries.

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Pen Test

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Victims are instructed to pay a ransom payment, usually demanded in cryptocurrency, in exchange for the decryption key. The 2012 Reveton ransomware famously used lock screen tactics claiming the FBI locked the computer for illegal activity. If organizations don't pay up, they lose access to their critical data and applications.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

KrebsOnSecurity has learned that many of the man’s alleged targets were members of UGNazi , a hacker group behind multiple high-profile breaches and cyberattacks back in 2012. cryptocurrency holdings online. A photo released by the government allegedly showing Iza posing with several LASD officers on his payroll.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

APT41 APT41 (aka Wicked Panda, BARIUM, Wicked Spider) is a Chinese state-affiliated threat group active since 2012. With the rise of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, it’s targeted exchanges and wallets through software vulnerabilities and phishing attacks to steal credentials.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

APT41 APT41 (aka Wicked Panda, BARIUM, Wicked Spider) is a Chinese state-affiliated threat group active since 2012. With the rise of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, it’s targeted exchanges and wallets through software vulnerabilities and phishing attacks to steal credentials.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 14, 2023

FLASHBACK The new clues about Rescator’s identity came into focus when I revisited the reporting around an April 2013 story here that identified the author of the OSX Flashback Trojan , an early malware strain that quickly spread to more than 650,000 Mac computers worldwide in 2012. WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2021

Having been charged, the hacktivist failed to appear at a court hearing pending trial in 2012. As before, the market will be heavily dependent on cryptocurrency prices, which have been riding high, despite declining relative to their spring peak: 1 BTC is worth US$30,000–35,000, less than a couple of months ago, but still a tidy sum.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

How did pico CTF get started 2013 Well I guess technically 2012. Vamosi: Themes are cool, especially in a Jeopardy style CTF, you might have all the questions related to say cryptocurrency. So, given that picoCTF was initially designed to be a pipeline for PPP talent. Kearns: So we've only done three pico minis.

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