Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Also known as “ Assad Faiq” and “ The Godfather ,” Iza is the 30-something founder of a cryptocurrency investment platform called Zort that advertised the ability to make smart trades based on artificial intelligence technology. cryptocurrency holdings online. Troy Woody Jr. In December 2022, Troy Woody Jr.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The government also indicted and sanctioned a top Russian cybercriminal known as Taleon , whose cryptocurrency exchange Cryptex has evolved into one of Russia’s most active money laundering networks. Sometime around 2013, Taleon launched a partnership with a money transfer business called pm2btc[.]me.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Since then, a steady trickle of six-figure cryptocurrency heists targeting security-conscious people throughout the tech industry has led some security experts to conclude that crooks likely have succeeded at cracking open some of the stolen LastPass vaults. “The victim profile remains the most striking thing,” Monahan wrote.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 26, 2021

In August of 2021, a thief stole about $600 million in cryptocurrencies from The Poly Network. Slightly more than one week later, Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid was hacked and lost $97 million worth of digital coins. They are not available for every cryptocurrency. We can’t answer the first question for you.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Two Estonian citizens were arrested in Tallinn for allegedly running a $575 million cryptocurrency fraud scheme. Two Estonian nationals were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia, after being indicted in the US for running a fraudulent cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that caused more than $575 million in losses. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Since then, a steady trickle of six-figure cryptocurrency heists targeting security-conscious people throughout the tech industry has led some security experts to conclude that crooks likely have succeeded at cracking open some of the stolen LastPass vaults. By 2013, new LastPass customers were given 5,000 iterations by default.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

million in cryptocurrency sent to another REvil affiliate, and that the U.S. ” These last two nicknames correspond to accounts on several top cybercrime forums way back in 2013, where a user named “Yaroslav2468” registered using the email address yarik45@gmail.com. The DOJ also said it had seized $6.1

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

The SBU said they found on Sanix’s computer records showing he sold databases with “logins and passwords to e-mail boxes, PIN codes for bank cards, e-wallets of cryptocurrencies, PayPal accounts, and information about computers hacked for further use in botnets and for organizing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.”

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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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The Hacker News

JANUARY 17, 2022

UniCC, the biggest dark web marketplace for stolen credit and debit cards, has announced that it's shuttering its operations after earning $358 million in purchases since 2013 using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether, and Dash.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2023

The WorldWiredLabs website, in 2013. A Youtube video invoking this corporate name describes Godbex as a “next generation platform” for exchanging gold and cryptocurrencies. A review of DNS records for both printschoolmedia[.]org org and wwlabshosting[.]com worldwiredlabs[.]com. Source: Archive.org. ” Mr.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Researchers have discovered a botnet dubbed PgMiner that targets PostgreSQL databases running on Linux servers to install a cryptocurrency miner. Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new botnet, tracked as PgMiner, that targets PostgreSQL databases running on Linux servers to install a cryptocurrency miner.

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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 Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Microsoft warns of Vietnam-linked Bismuth group that is deploying cryptocurrency miner while continues its cyberespionage campaigns. Researchers from Microsoft reported that the Vietnam-linked Bismuth group, aka OceanLotus , Cobalt Kitty , or APT32 , is deploying cryptocurrency miners while continues its cyberespionage campaigns.

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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. ” On November 5, the U.S. million USD. . ” continues the DoJ.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

” In April 2013, NeroWolfe wrote in a private message to another Verified forum user that he was selling a malware “loader” program that could bypass all of the security protections on Windows XP and Windows 7. . “I can provide my portfolio on request,” NeroWolfe wrote. “P.S. The code is written in C.”

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 18, 2022

According to Elliptic , a company that offers risk solutions for cryptoassets, the unknown UniCC administrators have made an estimated $358M USD in cryptocurrency for selling stolen credit card details. UniCC opened shop in 2013, and specialized in credit card fraud and the sale of card details to criminals, collectively called carding.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

According to the security firm, the group is financially motivated, its cyberespionage campaign hit high value targets such as government and educational institutions, religious movements, pro-democracy and human rights organisations in Hong Kong, Covid-19 research organisations, gambling and cryptocurrency companies, and the media.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

government sanctioned two cryptocurrency exchanges, Cryptex and PM2BTC, and indicted a Russian national for allegedly facilitating cybercriminal activities and money laundering. billion in transactions between July 2013 and August 2023, with 32% of the traced bitcoin linked to criminal activity. million from darknet drug markets.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5 Inferno Pay, a cryptocurrency and payment API allegedly operated by the ChronoPay CEO. Festi also was the botnet used in the DDoS attack that sent Vrubelvsky to prison for two years in 2013. “I do not think that it was a reason for his arrest,” Artimovich said.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Coincidentally, I came across multiple variations on this Phobia nickname as I was researching a story published this week on the epidemic of fraudulent SIM swaps , a complex form of mobile phone fraud that is being used to steal millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2020

platform, an automated set-up wizard allowed the owner to upload the products and services offered through the shop and configure the payment process via cryptocurrency wallets. platform since October 2013. Once crooks purchased shop access through the DEER.IO Firsov was arrested at the John F.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2019

Yahoo is continuously trying to settle a lawsuit on the massive data breach over the period of 2013 to 2016. Unluckily, Yahoo faced three massive data breaches in the year between 2013 to 2016. She is a small business owner, traveler and investor of cryptocurrencies. This time Yahoo could pay $117.5

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

This isn’t the first incident suffered by the company, Ubuntu , official Ubuntu forums had been hacked in July 2013, two times in July 2016. In May 2018, an Ubuntu user has spotted a Bytecoin cryptocurrency miner hidden in the source code of an Ubuntu Snap Pack in the Official Ubuntu Snap Store.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The TA406 cyber espionage group was first spotted by Kaspersky researchers in 2013. TA406 has also targeted individuals and organizations related to cryptocurrency for the purpose of financial gain.” ” reads the report.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 27, 2022

The Exfiltration Phase of The Kill Chain of a Cryptocurrency-Based Attack Provides the Greatest Opportunity to Identify Cybercriminals. Cryptocurrency gained through illicit means is less useable than other assets due to the way cryptocurrency systems currently do not fully protect owner identity and allow for only limited liquidity.

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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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2022

The site was launched in 2013 and according to the Elliptic Threat Intel about $358 million (across Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether and Dash) in purchases were made through the platform. ” reads the analysis published by Elliptic Threat Intel.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2023

Polish police, as part of the international law enforcement operation PowerOFF, dismantled a DDoS-for-hire service that has been active since at least 2013. An international operation codenamed PowerOff led to the shutdown of a DDoS-for-hire service that has been active since at least 2013.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

In 2013, Edward Snowden’s revelations about pervasive Internet surveillance triggered a huge gobal effort to make encrypted web traffic the norm, rather than the exception. Cryptocurrencies. People may be surprised to see cryptocurrencies appearing in our list. So why is it on our list at all?

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Google Security

AUGUST 24, 2022

Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2013/599 ; Joachim Breitner and Nadia Heninger. Biased Nonce Sense: Lattice Attacks against Weak ECDSA Signatures in Cryptocurrencies. Bernstein, Yun-An Chang, Chen-Mou Cheng, Li-Ping Chou, Nadia Heninger, Tanja Lange, and Nicko van Someren. Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2019/023.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 5, 2022

As the FBI points out, the goal is not always a direct fund transfer: One variation involves compromising legitimate business email accounts and requesting employees’ Personally Identifiable Information, Wage and Tax Statement (W-2) forms, or even cryptocurrency wallet s. The rise of cryptocurrency in BEC fraud.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 15, 2022

In 2013, we had pretend hitmen threatening murder unless victims paid $25,000 to survive their non-existent wrath. We see criminals gravitating to digital payment systems, cryptocurrencies, and even gift cards across most realms of attack. These tactics have been around for a very long time. At this point, it’s already game over.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2022

CryptoLocker: Another cryptocurrency attack took place in 2013 at the hands of a piece of ransomware called CryptoLocker. The United Kingdom’s National Health Service, Renault, FedEx, and the Bank of China were just some of the affected The hackers demanded $600 in Bitcoin as payment.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2023

billion) in cryptocurrency and other virtual assets in the past five years. Cyber security and intelligence experts believe that attacks aimed at the cryptocurrency industry will continue to increase next year. billion (2 trillion won) worth of cryptocurrency from multiple exchanges during the past five years. trillion won ($1.2

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2019

has been aware of the insecure memory storage since 2013 and has not yet been patched for the following reasons. She is a small business owner, traveler and investor of cryptocurrencies. Right after the vulnerability found, Palo Alto Networks confirmed it and released an update for both Windows and Mac. F5 Networks Inc. Not only this!

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Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Transactions on the dark web are typically conducted using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin to maintain anonymity. Transactions on the dark web are often carried out with Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, which are unregulated and difficult to trace back to the user. From 2011 to 2013, the Silk Road hosted 1.2 billion in value.

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