Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2020

The Department of Justice has charged the two Chinese nationals for laundering cryptocurrency for North Korea-linked APT groups. for helping North Korea-linked hackers in laundering cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency have been stolen by the APT groups from two cryptocurrency exchanges. and Li Jiadong (???),

Cryptocurrency 139

Cryptocurrency Banking Hacking Accountability 139

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. A single bitcoin is trading at around $45,000.

Cryptocurrency 291

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 291

SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Back in 2016, the primary focus of our expert was on major cybergangs that targeted financial institutions, banks in particular. It could be compromised directly or by hacking the account of someone with access to the website management. This browser attack chain, popular in 2016, is no longer possible.

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SecureList

JANUARY 13, 2022

BlueNoroff is the name of an APT group coined by Kaspersky researchers while investigating the notorious attack on Bangladesh’s Central Bank back in 2016. Also, we have previously reported on cryptocurrency-focused BlueNoroff attacks. A mysterious group with links to Lazarus and an unusual financial motivation for an APT.

Cryptocurrency 145

Cryptocurrency Malware Accountability Banking 145

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

With stolen passwords, the impact is even broader; hackers could wire funds from a breached online banking account into their own, or masquerade as someone on social media to ask friends and family for money. Some info stealers dont even require an additional stepthey can take cryptocurrency directly from a victims online accounts.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

billion in stolen cryptocurrency linked to a 2016 hack of virtual currency exchange platform Bitfinex, making it the largest seizure of its kind. The total amount of cryptocurrency the two were laundering is currently valued at approximately $4.5 based business accounts to legitimize their banking activity.".

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Cryptocurrency Accountability Hacking Banking 98

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Yesterday, July 6, 2019, hackers breached the GitHub account of Canonical Ltd., On July 6, 2019, hackers have breached the GitHub account of Canonical Ltd., Hackers at least created 11 new GitHub repositories in compromised Canonical account. the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution. ” states the Canonical team.

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Accountability Advertising Cryptocurrency Hacking 111

Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

According to Constella, this email address was used in 2010 to register an account for a Dmitry Yurievich Khoroshev from Voronezh, Russia at the hosting provider firstvds.ru. NeroWolfe seems to have abandoned all of his forum accounts sometime in 2016. In November 2016, an exploit[.]ru Image: Shutterstock.

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Ransomware Cybercrime Accountability Malware 299

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 18, 2021

Joker’s Stash , by some accounts the largest underground shop for selling stolen credit card and identity data, says it’s closing up shop effective mid-February 2021. Those “partner” customers will be given the opportunity to cash out their accounts. and European authorities seized a number of its servers.

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Marketing Cybercrime Accountability Cryptocurrency 301

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Matthew Filbert, in 2016. There is a now-dormant Myspace account for a Matthew Philbert from Orleans, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario. The information tied to the Myspace account matches the age and town of the defendant. DCReavers2 was just the 22nd account to register on the Darkode cybercrime forum. ” A DARK CLOUD.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Group-IB and Swiss insurance broker ASPIS that owns CryptoIns project, have developed the world’s first scoring model for assessing cryptocurrency exchanges. Based on the risk score, CryptoIns experts have calculated insurance rates for cryptocurrency exchange users who can now insure their accounts against cyber threats.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

Sandworm also has been implicated in the “ Industroyer ” malware attacks on Ukraine’s power grid in December 2016, as well as the 2016 global malware contagion “ NotPetya, ” which crippled companies worldwide using an exploit believed to have been developed by and then stolen from the U.S. .

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Marketing Energy and Utilities Malware Ransomware 301

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. A 2016 screen shot of the Joker’s Stash homepage. The links have been redacted. A screenshot of a website reviewing PM2BTC.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

The cyberattacks against the cryptocurrency industry are a profitable business for threat actors, according to the experts, $12.1 billion worth of cryptocurrencies have been stolen in the last decade. “Cryptocurrency crime stands in direct proportion to the size of the cryptocurrency market. Threat actors stole $3.18

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Cryptocurrency Scams Marketing Hacking 117

Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2021

While it is generally a bad idea for cybercriminals to mix their personal life with work, Witte’s social media accounts mention a close family member (perhaps her son or husband) had the first name “Max,” which allegedly was her hacker handle. law enforcement agencies. Image: DOJ.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

QQAAZZ attempted to launder tens of millions stolen from victims starting with 2016 by the world’s foremost cybercriminals. “The funds were then transferred to other QQAAZZ-controlled bank accounts and sometimes converted to cryptocurrency using ‘tumbling’ services designed to hide the original source of the funds. .

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Krebs on Security

JULY 30, 2019

That data included approximately 140,000 Social Security numbers and approximately 80,000 bank account numbers on U.S. “Importantly, no credit card account numbers or log-in credentials were compromised and over 99 percent of Social Security numbers were not compromised,” Capital One said in a statement posted to its site.

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Data breaches Small Business Media Accountability 279

Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

net circa 2016, which shows it was the homepage of a pay-per-install affiliate program that incentivized the silent installation of 911’s proxy software. ” According to 911, the service was hacked in early July, and it was discovered that someone manipulated the balances of a large number of user accounts.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2024

Alexander Vinnik , a Russian national, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering for his involvement in operating the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e from 2011 to 2017. Greek Police arrested the Russian national in 2017, and they accused the man of running the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange to launder billions worth of cryptocurrency.

Cryptocurrency 130

Cryptocurrency Computers and Electronics Identity Theft Hacking 130

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2018

Group-IB researchers have investigated user data leaks from cryptocurrency exchanges and has analyzed the nature of these incidents. In 2017, when cryptocurrencies were gaining momentum, their record-breaking capitalization and a spike in Bitcoin’s exchange rate led to dozens of attacks on cryptocurrency services.

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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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Password Management Cryptocurrency Passwords Authentication 143

Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2019

Experts observed the STOP ransomware installing the Azorult password-stealing Trojan to steal account credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and more. AZORult is a data stealer that was first spotted in 2016 by Proofpoint that discovered it was it was part of a secondary infection via the Chthonic banking trojan.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2022

The North Korea-linked APT group BlueNoroff has been spotted targeting cryptocurrency startups with fake MetaMask browser extensions. The North Korea-linked APT group BlueNoroff has been spotted targeting cryptocurrency startups with fake MetaMask browser extensions. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Cryptocurrency Banking Malware Hacking 121

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2021

However, experts pointed out that the botnet uses more than 20 cryptocurrencies in total, for this reason the total financial gains could be greater than $24M. According to the researchers, the Smominru botnet has been active at least since 2016 and at the time of its discovery infected more than 526,000 Windows computers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

The black marketplace has been active since 2014, it was first analyzed by experts at Kaspersky Lab in 2016. In 2016 the service was offering up to 70,000 hacked servers for as little as $6, and with 416 registered sellers in 173 countries, the platform was operating a highly successful global business model.

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Cybercrime Identity Theft Government Hacking 132

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The Rydox marketplace has been active since February 2016, it facilitated over 7,600 sales of stolen PII, access devices, and cybercrime tools, generating $230,000 since 2016. The US authorities also seized $225,000 in cryptocurrency. Thousands of U.S. victims were affected.

Cybercrime 98

Cybercrime Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Hacking 98

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The ThreatNeedle malware used in this campaign belongs to a malware family known as Manuscrypt, which belongs to the Lazarus group and has previously been seen attacking cryptocurrency businesses.” Next, the attackers logged in to the web interface using a privileged root account.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

For the purposes of this report, “financial malware” refers to malicious software targeting entities within the financial services sector, including online banking, payment systems, e-money services, online stores and cryptocurrency services. A phishing login and account verification page imitating a U.S. share for banking.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In 2017, Greek Police arrested the Russian national Alexander Vinnik and they accused the man of running the BTC-e Bitcoin exchange to launder more than US$4bn worth of the cryptocurrency. French authorities accused Vinnik of defrauding more than 100 people in six French cities between 2016 and 2018. million withdrawn.

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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. million for the settlement of 3 billion hacked accounts. 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.

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Data breaches Small Business Advertising Cryptocurrency 106

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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Cryptocurrency Risk Marketing Architecture 59

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

“Kaye allegedly operated The Real Deal, a Dark Web market for illicit items, including stolen account login credentials for U.S. Kaye laundered cryptocurrency obtained from the illegal The Real Deal operation through the mixing service Bitmixer.io. Kaye also trafficked login credentials for Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.

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Government Marketing Hacking Accountability 102

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. 43 billion vanished between June 2016 and December 2021.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

And the targets in this case are widespread: banks, ATMs, cryptocurrency exchanges, online casinos, movie studios such as Sony Pictures, and theater chains such as AMC. million from an Indonesian cryptocurrency company in September 2018; and $11.8 million from an Indonesian cryptocurrency company in September 2018; and $11.8

Hacking 109

Hacking Cryptocurrency Computers and Electronics Banking 109

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

Coinbase , the largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange and wallet announced in February the acquisition of the Italian blockchain intelligence startup Neutrino. Neutrino was founded in 2016 by Giancarlo Russo, Marco Valleri, and Alberto Ornaghi. “However, we had a gap in our diligence process.

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Hacking Surveillance Cryptocurrency Advertising 80

Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

Just last month, after the Twitter account of a famous digital artist was hacked, cybercriminals abused the account to send promotions for a fraudulent collaboration between the artist and the luxury brand Lous Vuitton. By selling fake raffle tickets for the promotion, the scammers raked in $438,000 worth of cryptocurrency.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

Since blockchain’s arrival, cryptocurrency has framed the technology as permissionless, or a public blockchain. The razzmatazz of cryptocurrency hasn’t helped blockchain’s adoption as a technology beyond finance. The Intersection of Cryptocurrency and Cybersecurity. Cryptocurrency Risks for Coins. Chronicled.

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