2019 Cryptocurrency Cybercrime 
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
authorities today announced criminal charges and financial sanctions against two Russian men accused of stealing nearly $17 million worth of virtual currencies in a series of phishing attacks throughout 2017 and 2018 that spoofed websites for some of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Separately, the U.S.
Krebs on Security
JUNE 15, 2021
This post explores answers to those questions, as well as some of the ways Trickbot and other organized cybercrime gangs gradually recruit, groom and trust new programmers. Alla Witte’s personal website — allawitte[.]nl nl — circa October 2018. 6 in Miami, Fla. “Several group members had AllaWitte folders with data.
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Schneier on Security
JULY 26, 2021
This is where the suggestion to ban cryptocurrencies as a way to “solve” ransomware comes from. In this light, banning cryptocurrencies like bitcoin is an obvious solution. We suggest an easier alternative: merely disrupt the cryptocurrency markets. The second is a safe way of collecting ransoms: bitcoin.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 2, 2022
North Korea-linked threat actors are behind some of the largest cyberattacks against cryptocurrency exchanges. North Korea-linked APT groups are suspected to be behind some of the largest cyberattacks against cryptocurrency exchanges. billion (2 trillion won) worth of cryptocurrency from multiple exchanges during the past five years.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Russian Phobos ransomware operator Evgenii Ptitsyn, accused of managing attacks, was extradited from South Korea to the US to face cybercrime charges. Russian Phobos ransomware operator Evgenii Ptitsyn, suspected of playing a key role in the ransomware operations, was extradited from South Korea to the US to face cybercrime charges.
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
The United States today unveiled sanctions and indictments against the alleged proprietor of Joker’s Stash , a now-defunct cybercrime store that peddled tens of millions of payment cards stolen in some of the largest data breaches of the past decade. A screenshot of a website reviewing PM2BTC.
Krebs on Security
MAY 13, 2024
This post examines the activities of Khoroshev’s many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years. was used by a Russian-speaking member called Pin on the English-language cybercrime forum Opensc. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.
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