Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 18, 2023

One of the oldest malware tricks in the book — hacked websites claiming visitors need to update their Web browser before they can view any content — has roared back to life in the past few months. Previously, the group had stored its malicious update files on Cloudflare, Guard.io

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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. “LastPass in my book is one step above snake-oil. ”

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 12, 2022

From ATO Deputy Commissioner John Ford : These dodgy sales suppression tools allow retailers to keep a separate set of books and launder the money in one transaction. Meanwhile Dutch tax agencies are branching out into exploring cryptocurrency and virtual assets. They conceal and transfer this income anonymously, sometimes offshore.

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SecureList

AUGUST 10, 2022

VileRAT is a Python implant, part of an evasive and highly intricate attack campaign against foreign exchange and cryptocurrency trading companies. We could not profile all the identified organizations, but half of them were foreign currency (FOREX) and cryptocurrency exchange brokers. book-advp[.]com. getappcloud[.]com.

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Hackology

JUNE 28, 2024

Market making in crypto is a critical function that ensures the smooth operation and liquidity of cryptocurrency markets. This article will explain the role of market makers in the cryptocurrency space, their importance to exchanges, and the different types of entities that engage in market-making activities.

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Joseph Steinberg

AUGUST 2, 2022

CyberSecurity Expert, Joseph Steinberg, was recently interviewed by the team at Utopia — a group of networking-technology enthusiasts seeking to provide readers with wise insights on security, privacy, and cryptocurrency — insights gained through interviews of people with considerable related experience. The interview follows.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff. 9, 2024, U.S. technology companies during the summer of 2022. According to an Aug.

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Graham Cluley

JULY 20, 2022

Jamie tells us about his new book, which shares more details about the disappearance of cryptocurrency scammer Dr Ruja Ignatova, and the subsequent hunt by law enforcement.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 27, 2021

However, a source on the condition of anonymity stated that the attack could have locked down over 4K devices and several virtual servers operating for the company and that could lead to a service disruption to customers seeking services related to creation of photo books and greetings along with postcards from the website in this holiday season.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 28, 2021

McMenamins, a family owned company of crafted breweries in Oregon & Washington, has reportedly suffered a ransomware attack, blocking down several of its digital services like hotel room booking and such. If the victim fails to pay the ransom in cryptocurrency, they then sell the stolen data on the dark web.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

UK retailer Matalan, US publisher Pantheon Books, and official government Twitter accounts such as the Ministry of Transportation of Colombia and the National Disaster Management Authority of India.) ” I left the post of director of Tesla, thank you all for your support,” states the hacked account of Pantheon Books.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 8, 2021

RansomEXX demands millions in cryptocurrency to free up the databases of its victims. Cybersecurity Insiders have learnt that the hackers stole around 112GB of sensitive data from the repository and it includes sensitive information related to Intel and AMD silicon wafer chips.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

SWAT apparently kept its books in a publicly accessible Google Sheets document, and that document reveals Fearlless and his business partner each routinely made more than $100,000 every month operating their various reshipping businesses.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 4, 2022

Fresh reports are in that a hacking group possibly funded by North Korea Intelligence has been strategically targeting South Korean citizens through phishing emails urging recipients to book appointments for a newly developed corona vaccine that is countering a novel strain of Coronavirus that has sent almost half of Beijing into a lock-down again.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2022

The estimated value of greater Decentralized Finance and cryptocurrencies surpassed half a trillion dollars in market capitalization in 2018, and then one trillion for the first time in 2021 ( 1 ). Since then, cryptocurrency values reached new records during the pandemic. Cryptocurrencies Are Established Via Blockchain Security.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The book intertwines two parallel storylines: one set during World War II, focusing on a group of codebreakers and their efforts to secure Allied communications, and the other in the late 1990s, where a tech entrepreneur attempts to create a secure data haven in Southeast Asia. – Joe Grassl, Security Consultant II 3.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

The domain name system (DNS) is a distributed address book that lists domain names and their corresponding IP addresses. Cryptocurrencies. People may be surprised to see cryptocurrencies appearing in our list. Cryptocurrencies face a number of cyclone-force headwinds, starting with the current, across-the-board, price crash.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. New XBash malware combines features from ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, botnets, and worms. Hackers stole $60 Million worth of cryptocurrencies from Japanese Zaif exchange. The best news of the week with Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

IHG suffered a cyberattack that severely impacted its booking process China-Linked BRONZE PRESIDENT APT targets Government officials worldwide Scammers live-streamed on YouTube a fake Apple crypto event US Treasury sanctioned Iran ’s Ministry of Intelligence over Albania cyberattack $30 Million worth of cryptocurrency stolen by Lazarus from Axie Infinity (..)

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Naked Security

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Hear renowned cybersecurity author Andy Greenberg's thoughtful commentary about the "war on crypto" as we talk to him about his new book.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

Each year, O’Reilly gathers usage data across its publishing partners and learning modes, from books and videos to live online training courses, virtual events, practice exams, and interactive scenarios, to provide technology leaders with the trends, topics, and issues to watch in the coming year.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

users China-linked APT40 used ScanBox Framework in a long-running espionage campaign Russian streaming platform Start discloses a data breach impacting 7.5M

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Identity IQ

APRIL 6, 2022

Scammers pose as technical support reps for car rentals, hotels or airlines and present great deals, taking fake reservations for vacations that are never actually booked. People are receiving calls from crypto scammers pretending to be tech support for cryptocurrency exchanges. Travel industry scams. Ride-share driver scam.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We have all [his/her] address book, social media, history of viewing sites, dating apps, all files, phone numbers, and addresses of all [his/her] contacts) and are willing to give you a full access to this data. As a company engaged in cyber security we’ve found information related to [partner’s name] that might interest you.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

Pavel Vrublevsky , founder of the Russian payment technology firm ChronoPay and the antagonist in my 2014 book “ Spam Nation ,” was arrested in Moscow this month and charged with fraud. Inferno Pay, a cryptocurrency and payment API allegedly operated by the ChronoPay CEO.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. Group-IB and CryptoIns introduce the worlds first insurance against cyber threats for cryptocurrency exchanges. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I highly recommend reading Zuboff’s New York Times Book of the Year, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for A Human Future At the New Frontier of Power as well as viewing Rifkin’s riveting speech, The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy. Can you please outline where Wildland fits in this debate ?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Reports are coming out linking North Korea to illegal online activities related to cryptocurrency. North Korea-linked threat actors carry out financially motivated attacks against banks and cryptocurrency firms worldwide to steal funds to re-invest in their military industry. Is making the internet a safe place technically possible?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

France and Germany will block Facebooks Libra cryptocurrency. Magecart attackers target mobile users of hotel chain booking websites. Astaroth Trojan leverages Facebook and YouTube to avoid detection. Data leak exposes sensitive data of all Ecuador ‘citizens. MobiHok RAT, a new Android malware based on old SpyNote RAT.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. a very strange scam attempt. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. Twitter @Slvlombardo.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2018

Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 19, 2021

Insurance claims from cyber/ransomware events have consumed up to 40% of the claims of some insurers’ cyber books. Extortion payment policy reform: Cryptocurrency has fueled the growth of ransomware. However, that landscape has faded fast – threatening the very availability of cyber insurance for ransomware.

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Security Through Education

MARCH 22, 2023

In his book “The Art of the Steal” Frank Abagnale said: “Hotel clerks and merchants didn’t question pilots and doctors too closely.” They often insist that you pay by using cryptocurrency, by wiring money through a company like MoneyGram or Western Union, or by putting money on a gift card and then giving them the number on the back.

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