SecureWorld News

MARCH 22, 2021

Here is the report's opening paragraph: "In 2020, while the American public was focused on protecting our families from a global pandemic and helping others in need, cyber criminals took advantage of an opportunity to profit from our dependence on technology to go on an Internet crime spree. IC3's Recovery Asset Team (RAT).

Cybercrime 54

Cybercrime Scams Banking Accountability 54

SecureWorld News

JULY 3, 2023

As we rely increasingly on digital technologies for our work, communication, entertainment, and education, we also expose ourselves to more and more cyber risks. According to PurpleSec, 98% of cybercrime relies on social engineering to accomplish it. Cryptocurrency and the Metaverse pose new cybersecurity threats.

Cybercrime 85

Cybercrime Social Engineering Data breaches Education 85

Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

Gox exchange and operating BTC-e Japanese Pharmaceutical giant Eisai hit by a ransomware attack Clop ransomware gang was testing MOVEit Transfer bug since 2021 Stealth Soldier backdoor used is targeted espionage attacks in Libya Researchers published PoC exploit code for actively exploited Windows elevation of privilege issue Experts detail a new Kimsuky (..)

Social Engineering 91

Social Engineering Data breaches Ransomware Cybercrime 91

SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause a massive wave of poverty, and that invariably translates into more people resorting to crime, including cybercrime. We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular. Cracking down hard on the cybercrime world.

Cryptocurrency 121

Cryptocurrency Banking Cybercrime Ransomware 121

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

But the fabricated LinkedIn identities are confusing search engine results for CISO roles at major companies, and they are being indexed as gospel by various downstream data-scraping sources. It’s not clear who’s behind this network of fake CISOs or what their intentions may be. of spam and scam.”

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CISO Cybercrime Accountability Cryptocurrency 310

Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2022

Dragos researchers uncovered a small-scale campaign targeting industrial engineers and operators with Sality malware. During a routine vulnerability assessment, Dragos researchers discovered a campaign targeting industrial engineers and operators with Sality malware. ” reads the advisory published by Dragos.

Passwords 120

Passwords Software Firmware Malware 120

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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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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Larry Dean Harmon (36), from Akron, Ohio, was charged with laundering more than $310 million worth of Bitcoin while he was operating a Darknet-based cryptocurrency laundering service between 2014 and 2017. “Helix was linked to and associated with “Grams,” a Darknet search engine also run by Harmon. license. . Pierluigi Paganini.

Cryptocurrency 103

Cryptocurrency Advertising Cybercrime Engineering 103

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t. Technological Tactics. billion in reported losses. Individuals.

Social Engineering 120

Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Scams 120

Identity IQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This means that dark websites cannot be found using common search engines such as Google or standard web browsers like Chrome. But the dark web is also associated with illegal activities including the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and illegal pornography, hacking and cybercrime, terrorism, and the sale of stolen data or personal information.

Identity Theft 98

Identity Theft Cryptocurrency Government Engineering 98

SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Cryptocurrency targeted attacks. The cryptocurrency business continues to grow, and people continue to invest their money in this market because it’s a digital asset and all transactions occur online. These are attractive aspects that cybercrime groups will be unable to resist. It also offers anonymity to users.

Cryptocurrency 96

Cryptocurrency Mobile Ransomware Banking 96

SC Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

For the uninitiated, NFTs are unique tokens that accompany original and collectible digital artwork or videos that can be sold or traded as a form of cryptocurrency, with transactions registered on the blockchain. Many of the earlier NFTs involved illustrations of kittens, but they can take the form of just about anything. billion in 2020.

Scams 137

Scams Cryptocurrency Phishing Marketing 137

SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

We can therefore expect that cybercrime groups from either block will feel safe to attack companies from the opposing side. In 2023, we might see a slight decline in ransomware attacks, reflecting the slowdown of the cryptocurrency markets. Businesses will still be mostly concerned with ransomware.

Cybersecurity 135

Cybersecurity Cyber Insurance Cybercrime IoT 135

Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2023

Xplain hack impacted the Swiss cantonal police and Fedpol Zyxel published guidance for protecting devices from ongoing attacks Kimsuky APT poses as journalists and broadcast writers in its attacks New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware CISA adds Progress MOVEit Transfer zero-day to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

Spyware 88

Spyware Hacking Malware Social Engineering 88

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Group-IB assisted Paxful, an international peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace, in countering web-bot and social engineering attacks. The unique technology that easily detects suspicious devices is exactly what we were looking for. The figure suggests that bitcoin platforms remain of great interest to threat actors.

Cryptocurrency 61

Cryptocurrency Social Engineering eCommerce Engineering 61

SecureList

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Cryptocurrency prices were dropping from the end of 2021 and throughout the first half of 2022. Apart from cryptocurrency theft they extort digital money or illicitly mine it using victim’s devices instead of their own. Cryptocurrency mining is a painstaking and costly process, and not as rewarding as when the prices were high.

Cryptocurrency 121

Cryptocurrency Malware Software Ransomware 121

Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2022

“cybercriminals are taking advantage of this technology by directing QR code scans to malicious sites to steal victim data, embedding malware to gain access to the victim’s device, and redirecting payment for cybercriminal use.” ” reads the FBI’s PSA.

Cryptocurrency 102

Cryptocurrency Social Engineering Malware Scams 102

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

They could be on the other side of the globe, part of a cybercrime regime that will never be discovered, much less brought to justice. The technology industry has met the dramatic rise in ransomware and other cyber attacks with an impressive set of tools to help companies mitigate the risks. But the situation isn’t hopeless.

Ransomware 124

Ransomware Education Financial Services Phishing 124

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In it, we identified the trends, threats, and innovations in cybercrime that small businesses need to know about in order to keep their websites secure. At the beginning of last year, many predicted that cryptocurrency mining would be one of the year’s biggest cybersecurity risks. However, don’t expect them to be completely deterred.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Engineering Firewall Malware 98

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The operation took place between August and November 2022 and targeted organizations in medical research, healthcare, chemical engineering, energy, defense, and a leading research university. DPRK Targeting of Medical Research and Technology Sector , for more information. See the report by WithSecure, No Pineapple!

Hacking 85

Hacking Healthcare Cryptocurrency Malware 85

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Americans’ personal information, stolen en masse by state-backed actors and online gangs alike, is being weaponized via increasingly sophisticated social engineering or disinformation campaigns. Technology and Ecosystem Security. Criminals and extremists similarly can threaten unprecedented levels of disruption and coercion.

Cybersecurity 72

Cybersecurity Government Cyber Insurance Technology 72

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2020

The phishers will explain that they’re calling from the employer’s IT department to help troubleshoot issues with the company’s virtual private networking (VPN) technology. Allen said it matters little to the attackers if the first few social engineering attempts fail. The employee phishing page bofaticket[.]com.

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Phishing VPN Social Engineering Media 359

SC Magazine

JULY 2, 2021

and a payments network operator, the Federal Reserve is also tasked with supervising technology service providers, and researching the design and inherent risk of payment systems. “In While first and foremost known the central banking system of the U.S. Such discoveries would no doubt prove useful to the financial services community at large.

Financial Services 71

Financial Services Banking Identity Theft Media 71

SecureWorld News

MAY 11, 2023

RELATED: Famous Twitter Accounts Hacked: Insider Threat or Social Engineering Attack? ] From Barack Obama to Elon Musk to Kim Kardashian, the compromised accounts tweeted out a message urging their millions of followers to send Bitcoin to a mysterious wallet address. Now, the U.S. O'Connor's criminal activities were described by U.S.

Accountability 75

Accountability Social Engineering Media Hacking 75

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Threat actors stole $120 million in cryptocurrencies from multiple wallets connected to the decentralized finance platform BadgerDAO. As Badger engineers investigate this, all smart contracts have been paused to prevent further withdrawals. technology that most users need to use to perform transactions.

Hacking 103

Hacking Phishing Authentication Cryptocurrency 103

Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2023

Other top 4 targeted industries include Manufacturing, Insurance, Technology, and Financial Services seeing 15%, 9%, 7%, and 6% of the campaign traffic respectively.” . “The most notable target, a major Energy company based in the US, saw about 29% of the over 1000 emails containing malicious QR codes.

Phishing 88

Phishing Energy and Utilities Insurance Manufacturing 88

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

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Spyware 41

Spyware Banking Data breaches Mobile 41

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. Super Bowl Sunday watchers are treated to no fewer than a half-dozen commercials for cryptocurrency investing. I will also continue to post on LinkedIn about new stories in 2023. agencies]. .”

Cryptocurrency 234

Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Scams 234

Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Cybercriminals are masters at using technology and psychology to exploit basic human trust and compromise businesses of all sizes. While cybersecurity advice is often focused on technology like endpoint protection, firewalls and anti-virus, it’s important to remember that behind every breach is a human.

Scams 107

Scams Phishing Firewall Social Engineering 107

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Everybody knows Monero cryptocurrency and probably everybody knows that it has built upon privacy, by meaning It’s not that simple to figure out Monero wallet balance. 13 (Org: Amazon Technologies Inc., I do have a MD in computer engineering and a PhD on computer security from University of Bologna. Country: USA).

Malware 93

Malware Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Cryptocurrency 93

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Group-IB’s technological leadership is built on company’s fifteen years of hands-on experience in cybercrime investigations all over the world and 55 000 hours of cyber security incident response accumulated in the largest forensic laboratory in Eastern Europe and a round-the-clock centre providing a rapid response to cyber incidents—CERT-GIB. .

Cyber Attacks 84

Cyber Attacks Banking Cyber threats Phishing 84

Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2021

Million in Cryptocurrency Paid to Ransomware Extortionists: @TheJusticeDept today announced that it has seized 63.7 Reverse engineering a private key is technically infeasible, which means that somehow, the FBI obtained an example of possibly the most closely guarded secret for any cryptocurrency user today. The seizure of 63.7

Cybercrime 80

Cybercrime Ransomware Cryptocurrency Government 80

SecureList

AUGUST 30, 2023

While investigating an infection of a cryptocurrency company in Southeast Asia, we found Gopuram coexisting on target computers with AppleJeus , a backdoor attributed to the Lazarus. The threat actor specifically targeted cryptocurrency companies. We observed that they have a specific interest in cryptocurrency companies.

Malware 80

Malware Spyware Cryptocurrency Government 80

Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

The cybercrime marketplace also continued to get more robust while the barrier to entry for malicious actors continued to drop. This has created a perfect breeding ground for aspiring cybercriminals and organized cybercrime groups that support newcomers with venture capitalist-style funding. “In Cryptocurrency. Ransomware.

Cybercrime 104

Cybercrime Phishing Ransomware Cryptocurrency 104

SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Phishers primarily seek to extract confidential information from victims, such as credentials or bank card details, while scammers deploy social engineering to persuade targets to transfer money on their own accord. Recently, many channels have appeared on Telegram promising prizes or get-rich cryptocurrency investment schemes.

Scams 109

Scams Phishing Social Engineering Banking 109

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

that has been tracking down individuals engaged in unauthorized “SIM swaps” — a complex form of mobile phone fraud that is often used to steal large amounts of cryptocurrencies and other items of value from victims. Samy Tarazi is a sergeant with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s office and a REACT supervisor.

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Mobile Cryptocurrency Accountability Passwords 241