Cryptocurrency Cybercrime Firmware 
Security Affairs
APRIL 2, 2025
The researchers speculate that threat actors behind this variant have compromised the supply chain, so stores may not even suspect that they are selling smartphones infected with Triada “The new version of the malware is distributed in the firmware of infected Android devices. It is located in the system framework.
Krebs on Security
MAY 22, 2023
Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. The messages said recipients had earned an investment credit at a cryptocurrency trading platform called moonxtrade[.]com. A DIRECT QUOT The domain quot[.]pw billion last year.
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Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 16, 2018
According to Group-IB’s report findings, Asia is one of the most actively attacked regions in the world, the company presented latest cybercrime trends. The attackers’ research vector is now shifting from software vulnerabilities to those located at the hardware and firmware level. Attacks on Crypto. Pierluigi Paganini.
Security Affairs
JULY 15, 2022
Dragos experts investigated an infection of DirectLogic PLCs from Automation Direct, they performed reverse engineering of the password cracking tool and discovered it did not crack the password at all, rather, it exploited a vulnerability in the firmware to retrieve the password on command. ” reads the advisory published by Dragos.
SecureList
MAY 27, 2022
MoonBounce: the dark side of UEFI firmware. Late last year, we became aware of a UEFI firmware-level compromise through logs from our firmware scanner (integrated into Kaspersky products at the start of 2019). The campaign has two goals: gathering information and stealing cryptocurrency. Targeted attacks.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 8, 2018
However, purchasers of Bitcoin wallets — the software programs that facilitate storing someone’s cryptocurrency-related wealth — usually have one priority topping their lists: security. The proxy microcontroller is reportedly so insecure it cannot differentiate between authentic firmware and that which a cybercriminal creates.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
LockBit ransomware gang claims to have stolen data from PayBito crypto exchange FBI issued a flash alert on Lockbit ransomware operation CISA orders federal agencies to fix actively exploited CVE-2022-21882 Windows flaw Over 500,000 people were impacted by a ransomware attack that hit Morley Ransomware attack hit Swissport International causing delays (..)
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