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A Day in the Life of a Prolific Voice Phishing Crew

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KrebsOnSecurity recently told the saga of a cryptocurrency investor named Tony who was robbed of more than $4.7 million in cryptocurrencies from Tony was verify-trezor[.]io. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as well as those working at the cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Binance. Image: Shutterstock, iHaMoo.

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GoDaddy Employees Used in Attacks on Multiple Cryptocurrency Services

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Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week. And in May of this year, GoDaddy disclosed that 28,000 of its customers’ web hosting accounts were compromised following a security incident in Oct. 2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020.

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FBI: Spike in Hacked Police Emails, Fake Subpoenas

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Donahue said 60 technology companies are now routing all law enforcement data requests through Kodex, including an increasing number of financial institutions and cryptocurrency platforms. “A lot of global police agencies don’t have stringent cybersecurity hygiene, but even U.S. dot-gov emails get hacked. ”

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Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach

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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. “The victim profile remains the most striking thing,” Monahan wrote.

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U.S. Indicts 2 Top Russian Hackers, Sanctions Cryptex

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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. Alex Holden is founder of the Milwaukee-based cybersecurity firm Hold Security. The links have been redacted.

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Battle with Bots Prompts Mass Purge of Amazon, Apple Employee Accounts on LinkedIn

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Cybersecurity firm Mandiant (recently acquired by Google ) told Bloomberg that hackers working for the North Korean government have been copying resumes and profiles from leading job listing platforms LinkedIn and Indeed , as part of an elaborate scheme to land jobs at cryptocurrency firms. Up until Sept.

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How Coinbase Phishers Steal One-Time Passwords

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Coinbase is the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, with roughly 68 million users from over 100 countries. And it was fairly successful, according to Alex Holden , founder of Milwaukee-based cybersecurity firm Hold Security. The now-defunct phishing domain at issue — coinbase.com.password-reset[.]com

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