SecureList

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

stealer that collects information such as saved credentials, cryptocurrency wallet data and browsing history, packs it into a.7z Clearly, in designing these fake projects, the actors went to great lengths to make the repositories appear legitimate to potential targets. com/Dipo17/battle ) and execute them.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

billion in cryptocurrency from the Bybit exchange in what is being called the largest hack in the controversial market's history. The post North Koreas Lazarus Group Hacks Bybit, Steals $1.5 North Korea's notorious Lazarus Group reportedly stole $1.5 Billion in Crypto appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 9, 2021

Of course, if the FBI has such capabilities, it would likely use them sparingly and ascribe any successes to other techniques – just as the Allies did not act on every piece of data obtained by hacking Enigma so as not to alert the Nazis to Enigma’s compromise.). performed after obtaining a classic search warrant).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

Experts warn of a large-scale cryptocurrency miner campaign targeting Russian users with SilentCryptoMiner. This is a covert miner able to mine multiple cryptocurrencies (ETH, ETC, XMR, RTM and others) using various algorithms. The payload was only accessible from Russian IPs, suggesting a targeted attack on Russian users.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2025

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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2025

A critical vulnerability in Aviatrix Controller is actively exploited to deploy backdoors and cryptocurrency miners in the wild. The Wiz Incident Response team reported that threat actors are exploiting the flaw in attacks in the wild to deploy backdoors and cryptocurrency miners. ” reads the advisory published by Wiz.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

On February 21, 2025, the cryptocurrency world was rocked by the largest crypto heist in history. Alberto Farronato, Vice President of Marketing at Oasis Security, said he believes the hack will lead to sweeping changes: "The recent $1.46 billion in crypto assets.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2024

A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider , a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into Twilio , LastPass , DoorDash , Mailchimp , and nearly 130 other organizations over the past two years. man arrested was a SIM-swapper who went by the alias “ Tyler.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

. “Ilya Lichtenstein was sentenced today to five years in prison for his involvement in a money laundering conspiracy arising from the hack and theft of approximately 120,000 bitcoin from Bitfinex, a global cryptocurrency exchange.” Billion in stolen cryptocurrency stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 30, 2023

A number of Discord communities focused on cryptocurrency have been hacked this past month after their administrators were tricked into running malicious Javascript code disguised as a Web browser bookmark. On May 9, MetrixCoin reported that its Discord server was hacked, with fake airdrop details pushed to all users.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2025

Crooks stole at least $69 million from Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform Phemex in an alleged cyberattack. On Thursday, researchers at the blockchain security firm PeckShield noticed a suspicious ‘outflow of large funds from the cryptocurrency platform. pic.twitter.com/qT71TJHXPJ — PeckShield Inc. worth of cryptos.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2021

26, Shadowserver saw an attempt to install a new type of backdoor in compromised Exchange Servers, and with each hacked host it installed the backdoor in the same place: “ /owa/auth/babydraco.aspx. Further reading: A Basic Timeline of the Exchange Mass-Hack. That same list today would be pages long. At Least 30,000 U.S.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The post Schneider Electric Confirms Ransom Hack — Hellcat Demands French Bread as ‘Joke’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. That’s a lot of pain: $125,000 ransom seems small—but why do the scrotes want it paid in baguettes?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The cybercrime group Scattered Spider is suspected of hacking into hundreds of organizations over the past two years, including Twilio , LastPass , DoorDash , and Mailchimp. Victims included gaming, telecom, and cryptocurrency firms, with losses reaching millions in stolen cryptocurrency and data from hundreds of thousands of accounts.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

But not long after KrebsOnSecurity reported in April that Shefel/Rescator also was behind the theft of Social Security and tax information from a majority of South Carolina residents in 2012, Mr. Shefel began contacting this author with the pretense of setting the record straight on his alleged criminal hacking activities.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2024

The X account of cybersecurity giant Mandiant was hacked, attackers used it to impersonate the Phantom crypto wallet and push a cryptocurrency scam. Crooks hacked the X account of cybersecurity firm Mandiant and used it to impersonate the Phantom crypto platform and share a cryptocurrency scam.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2022

men have been charged with hacking into the Ring home security cameras of a dozen random people and then “swatting” them — falsely reporting a violent incident at the target’s address to trick local police into responding with force. conspired to hack into Yahoo email accounts belonging to victims in the United States.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Daryna Antoniuk at TheRecord reports that a security researcher said on Sunday they had contacted Wazawaka, who confirmed being charged and said he’d paid two fines, had his cryptocurrency confiscated, and is currently out on bail pending trial. Wazawaka claimed he zealously adhered to this rule as a personal and professional mantra.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2025

Authorities in India today arrested the alleged co-founder of Garantex , a cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control in April 2022 for receiving hundreds of millions in criminal proceeds, including funds used to facilitate hacking, ransomware, terrorism and drug trafficking.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

Working with law enforcement partners in France, Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands, Romania and the United Kingdom, the DOJ said it was able to seize more than 50 Internet servers tied to the malware network, and nearly $9 million in ill-gotten cryptocurrency from QakBot’s cybercriminal overlords.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last week’s epic hack against Twitter. ” Twice in the past year, the OGUsers forum was hacked , and both times its database of usernames, email addresses and private messages was leaked online.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 20, 2024

billion in cryptocurrency in 2024, more than half of the $2.2 billion stolen in all crypto hacks, and the attacks by threat groups linked to the rogue nation are becoming more frequent and are happening more quickly. North Korean hackers stole $1.34 The post North Korean Hackers Stole $1.34

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

seized $283,000 in cryptocurrency from an account linked to Sami as part of actions against the illicit activities of PopeyeTools. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter) million in revenue.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

As cryptocurrencies have grown in popularity, there has also been growing concern about cybercrime involvement in this sector Cryptocurrencies have revolutionized the financial world, offering new investment opportunities and decentralized transactions.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

men have been charged with hacking into a U.S. The complaint doesn’t specify which agency portal was hacked, but it does state that the portal included access to law enforcement databases that track narcotics seizures in the United States. federal government portal without authorization.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

authorities seized $23M in crypto tied to a $150M Ripple hack, suspected to have been carried out by hackers from the 2022 LastPass breach. Investigators found no evidence of device hacking, supporting the hypothesis that attackers decrypted stolen password manager data to access the victim’s crypto wallet. .”

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Media coverage understandably focused on GoDaddy’s admission that it suffered three different cyberattacks over as many years at the hands of the same hacking group. But it’s worth revisiting how this group typically got in to targeted companies: By calling employees and tricking them into navigating to a phishing website. .”

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Get details about how this cryptocurrency heist happened, and what Bybits CEO has said about it.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Banshee Stealer can also steal cryptocurrency from different wallets, including Exodus, Electrum, Coinomi, Guarda, Wasabi Wallet, Atomic and Ledger. BANSHEE Stealer is macOS-based malware that can collect extensive data from the system, browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, and numerous browser extensions.” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The US DoJ arrested two people and charged them with stealing and laundering more than $230 million worth of cryptocurrency. The duo attempted to launder the stolen cryptocurrency through crypto exchanges and mixing services. The duo attempted to launder the stolen cryptocurrency through crypto exchanges and mixing services.

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Lohrman on Security

AUGUST 29, 2021

From cryptocurrency thefts to hacking bank accounts, SIM swapping is a growing threat online. Here are relevant definitions, real-world examples and tips to help stop cyber criminals.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You Casio: Notice of Partial Service Outage and Information Leak Caused by Ransomware Attack He founded a “startup” to access sanctioned Russian websites: the cyber police of Khmelnytskyi region exposed the hacker Hacked ‘AI Girlfriend’ Data Shows Prompts Describing Child Sexual Abuse Malware Over 300,000!

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Since 2012, Crimenetwork facilitated the sale of illegal goods and services, including drugs, forged documents, hacking tools, and stolen data. Nearly $100M in cryptocurrency was traded on the platform from 2018-2024, with operators taking 1-5% commissions. Source Computerworld.ch

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Security Boulevard

JULY 16, 2024

DeFAIL: Cryptocurrency fans lose their worthless tokens via phishing attacks on decen­tral­ized finance sites. The post Squarespace Hacked — DeFi Wallets Drained (Imaginary Money Stolen) appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2025

Threat actors use weak credential brute force to gain access to target systems, then deploy cryptocurrency miners and crimeware with capabilities like data exfiltration, persistence, self-termination, and pivot attacks. West Coast to deploy info stealers and crypto miners. The malware disables remote access to entrench itself further.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2024

INTERPOL also issued a Purple Notice to warn countries about emerging fraudulent activities involving cryptocurrencies. The authorities have warned of “USDT Token Approval Scam” that allows scammers access to the victims’ cryptocurrency wallets and make unauthorized transactions. The operation led to 27 arrests and 19 indictments.

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