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US sanctions crypto exchanges used by Russian darknet market, banks

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned three cryptocurrency exchanges for working with OFAC-designated Russian dark web markets and banks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 25, 2024
- 05:20 PM
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Here's why Twitter sends you to a different site than what you clicked

Users of the social media platform X (Twitter) have often been left puzzled when they click on a post with an external link but arrive at an entirely unexpected website from the one displayed. A Twitter ad spotted below by a security researcher shows forbes.com as its destination but instead takes you to a Telegram account.
- Ax Sharma
- March 20, 2024
- 04:47 AM
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US moves to recover $2.3 million from "pig butchers" on Binance

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) is recovering $2.3 million worth of cryptocurrency linked to a "pig butchering" fraud scheme that victimized at least 37 people across the United States.
- Bill Toulas
- March 15, 2024
- 02:02 PM
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Bitcoin Fog mixer operator convicted for laundering $400 million

Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov was convicted by a federal jury in Washington, D.C., for operating Bitcoin Fog between 2011 and 2021.
- Bill Toulas
- March 13, 2024
- 08:54 AM
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Fake Leather wallet app on Apple App Store is a crypto drainer

The developers of the Leather cryptocurrency wallet are warning of a fake app on the Apple App Store, with users reporting it is a wallet drainer that stole their digital assets.
- Bill Toulas
- March 11, 2024
- 10:54 AM
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Hackers target FCC, crypto firms in advanced Okta phishing attacks

A new phishing kit named CryptoChameleon is being used to target Federal Communications Commission (FCC) employees, using specially crafted single sign-on (SSO) pages for Okta that appear remarkably similar to the originals.
- Bill Toulas
- March 02, 2024
- 11:18 AM
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Malicious code in Tornado Cash governance proposal puts user funds at risk

Malicious JavaScript code hidden in a Tornado Cash governance proposal has been leaking deposit notes and data to a private server for almost two months.
- Bill Toulas
- February 27, 2024
- 09:20 AM
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LockBit ransomware gang has over $110 million in unspent bitcoin

The LockBit ransomware gang received more than $125 million in ransom payments over the past 18 months, according to the analysis of hundreds of cryptocurrency wallets associated with the operation.
- Ionut Ilascu
- February 23, 2024
- 01:13 PM
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North Korean hackers now launder stolen crypto via YoMix tumbler

The North Korean hacker collective Lazarus, infamous for having carried out numerous large-scale cryptocurrency heists over the years, has switched to using YoMix bitcoin mixer to launder stolen proceeds.
- Bill Toulas
- February 16, 2024
- 09:31 AM
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Hackers mint 1.79 billion crypto tokens from PlayDapp gaming platform

Hackers are believed to have used a stolen private key to mint and steal over 1.79 billion PLA tokens, a cryptocurrency used within the PlayDapp ecosystem.
- Bill Toulas
- February 13, 2024
- 11:31 AM
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Police seize record 50,000 Bitcoin from now-defunct piracy site

The police in Saxony, eastern Germany, have seized 50,000 Bitcoin from the former operator of the pirate site movie2k.to through a voluntary deposit to a state-controlled wallet.
- Bill Toulas
- January 31, 2024
- 02:58 PM
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Vastaamo hacker traced via ‘untraceable’ Monero transactions, police says

Julius Aleksanteri Kivimäki, the suspect believed to be behind an attack against one of Finland's largest psychotherapy clinics, Vastaamo, was allegedly identified by tracing what has been believed to be untraceable Monero transactions.
- Bill Toulas
- January 30, 2024
- 02:44 PM
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SEC confirms X account was hacked in SIM swapping attack

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed today that its X account was hacked through a SIM-swapping attack on the cell phone number associated with the account.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 22, 2024
- 06:04 PM
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Trezor support site breach exposes personal data of 66,000 customers

Trezor issued an alert following a security breach on January 17, 2024, when unauthorized access was gained to their third-party support ticketing portal.
- Bill Toulas
- January 22, 2024
- 09:16 AM
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Hacker spins up 1 million virtual servers to illegally mine crypto

A 29-year-old man in Ukraine was arrested this week for using hacked accounts to create 1 million virtual servers used to mine $2 million in cryptocurrency.
- Bill Toulas
- January 13, 2024
- 10:09 AM
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Mandiant's X account hacked by crypto Drainer-as-a-Service gang

Cybersecurity firm and Google subsidiary Mandiant says its Twitter/X account was hijacked last week by a Drainer-as-a-Service (DaaS) gang in what it described as "likely a brute force password attack."
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 10, 2024
- 05:21 PM
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US SEC’s X account hacked to announce fake Bitcoin ETF approval

The X account for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was hacked today to issue a fake announcement on the approval of Bitcoin ETFs on security exchanges.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 09, 2024
- 05:30 PM
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Netgear, Hyundai latest X accounts hacked to push crypto drainers

The official Netgear and Hyundai MEA Twitter/X accounts (together with over 160,000 followers) are the latest hijacked to push scams designed to infect potential victims with cryptocurrency wallet drainer malware.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 08, 2024
- 04:06 PM
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X users fed up with constant stream of malicious crypto ads

Cybercriminals are abusing X advertisements to promote websites that lead to crypto drainers, fake airdrops, and other scams.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 06, 2024
- 10:09 AM
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Web3 security firm CertiK's X account hacked to push crypto drainer

The Twitter/X account of blockchain security firm CertiK was hijacked today to redirect the company's more than 343,000 followers to a malicious website pushing a cryptocurrency wallet drainer.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 05, 2024
- 12:20 PM
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