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Crypto wallet founder loses $125,000 to fake airdrop website

A crypto wallet service co-founder shares with the world his agony after losing $125,000 to a crypto scam. The startup CEO, who at the time believed he was on a legitimate cryptocurrency airdrop website, realized after his loss that the domain he'd went on was setup for the purposes of phishing unsuspecting users.
- Ax Sharma
- January 05, 2024
- 07:17 AM
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Hackers hijack govt and business accounts on X for crypto scams

Hackers are increasingly targeting verified accounts on X (formerly Twitter) belonging to government and business profiles and marked with 'gold' and 'grey' checkmarks to promote cryptocurrency scams, phishing sites, and sites with crypto drainers.
- Bill Toulas
- January 04, 2024
- 01:40 PM
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Mandiant’s account on X hacked to push cryptocurrency scam

The Twitter account of American cybersecurity firm and Google subsidiary Mandiant was hijacked earlier today to impersonate the Phantom crypto wallet and share a cryptocurrency scam.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 03, 2024
- 05:50 PM
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Orbit Chain loses $86 million in the last fintech hack of 2023

Orbit Chain has experienced a security breach that has resulted in a loss of $86 million in cryptocurrency, particularly Ether, Dai, Tether, and USD Coin.
- Bill Toulas
- January 02, 2024
- 02:46 PM
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Kroll reveals FTX customer info exposed in August data breach

Risk and financial advisory company Kroll has released additional details regarding the August data breach, which exposed the personal information of FTX bankruptcy claimants.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 28, 2023
- 01:06 PM
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Crypto drainer steals $59 million from 63k people in Twitter ad push

Google and Twitter ads are promoting sites containing a cryptocurrency drainer named 'MS Drainer' that has already stolen $59 million from 63,210 victims over the past nine months.
- Bill Toulas
- December 21, 2023
- 04:23 PM
- 0
Crypto scammers abuse Twitter ‘feature’ to impersonate high-profile accounts

Cryptocurrency scammers are abusing a legitimate Twitter "feature" to promote scams, fake giveaways, and fraudulent Telegram channels used to steal your crypto and NFTs.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 20, 2023
- 03:17 PM
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Rhadamanthys Stealer malware evolves with more powerful features

The developers of the Rhadamanthys information-stealing malware have recently released two major versions to add improvements and enhancements across the board, including new stealing capabilities and enhanced evasion.
- Bill Toulas
- December 17, 2023
- 12:12 PM
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Ex-Amazon engineer pleads guilty to hacking crypto exchanges

Former Amazon security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed pleaded guilty this week to hacking and stealing over $12.3 million from two cryptocurrency exchanges in July 2022.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 15, 2023
- 03:32 PM
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US detains suspects behind $80 million 'pig butchering' scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice charged four suspects (two of them already detained) for their alleged involvement in a pig butchering fraud scheme that resulted in more than $80 million in victim losses.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 14, 2023
- 02:47 PM
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Ledger dApp supply chain attack steals $600K from crypto wallets

Ledger is warnings users not to use web3 dApps after a supply chain attack on the 'Ledger dApp Connect Kit' library was found pushing a JavaScript wallet drainer that stole $600,000 in crypto and NFTs.
- Bill Toulas
- December 14, 2023
- 11:22 AM
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New cybercrime market 'OLVX' gains popularity among hackers

A new cybercrime marketplace, OLVX, has emerged and is quickly gaining new customers looking to purchase tools to conduct online fraud and cyberattacks.
- Bill Toulas
- December 13, 2023
- 07:00 AM
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Microsoft: OAuth apps used to automate BEC and cryptomining attacks

Microsoft warns that financially-motivated threat actors are using OAuth applications to automate BEC and phishing attacks, push spam, and deploy VMs for cryptomining.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 12, 2023
- 06:53 PM
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Russian pleads guilty to running crypto exchange used by ransomware gangs

Russian national Anatoly Legkodymov pleaded guilty to operating the Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange that helped ransomware gangs and other cybercriminals launder over $700 million.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 07, 2023
- 12:09 PM
- 0
Multiple NFT collections at risk by flaw in open-source library

A vulnerability in an open-source library that is common across the Web3 space impacts the security of pre-built smart contracts, affecting multiple NFT collections, including Coinbase.
- Bill Toulas
- December 05, 2023
- 06:08 PM
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North Korea's state hackers stole $3 billion in crypto since 2017

North Korean-backed state hackers have stolen an estimated $3 billion in a long string of hacks targeting the cryptocurrency industry over the last six years since January 2017.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 03, 2023
- 12:11 PM
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US seizes Sinbad crypto mixer used by North Korean Lazarus hackers

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned the Sinbad cryptocurrency mixing service for its use as a money-laundering tool by the North Korean Lazarus hacking group.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 29, 2023
- 11:49 AM
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Tor Project removes relays because of for-profit, risky activity

The Tor Project has explained its recent decision to remove multiple network relays that represented a threat to the safety and security of all Tor network users.
- Bill Toulas
- November 20, 2023
- 08:06 PM
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Kinsing malware exploits Apache ActiveMQ RCE to plant rootkits

The Kinsing malware operator is actively exploiting the CVE-2023-46604 critical vulnerability in the Apache ActiveMQ open-source message broker to compromise Linux systems.
- Bill Toulas
- November 20, 2023
- 11:54 AM
- 0
Fraudsters make $50,000 a day by spoofing crypto researchers

Multiple fake accounts impersonating cryptocurrency scam investigators and blockchain security companies are promoting phishing pages to drain wallets in an ongoing campaign on X (former Twitter).
- Bill Toulas
- November 15, 2023
- 10:02 AM
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