News in the CryptoCurrency category

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
- 2
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
- 0
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
- 0
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
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
- 0
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
- 0
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
- 1
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
- 1
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
- 3
Ethereum feature abused to steal $60 million from 99K victims

Malicious actors have been abusing Ethereum's 'Create2' function to bypass wallet security alerts and poison cryptocurrency addresses, which led to stealing $60,000,000 worth of cryptocurrency from 99,000 people in six months.
- Bill Toulas
- November 13, 2023
- 04:41 PM
- 0
Microsoft: BlueNoroff hackers plan new crypto-theft attacks

Microsoft warns that the BlueNoroff North Korean hacking group is setting up new attack infrastructure for upcoming social engineering campaigns on LinkedIn.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 10, 2023
- 03:40 PM
- 0
LastPass breach linked to theft of $4.4 million in crypto

Hackers have stolen $4.4 million in cryptocurrency on October 25th using private keys and passphrases stored in stolen LastPass databases, according to research by crypto fraud researchers who have been researching similar incidents.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 30, 2023
- 06:46 PM
- 0
Hackers use Binance Smart Chain contracts to store malicious scripts

Cybercriminals are employing a novel code distribution technique dubbed 'EtherHiding,' which abuses Binance's Smart Chain (BSC) contracts to hide malicious scripts in the blockchain.
- Bill Toulas
- October 13, 2023
- 12:08 PM
- 0
Mixin Network suspends operations following $200 million hack

Mixin Network, an open-source, peer-to-peer transactional network for digital assets, has announced today on Twitter that deposits and withdrawals are suspended effective immediately due to a $200 million hack the platform suffered on Saturday.
- Bill Toulas
- September 25, 2023
- 09:23 AM
- 0
Crypto firm Nansen asks users to reset passwords after vendor breach

Ethereum blockchain analytics firm Nansen asks a subset of its users to reset passwords following a recent data breach at its authentication provider.
- Bill Toulas
- September 22, 2023
- 01:22 PM
- 1
TikTok flooded by 'Elon Musk' cryptocurrency giveaway scams

TikTok is flooded by a surge of fake cryptocurrency giveaways posted to the video-sharing platform, with almost all of the videos pretending to be themes based on Elon Musk, Tesla, or SpaceX.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 17, 2023
- 02:34 PM
- 2
WhatsApp rival Telegram gets Crypto wallet integration

Telegram, the widely used messaging app, has unveiled an integrated crypto wallet feature, allowing users to effortlessly access their cryptocurrency holdings.
- Mayank Parmar
- September 16, 2023
- 02:56 PM
- 0
Retool blames breach on Google Authenticator MFA cloud sync feature

Software company Retool says the accounts of 27 cloud customers were compromised following a targeted and multi-stage social engineering attack.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 15, 2023
- 03:15 PM
- 3
Hackers steal $53 million worth of cryptocurrency from CoinEx

Global cryptocurrency exchange CoinEX announced that someone hacked its hot wallets and stole large amounts of digital assets that were used to support the platform's operations.
- Bill Toulas
- September 13, 2023
- 10:11 AM
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