News in the CryptoCurrency category

Windows cryptomining attacks target graphic designer's high-powered GPUs

Cybercriminals are leveraging a legitimate Windows tool called 'Advanced Installer' to infect the computers of graphic designers with cryptocurrency miners.
- Bill Toulas
- September 07, 2023
- 11:46 AM
- 0
Crypto casino Stake.com loses $41 million to hot wallet hackers

Online cryptocurrency casino Stake.com announced that its ETH/BSC hot wallets had been compromised to perform unauthorized transactions, with over $40 million in crypto reportedly stolen.
- Bill Toulas
- September 05, 2023
- 02:24 PM
- 0
DreamBus malware exploits RocketMQ flaw to infect servers

A new version of the DreamBus botnet malware exploits a critical-severity remote code execution vulnerability in RocketMQ servers to infect devices.
- Bill Toulas
- August 29, 2023
- 03:17 PM
- 0
Kroll data breach exposes info of FTX, BlockFi, Genesis creditors

Multiple reports on social media warn of a data breach at financial and risk advisory company Kroll that resulted in exposing to an unauthorized third-party the personal data of some credit claimants.
- Bill Toulas
- August 25, 2023
- 10:10 AM
- 0
FBI: Lazarus hackers readying to cash out $41 million in stolen crypto

The FBI warned that North Koreans are likely readying to cash out tens of millions worth of stolen cryptocurrency out of hundreds of millions stolen in the last year alone.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 23, 2023
- 10:53 AM
- 0
New BitForge cryptocurrency wallet flaws lets hackers steal crypto

Multiple zero-day vulnerabilities named 'BitForge' in the implementation of widely used cryptographic protocols like GG-18, GG-20, and Lindell 17 affected popular cryptocurrency wallet providers, including Coinbase, ZenGo, Binance, and many more.
- Bill Toulas
- August 09, 2023
- 05:15 PM
- 1
FBI warns of scammers posing as NFT devs to steal your crypto

The FBI warned today of fraudsters posing as Non-Fungible Token (NFT) developers to prey upon NFT enthusiasts and steal their cryptocurrency and NFT assets.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 04, 2023
- 02:11 PM
- 0
CoinsPaid blames Lazarus hackers for theft of $37,300,000 in crypto

Estonian crypto-payments service provider CoinsPaid has announced that it experienced a cyber attack on July 22nd, 2023, that resulted in the theft of $37,200,000 worth of cryptocurrency.
- Bill Toulas
- July 27, 2023
- 05:58 PM
- 0
Lazarus hackers linked to $60 million Alphapo cryptocurrency heist

Blockchain analysts blame the North Korean Lazarus hacking group for a recent attack on payment processing platform Alphapo where the attackers stole almost $60 million in crypto.
- Bill Toulas
- July 26, 2023
- 04:19 PM
- 1
New PyLoose Linux malware mines crypto directly from memory

A new fileless malware named PyLoose has been targeting cloud workloads to hijack their computational resources for Monero cryptocurrency mining.
- Bill Toulas
- July 12, 2023
- 05:50 PM
- 0
Hackers steal $3 million by impersonating crypto news journalists

A hacking group tracked as 'Pink Drainer' is impersonating journalists in phishing attacks to compromise Discord and Twitter accounts for cryptocurrency-stealing attacks.
- Bill Toulas
- June 10, 2023
- 10:09 AM
- 0
Russians charged with hacking Mt. Gox crypto exchange, running BTC-e

Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner have been charged with the 2011 hacking of the leading (at the time) cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox and the laundering of around 647,000 bitcoins they stole.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 09, 2023
- 11:57 AM
- 2
Lazarus hackers linked to the $35 million Atomic Wallet heist

The notorious North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus has been linked to the recent Atomic Wallet hack, resulting in the theft of over $35 million in crypto.
- Bill Toulas
- June 07, 2023
- 02:16 PM
- 0
Crypto phishing service Inferno Drainer defrauds thousands of victims

A cryptocurrency phishing and scam service called 'Inferno Drainer' has reportedly stolen over $5.9 million worth of crypto from 4,888 victims.
- Bill Toulas
- May 22, 2023
- 12:49 PM
- 0
Level Finance crypto exchange hacked after two security audits

Hackers exploited a Level Finance smart contract vulnerability to drain 214,000 LVL tokens from the decentralized exchange and swapped them for 3,345 BNB, worth approximately $1,100,000.
- Bill Toulas
- May 02, 2023
- 06:32 PM
- 1
FBI seizes 9 crypto exchanges used to launder ransomware payments

The FBI and Ukrainian police have seized nine cryptocurrency exchange websites that facilitated money laundering for scammers and cybercriminals, including ransomware actors.
- Bill Toulas
- May 02, 2023
- 03:52 PM
- 1
New Atomic macOS info-stealing malware targets 50 crypto wallets

A new macOS information-stealing malware named 'Atomic' (aka 'AMOS') is being sold to cybercriminals via private Telegram channels for a subscription of $1,000 per month.
- Bill Toulas
- April 27, 2023
- 10:34 AM
- 0
KuCoin's Twitter account hacked to promote crypto scam

KuCoin's Twitter account was hacked, allowing attackers to promote a fake giveaway scam that led to the theft of over $22.6K in cryptocurrency.
- Bill Toulas
- April 24, 2023
- 12:17 PM
- 0
Hackers use Rilide browser extension to bypass 2FA, steal crypto

A new malware strain called Rilide has been targeting Chromium-based web browsers like Google Chrome, Brave, Opera, and Microsoft Edge, to monitor user browsing history, snap screenshots, and inject scripts that can steal cryptocurrency.
- Bill Toulas
- April 06, 2023
- 03:02 PM
- 0
US seizes $112 million from cryptocurrency investment scammers

Today, the U.S. Department of Justice seized six virtual currency accounts containing over $112 million in funds stolen in cryptocurrency investment schemes.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 03, 2023
- 03:10 PM
- 1