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A recent 51% attack which took place in the Bitcoin Cash network, the price of Bitcoin Cash has appreciated against both USD and BTC and the attack was coordinated by both the BTC.com and BTC.top mining pools. A 51% attack happens when somebody controls most of the mining power on a Proof-of-Work having a network […]
Researchers have detected a campaign in which compromised docker hosts use Shodan for carrying out cryptocurrency mining. Hackers scan for Docker hosts with exposed APIs and use them for cryptocurrency mining, which is done by deploying malicious self-propagating Docker images that are infected with Monero miners and scripts which use Shodan for finding vulnerable targets. […]
Of all the cryptocurrencies available today, Bitcoin definitely is the most popular one. Investors are attracted by the potential value of this cryptocurrency. But let’s remember that whatever gets popular on the internet draws the attention of cybercriminals as well. Thus, Bitcoin, because of its popularity and also because of its potential value, does attract […]
The cryptocurrency crime cartel has been shut down after more than 55,000 investors were conned for more than $ 200 million. Brazilian police arrested 10 people suspected of operating an $ 850 million ($ 210 million) pyramid cryptocurrency scheme. This was reported by local media such as Correido Do Povo on May 21st. As part […]
Binance hacked, hackers, stolen 7,000 Bitcoin that worth more than $40 Million using a variety of attack methods that include phishing, viruses, and other attacks. By using the hacking methods, they obtain a large number of user API keys, 2FA codes, and potentially other info to withdraw BTC from the hot wallet. Hackers withdrew 7,074 […]
All End Point products used by enterprises supplied by antivirus vendors are not yet ready for the newest weapon by cybercriminals, cryptojacking. Also, known as cryptocurrency mining malware, they are designed to work in the background, not causing readily perceptible while causing hardware to perform computations in hopes to mine cryptocurrencies for its authors. Such […]
Bithumb, South Korea’s largest bitcoin exchange, has been hacked to the tune of around $20 million. Financial news website CCN reports, “Bithumb, the largest bitcoin exchange in South Korea alongside Upbit, has been hacked for around $20 million. The company said that user funds stored in crypto cold storage wallets were not hacked, but corporate […]
Bithumb Hacked 3rd time, Yes, One of the worlds largest cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb Hacked by unknown cybercriminals and they have stolen nearly $20 million worth cryptocurrencies from its wallet. Bithumb is a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange allegedly facing continuous cyber attacks since 2017, and this is 3 rd time in past 2 years. Bithumb detected […]
The age of ransomware is slowly ending, not because it is losing steam, its authors continue to earn profit from poor victims that do not have an effective backup system to restore their locked files. Ransomware era is ending, because virus authors want to switch to a better technique in earning money through the use […]
The cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive, which is popular among hackers, is all set to shut down. Coinhive will discontinue service on March 8, 2019 reportedly owing to a crash of the cryptocurrency market and also because the cryptocurrency Monero has reportedly become unviable. In a blog post dated February 26, 2019, Coinhive says, “Some of […]
Cybercriminals now leveraging new hacking tools and remote access software to drop cryptocurrency malware by exploiting a Windows SMB Server Vulnerability . There are 2 main hacking tools that are used by attackers to drop random file info to the targeted systems windows registry. First one is MIMIKATZ , a powerful post-exploitation hacking tool which is used with […]
Security researchers found a cryptomining app in the Microsoft App Store. Researchers say that it was placed in the store between April and December 2018. It’s not clear how many users downloaded or installed the apps, but they had almost 1,900 user ratings. However, the Symantec researchers believe the apps were created by a single […]
Eight crypto jacking apps found on the Microsoft Store tha abuses victim’s CPU cycle to mine Monero without user knowledge. Symantec detected the malicious apps on Microsoft Store disguised as the apps for computer and battery optimization tutorial, internet search, web browsers, and video viewing and download. These malicious apps got listed for top free […]
It is once again highlighted in the news, the need for Android users to only source their apps from the official Google Play Store. This is in the wake of Google’s removal of a fake DApp MetaMask from Google Play, as it is loaded by ‘Clipper’, a known trojan that steals cryptocurrency wallet addresses. Google […]
A new dangerous Mac Malware discovered that stealing the cookies when users visiting a website that belongs to cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet service along with saved credentials from Chrome Browers. “Web cookies are widely used for authentication. Once a user logs into a website, its cookies are stored for the web server to know the […]
New report States that only Two hacker groups are responsible for the majority of cryptocurrency hacking attacks and stolen nearly $1 Billion so far in 2018. Crypto exchange is now one of the most frequently targeting attack platform and the cybercriminals stealing millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. New Crypto crime report reveals that there only […]
A couple of weeks back, the Coinbase security team noticed that someone had made a deep reorganization in the distributed ledger for Ethereum Classic. The hackers successfully launched a 51 percent attack on the blockchain and made away with over $200,000 worth of the digital currency. Gate.io was particularly affected, but according to a report […]
Ryuk first appeared in August 2018, and while not incredibly active across the globe, at least three organizations were hit with Ryuk infections over the course of the first two months of its operations, landing the attackers about $640,000 in ransom for their efforts. According to CrowdStrike analysis from late last week, Grim Spider has […]
As part of its expansion to the space of cryptocurrency, torrent client BitTorrent will be introducing its own native cryptocurrency using the Tron. Tron, a blockchain business startup and its operating system of the same name acquired the ownership of BitTorrent client in 2018 to the tune of $140 million. Last year, Tron was still […]
Investing in cryptocurrencies has become a worldwide phenomenon over the last couple of years. You talk to any investor and the first thing they will say is how profitable the crypto industry has become. However, the biggest talking point that is still concerning the investors is the decentralization of the blockchain technology and how it […]
Due to hard detection and easy execution of the attack, 2018 has seen excessive crypto mining malware. Cryptojacking attacks are based on cryptocurrency mining software injection into thousands of devices, leveraging its processing capabilities to extract the digital assests without the user’s consent. As a result, the victims’ computer equipment slows down, as well as […]