On Thursday, the Twitter account of Kevin O’Leary, star of the show Shark Tank, was compromised and began advertising a fake cryptocurrency giveaway. The well-known investor’s Twitter account, which is followed by more than 982,000 followers, has sent out many tweets announcing a giveaway of 5,000 BTC and 15,000 ETH. Accompanying each post was a […]
Nio Inc., which is located in China, said on Tuesday that hackers had broken into its computer systems and acquired data on users and car sales. This is the most recent instance of a hacking attack to strike the global automotive sector. According to reports from the media, the cybercriminals had written an email to […]
A new botnet named Orchard has been observed using Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s account transaction information to generate domain names to conceal its command-and-control (C2) infrastructure. “Because of the uncertainty of Bitcoin transactions, this technique is more unpredictable than using the common time-generated [domain generation algorithms], and thus more difficult to defend against,” researchers from […]
A ransomware operation called H0lyGh0st is being run by North Korean hackers for more than a year now, attacking small businesses across different countries with ransomware. There has been quite a bit of activity on the part of the group for quite some time. The gang, however, was not able to obtain the same level […]
A Netherland university that became the target of a massive ransomware attack has received back its ransom money that it paid to hackers. They got double the money back. University spokesperson said “This money will not go to a general fund, but into a fund to help financially strapped students. The southern Maastricht University in […]
A new version of the MyloBot malware has been observed to deploy malicious payloads that are being used to send sextortion emails demanding victims to pay $2,732 in digital currency. MyloBot, first detected in 2018, is known to feature an array of sophisticated anti-debugging capabilities and propagation techniques to rope infected machines into a botnet, […]
This was the second time that a Twitter account linked to PM Modi got compromised for a Bitcoin-related scam. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official Twitter handle (@narendramodi) got briefly hacked by a yet unidentified hacker. The hacking occurred early Sunday morning. This is the second hack attack on an account connected to the Indian […]
Network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker QNAP on Tuesday released a new advisory warning of a cryptocurrency mining malware targeting its devices, urging customers to take preventive steps with immediate effect. “A bitcoin miner has been reported to target QNAP NAS. Once a NAS is infected, CPU usage becomes unusually high where a process named ‘[oom_reaper]’ […]
Andrew Schober is one of many cryptocurrency enthusiasts who have been the victim of one of many variants of fraud related to this technology. A few years ago, the Colorado resident downloaded the Electrum Atom Bitcoin wallet from Reddit, unaware that this tool was hiding a dangerous malware variant. The file downloaded by Schober included […]
Should we expect cybercriminals to ditch the pseudonymous cryptocurrency for other forms of payment that may be better at throwing law enforcement off the scent?
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Kais Mohammad, also known as “Superman29” has been sentenced to two years in prison for his involvement as an operator of an illegal cryptocurrency platform on which transactions of up to $25 million USD would have been made. The 37-year-old Orange County resident provided his services in […]
DarkSide Ransomware gang was behind the recent Colonial Pipeline cyberattack however it is unclear who is behind the seizure of DarkSide’s cyberinfrastructure. The DarkSide ransomware cybercriminals group involved in the six-day outage at Colonial Pipeline last week that led to fuel shortages and price spikes across the United States is calling it quits. The crime […]
If you are planning on maintaining a Bitcoin-friendly business, or just want to have an easy way of receiving crypto payments, you might want to consider the possibility of making yourself a QR code for easy Bitcoin transactions. What’s a QR code? A QR code (quick response code) is a sort of barcode that can […]
Too Lazzzy to Read? Listen to this article👇 ” Since we’re all rich with bitcoin…….we ought to put some of this unearned wealth to good use “ – Hal Finney Cryptocurrency serves as a medium of growth or support in the development process and also solves the scam problem on a global scale by removing the […]
Too Lazzzy to Read? Listen to this article👇 When you think of a haven asset, precious metals like gold or silver probably come to mind. It is an investment that people flock to protect themselves from shocks in traditional markets. The debate over whether Bitcoin is following in the footsteps of these assets continues. In […]
Tech titans and prominent politicians among victims of a sprawling hack that Twitter says leveraged its internal tools
The giveaway scheme uses the tech titan’s name as part of Bitcoin addresses for extra credibility
A 35-year-old man from Northern Portugal was sentenced to 76 months in prison for dark web drug trafficking and money laundering. The defendant will also forfeit bitcoins and possessions seized during his arrest. The defendant ran the drug trafficking operation with the help of his girlfriend who was acquitted. Pedro, 35 and Rita, 34 reportedly […]
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Hugh Brian Haney had admitted laundering more than $19 million worth of drug money earned by selling controlled substances through Silk Road. According to court documents, Haney operated a vendor account under the username “Pharmville.” Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. Attorney for […]
The fake version was targeting users for years. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, anonymity-retaining browsers like Tor and underground platforms like the Dark Web have offered users a great opportunity to carry out their nefarious deeds online without getting caught. However, tables have turned now as hackers and spammers aren’t sparing Dark Web users. Reportedly, a malicious […]
ESET researchers discover a trojanized Tor Browser distributed by cybercriminals to steal bitcoins from darknet market buyers