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Another day, another malware – This time TrickBot’s variant is stealing Bitcoin by hacking cryptocurrency transactions. TrickBot malware, which emerged in late 2016, has taken the cyber world by storm. TrickBot is a type of destructive code offering a combo of redirection and web injection attacks. It does not directly attack banks or blockchains but […]
A New Malware campaign dubbed HaoBao distributing by North Korean Hacking Group “Lazarus” that specifically targets cryptocurrency and financial organizations via sophisticated cyber Attack. North Korean hacking group Lazarus actively spreading a huge number of spearphishing Emails and targeting many individuals in Beginning of 2017. Last year this campaign was heavily targeted military program insight or steal […]
Another day, another Bitcoin scam – This time it abuses Google Ads service. In December last year, HackRead.com exclusively exposed a scam in which hackers bought advertisement slots on Google Search Engine using Google’s very own Adwords (Google Ads) service. The search results would display Google Chrome browser download advertisement even before the official Chrome download […]
The IT security researchers at McAfee have discovered that the Lazarus Group aka Hidden Cobra is back in action busy targeting global banking giants and unsuspecting Bitcoin users with a new sophisticated phishing campaign. Who is Lazarus Group If you are not familiar with who Lazarus Group are; they are a group of well-trained cybercriminals who according to […]
Newly Identified Drive-by Monero Cryptomining Campaign Targeted Millions of Android Devices in Few Months. Hackers usually rely upon infected or rather trojanized applications and redirect notices to carry out a certain kind of online scam called malvertising and nowadays they are increasingly relying on carrying out cryptomining through these very techniques. In their campaign, Android […]
The sudden surge in the price of Bitcoin encouraged the world to mine more cryptocurrencies but some do it the right way while the cybercriminals do it the wrong way and unsuspecting users have to pay the price. This is exactly what happened in London where hackers took over computer systems and began to mine […]
There were thousands of UK and US government websites mining Monero including UK’s NHS and US’s Court. It has been raining on cryptocurrency in 2018 especially Bitcoin whose value touched the sky and made people millionaires in days. It also encouraged hackers and cybercriminals to take advantage of the situation and make easy money but the price for it […]
Due to the unprecedented popularity and public acceptable garnered by cryptocurrency, launching a cryptocurrency exchange has become the best way to make quick and easy money. However, in their haste to open an exchange at the earliest, companies have not paid enough attention at the provision of secure and safe trading environment, which is why […]
Another day, another incident involving people mining Bitcoin cryptocurrency illegally – This time, it is none other than Russian scientists. The Interfax News Agency, Russia, reported that engineers from the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (RFNC-VNIIEF) have been arrested for using official “computing resources” to mine Bitcoin cryptocurrency. It must be noted that the RFNC-VNIIEF […]
Ledger hardware wallet that is currently operating in the cryptocurrency market is vulnerable to cyber attacks. The vulnerability was identified by unknown security researchers in every single hardware wallet that allows cybercriminals to show fraudulent addresses to Ledger users/customers. When funds are requested to these addresses, the cryptocurrency is transferred to the attacker’s wallet instead of […]
Another day, another cryptocurrency miner targeting users – This time, MacUpdate site has been hacked to drop cryptocurrency miner on Mac devices. MacUpdate, a well-known software download, and aggregator platform, has become a victim of a hack attack and the service is now distributing cryptocurrency miners to Mac users, revealed SentinelOne’s security researcher Arnaud Abbati. […]
Another day, another Monero mining malware – This one uses two NSA exploits and so far it has mined over 8,900 Monero. It looks like the craze of cryptocurrency mining is taking over the world by storm as every new day there is a new malware targeting unsuspecting users to use their computing power to mine cryptocurrency. Recently, […]
Samsung cryptocurrency mining chips called application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) will soon hit the market and change the way cryptocurrencies are being mined today. Believe it or not but the Korean tech giant Samsung has given in to the cryptocurrency mining craze that companies are currently falling prey to and started developing processors specially designed to mine […]
Tor proxy owners are replacing Bitcoin payment addresses to divert payments from ransomware victims to their own wallets. The IT security researchers at Proofpoint have discovered a new type of attack/scam in which cybercriminals are becoming victims of other cybercriminals – In this attack, cybercriminals are found using Tor proxy sites to steal Bitcoin which were originally […]
Did you visit YouTube from January 18th to January 26th? There is a chance your browser was used by hackers to generate Monero cryptocurrency. Since the value of Bitcoin has increased hackers and cybercriminals are taking advantage of every situation they can use to make easy money. This time, however, in a shocking event it has been identified […]
A New Spritecoin Ransomware Discovered which is Demanding the Monero Crypto Currency to Decrypt the victim’s files instead of traditional and widely using Ransomware payment Cryptocurrency Bitcoin. A Monero Cryptocurrency has been created in 2014, the current price is $316 USD and it’s widely getting popular in cryptocurrency world. Spritecoin Ransomware also Pretending as a […]
Just five days before a three-year old Bitcoin puzzle was set to expire, a PhD student cracked the code. A three-year old Bitcoin mystery came to an end last week after Sander Wuyts, a 26-year old Belgian PhD student at the University of Antwerp, cracked a code that revealed the key to one bitcoin inside […]
Another day, another ransomware scam but this time scammers are tricking users by introducing them to a cryptocurrency called “SpriteCoin” that does not exist in reality. The IT security researchers at Fortinet have discovered a new ransomware scam in which hackers claim to introduce a new ‘profitable’ cryptocurrency SpriteCoin and ask a targeted victim to download its wallet […]
Last month Opera introduced its browser’s 50 beta version with built-in cryptocurrency mining blocker for desktops. Now, the company has launched anti-cryptocurrency mining feature for mobile browsers on Android and iOS devices meaning that if a user is browsing on Opera, hacker, and cybercriminals will be automatically blocked from using their device’s computing power to […]
It is just another with just another Cryptocurrency malware targeting unsuspecting users – This time, it modifies addresses to steal cryptocurrency payments. Evrial is the latest to join the bandwagon of information stealing Trojans that sprout every now and then and leave users grasping for enhanced privacy and security. This Trojan is now up for sale at […]
If you are a cryptocurrency investor or fan here is an app for you but it comes with a catch. Meet Sweatcoin, a free app for Android and iOS users based on the idea that the more you exercise, the more cryptocurrency you earn. Sweatcoin Yes, Sweatcoin pays its users cryptocurrency depending how far you have walked and […]