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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 […]
BestMixer.io was among the three largest cryptocurrency mixing services launched in May 2018. Europol in collaboration with the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigative Service (FIOD), Luxembourg has shut down a well-known and one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency tumblers BestMixer.io. The bitcoin transaction mixer was shut down officially on May 22. The operation against cryptocurrency […]
Kaspersky Lab, the research arm of Kaspersky, an antivirus vendor has revealed that the first quarter of 2019 saw the double growth of banking trojan cases globally compared to the last quarter of 2018. Cybercriminals have switched their focus on banking trojan after the shutdown of the very popular Coinhive cryptojacking service last March 2019. […]
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 […]
A group of white hat hackers are busy fixing cryptocurrency bugs and for good reasons. According to a recent report from Hardfork, hackers have earned around $32,150 in 7 days by providing their services to blockchain companies. The most famous clients of these hackers include EOS, TRON, Coinbase, and Brave. There are a total of […]
Hackers sent to jail for stealing over $2M USD in cryptocurrency with SIM hijacking attack. According to IICS’s web application security course, a group of hackers known as “The Community” has been accused by the U.S. authorities for allegedly having made a fraud known as “SIM card hijacking”, in complicity with three Employees of a […]
Binance, cryptocurrency exchange platform, which manages the largest number of daily operations, has become victim of hacking, reported experts from the IICS cybersecurity course. The chairman of this platform, known as CZ Zhao, unveiled the incident through his Twitter account, adding that Binance is now under unscheduled maintenance. Subsequent investigations have confirmed that the severity […]
API keys and 2FA codes along with other sensitive data has also been stolen. Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world by volume, has become a victim of a massive data breach in which hackers stole roughly 7,000 bitcoin (worth over $40 million). According to Binance, the hackers not only stole API […]
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 […]
Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, confirmed today that the company lost nearly $41 million in Bitcoin in what appears to be its largest hack to date. In a statement, Binance’s CEO Changpeng Zhao said the company discovered a “large scale security breach” earlier on May 7, as a result of […]
As per the findings of a recent report, Malaysia still continues to attract cybercriminals despite businesses stepping up cybersecurity measures and tending to capitalize on the latest security intelligence. In the 24th edition of its Security Intelligence Report (SIR), Microsoft reveals such findings relating to the cyber landscape in Malaysia. SIR, which is based on […]
Facebook has been trying its hands on various things (the new dating app is proof of it), and this plan also included a cryptocurrency platform. Taking the project seriously with an aim to explore the crypto world, Facebook is now taking further steps in the venture. It is suggested that Facebook is talking to various […]
The majority of the bots are located in Brazil and Peru but the number of victims is constantly increasing across diverse regions. Threat actors who previously targeted cryptocurrency wallets through Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have now launched another malware loader to facilitate their botnet Trojan. This time, they have used the Smoke Loader […]
Newly Emerging DDoS botnet attack that targets one of the most popular bitcoin wallet Electrum and now it reaches the 152,000 infected hosts. This DDoS Botnet rapidly growing and takes many hosts Under its control since April 24 when the number of infected machines in the botnet was just below 100,000 but its keep increasing […]
A couple of weeks back, news of several of Microsoft’s Outlook accounts being compromised surfaced. It is shocking enough that hackers had access to those accounts for almost three months (January to March this year) without getting detected. Now, a new report by Motherboard claims that many of those victims were robbed of cryptocurrency from their […]
EternalBlue and DoublePulsar hacking tools are back in action. Symantec security researchers have identified that cybercriminals are still utilizing the classified exploits/hacking tools of the National Security Agency (NSA), which were stolen about two years back. The new malware has been dubbed Beapy by researchers. Beapy is a new malware that makes use of leaked […]
Samsung launched its S10 series with an in-built cryptocurrency wallet that allows users to store popular cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, Etherium, and Cosmo Coin. It became one of the first major smartphone manufacturers to add a digital currency wallet. Now, it seems that it was a part of a bigger plan as Samsung is reported to […]
A few days ago, a new Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability was reported, which, if exploited, could allow an attacker to extract information from the compromised machines. Now, cybersecurity specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS) report that malicious hackers could exploit this vulnerability to extract cryptocurrency stored on the exposed device. In the […]
The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, in collaboration with the World Bank, has announced a new private blockchain network which allows users to learn more about the niche segment of cryptocurrency. The new test network, going by the name Learning Coin, will only be accessed by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. To clear the air, […]
Looking for The Pirate Bay alternatives? You have come to the right place. The Pirate Bay (TPB) is one of the most visited torrent download websites in the world. However, lately, there has been an increase in its server downtime. Lately, the Dark web domain for The Pirate Bay is also offline. Moreover, The Pirate Bay was […]
The Chinese government is soon expected to ban all cryptocurrency mining activities in the country. It is suggested that the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in China is considering the ban and is asking for public opinions on the revision of the Guiding Catalogue for the Adjustment of Industrial Structure. For the unacquainted, the […]