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A recently patched critical security flaw in Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center products is being actively weaponized in real-world attacks to drop cryptocurrency miners and ransomware payloads. In at least two of the Windows-related incidents observed by cybersecurity vendor Sophos, adversaries exploited the vulnerability to deliver Cerber ransomware and a crypto miner called z0miner […]
An illicit online marketplace known as SSNDOB was taken down in operation led by U.S. law enforcement agencies, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced Tuesday. SSNDOB trafficked in personal information such as names, dates of birth, credit card numbers, and Social Security numbers of about 24 million individuals in the U.S., generating its operators $19 […]
Microsoft is warning of an emerging threat targeting internet-connected cryptocurrency wallets, signaling a departure in the use of digital coins in cyberattacks. The tech giant dubbed the new threat “cryware,” with the attacks resulting in the irreversible theft of virtual currencies by means of fraudulent transfers to an adversary-controlled wallet. “Cryware are information stealers that […]
Microsoft is warning of a new variant of the srv botnet that’s exploiting multiple security flaws in web applications and databases to install coin miners on both Windows and Linux systems. The tech giant, which has called the new version Sysrv-K, is said to weaponize an array of exploits to gain control of web servers. […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday announced that it will expand and rebrand its Cyber Unit to fight against cyber-related threats and protect investors in cryptocurrency markets. To that end, the SEC is renaming the Cyber Unit within the Division of Enforcement to Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit and plans to infuse […]
A security vulnerability has been disclosed in the web version of the Ever Surf wallet that, if successfully weaponized, could allow an attacker to gain full control over a victim’s wallet. “By exploiting the vulnerability, it’s possible to decrypt the private keys and seed phrases that are stored in the browser’s local storage,” Israeli cybersecurity […]
LemonDuck, a cross-platform cryptocurrency mining botnet, is targeting Docker to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems as part of an active malware campaign. “It runs an anonymous mining operation by the use of proxy pools, which hide the wallet addresses,” CrowdStrike said in a new report. “It evades detection by targeting Alibaba Cloud’s monitoring service and […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Treasury Department, warned of a new set of ongoing cyber attacks carried out by the Lazarus Group targeting blockchain companies. Calling the activity cluster TraderTraitor, the infiltrations involve the North Korean state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) actor […]
The North Korean state-backed hacking crew, otherwise known as the Lazarus Group, has been attributed to yet another financially motivated campaign that leverages a trojanized decentralized finance (DeFi) wallet app to distribute a fully-featured backdoor onto compromised Windows systems. The app, which is equipped with functionalities to save and manage a cryptocurrency wallet, is also […]
An unidentified threat actor has been observed employing a “complex and powerful” malware loader with the ultimate objective of deploying cryptocurrency miners on compromised systems and potentially facilitating the theft of Discord tokens. “The evidence found on victim networks appears to indicate that the goal of the attacker was to install cryptocurrency mining software on […]
Vulnerable routers from MikroTik have been misused to form what cybersecurity researchers have called one of the largest botnet-as-a-service cybercrime operations seen in recent years. According to a new piece of research published by Avast, a cryptocurrency mining campaign leveraging the new-disrupted Glupteba botnet as well as the infamous TrickBot malware were all distributed using […]
Social engineering attacks leveraging a combination of romantic lures and cryptocurrency fraud have been luring unsuspecting victims into installing fake apps by taking advantage of legitimate iOS features like TestFlight and Web Clips. Cybersecurity company Sophos, which has named the organized crime campaign “CryptoRom,” characterized it as a wide-ranging global scam. “This style of cyber-fraud, […]
The malware known as DirtyMoe has gained new worm-like propagation capabilities that allow it to expand its reach without requiring any user interaction, the latest research has found. “The worming module targets older well-known vulnerabilities, e.g., EternalBlue and Hot Potato Windows privilege escalation,” Avast researcher Martin Chlumecký said in a report published Wednesday. “One worm […]
Details have emerged about a now-patched high-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel that could potentially be abused to escape a container in order to execute arbitrary commands on the container host. The shortcoming resides in a Linux kernel feature called control groups, also referred to as cgroups version 1 (v1), which allows processes to be […]
Cybersecurity researchers have unpacked a nascent Golang-based botnet called Kraken that’s under active development and features an array of backdoor capabilities to siphon sensitive information from compromised Windows hosts. “Kraken already features the ability to download and execute secondary payloads, run shell commands, and take screenshots of the victim’s system,” threat intelligence firm ZeroFox said […]
The notorious TrickBot malware is targeting customers of 60 financial and technology companies, including cryptocurrency firms, primarily located in the U.S., even as its operators have updated the botnet with new anti-analysis features. “TrickBot is a sophisticated and versatile malware with more than 20 modules that can be downloaded and executed on demand,” Check Point […]
A new report confirms that cryptocurrency-based crimes posed “one of the biggest threats to cryptocurrency’s continued adoption.” Blockchain analysis firm Chainanalysis has revealed startling details about the devastation cybercriminals managed to cause during 2021. According to a preview of its “2022 Crypto Crime Report” due to be released in February 2022, cryptocurrency-oriented scammers and cyber […]
According to Grim Finance, it was an “advanced attack” in which hackers exploited a flaw in the vault contract. Grim Finance, a DeFi protocol, and Smart Yield Optimizer Platform has announced that the platform was hacked Saturday 18th in an “advanced attack” that allowed hackers to steal over $30 million worth of Fantom Tokens. In […]
Cryptocurrency users in Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Guatemala, and the Philippines are being targeted by a new variant of the Phorpiex botnet called Twizt that has resulted in the theft of virtual coins amounting to $500,000 over the last one year. Israeli security firm Check Point Research, which detailed the attacks, said the latest evolutionary version […]
MonoX security breach was caused by a bug in smart contracts meanwhile Badger is still investigating the incident. Two DeFi projects BadgerDAO and MonoX are the latest victims of security breaches in which hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency has been stolen by hackers. It is worth noting that both projects became victims […]
BitMart Exchange has confirmed that the security breach involves one of its ETH hot wallets and one of BSC hot wallets. BitMart Exchange, a cryptocurrency trading platform has suffered a “large-scale” security breach in which hackers have stolen funds worth $150 million, the company said today on Twitter. With this breach, BitMart has added its […]