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Hackers steal $290 million in crypto from PlayDapp gaming platform
2024-02-13 16:31

Hackers are believed to have used a stolen private key to mint and steal over $290 million in PLA tokens, a cryptocurrency used within the PlayDapp ecosystem. PlayDapp is a blockchain-based platform that uses and trades non-fungible tokens within games, allowing users to buy, sell, and trade digital assets across various games without intermediaries.

Beware: Fake Facebook Job Ads Spreading 'Ov3r_Stealer' to Steal Crypto and Credentials
2024-02-06 14:09

Threat actors are leveraging bogus Facebook job advertisements as a lure to trick prospective targets into installing a new Windows-based stealer malware codenamed Ov3r_Stealer. "This malware is...

3 ways to achieve crypto agility in a post-quantum world
2024-02-06 05:30

In today's increasingly automated operational environment, crypto agility-i.e., an organization's ability to switch rapidly and seamlessly between certificate authorities, encryption standards and keys and certificates with minimal disruption to one's digital infrastructure-becomes essential to business. In 2020, Apple reduced the lifespan certificates to a year, pushing others to match them, and in March 2023, Google announced a proposal to reduce TLS certificate validity to 90 days.

Belarusian National Linked to BTC-e Faces 25 Years for $4 Billion Crypto Money Laundering
2024-02-05 16:36

A 42-year-old Belarusian and Cypriot national with alleged connections to the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e is facing charges related to money laundering and operating an unlicensed...

BTC-e server admin indicted for laundering ransom payments, stolen crypto
2024-02-02 15:33

Aliaksandr Klimenka, a Belarusian and Cypriot national, has been indicted in the U.S. for his involvement in an international cybercrime money laundering operation. The U.S. DoJ alleged back then that the platform was used to launder funds stolen during the hack of Japanese crypto exchange platform Mt. Gox, as well as ransom payments for the Locky, Cerber, NotPetya, WannaCry, and Spora ransomware operations.

HeadCrab 2.0 Goes Fileless, Targeting Redis Servers for Crypto Mining
2024-02-01 11:22

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed an updated version of the malware HeadCrab that's known to target Redis database servers across the world since early September 2021. The development, which...

"Activator" Alert: MacOS Malware Hides in Cracked Apps, Targeting Crypto Wallets
2024-01-23 12:27

Cracked software have been observed infecting Apple macOS users with a previously undocumented stealer malware capable of harvesting system information and cryptocurrency wallet data. Kaspersky,...

New Docker Malware Steals CPU for Crypto & Drives Fake Website Traffic
2024-01-18 16:31

Vulnerable Docker services are being targeted by a novel campaign in which the threat actors are deploying XMRig cryptocurrency miner as well as the 9Hits Viewer software as part of a...

Hackers Weaponize Windows Flaw to Deploy Crypto-Siphoning Phemedrone Stealer
2024-01-16 07:13

Threat actors have been observed leveraging a now-patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows to deploy an open-source information stealer called Phemedrone Stealer. “Phemedrone targets web...

China’s gambling crackdown spawned wave of illegal online casinos and crypto-crime in Asia
2024-01-16 03:30

Global crime networks have set up shop in autonomous territories run by armed gangs across Southeast Asia, and are using them to host physical and online casinos that, in concert with crypto exchanges, have led to an explosion of money laundering, cyberfraud, and cybercrime across the region and beyond. The scenario above was outlined on Monday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in a new report [PDF] titled "Casinos, Money Laundering, Underground Banking, and Transnational Organized Crime in East and Southeast Asia: A Hidden and Accelerating Threat."