Security News

Oski Stealer Targets Browser Data, Crypto Wallets in U.S.
2020-01-13 13:48

The fairly new malware, which has been dubbed Oski Stealer, is being advertised on underground cyber-forums, including several Russian forums, security researcher Aditya K Sood explained in a report shared with SecurityWeek. Oski Stealer is being distributed via drive-by downloads, phishing attacks, and other standard infection methods, and acts as a native piece of software that can be installed on various systems.

NPM swats path traversal bug that lets evil packages modify, steal files. That's bad for JavaScript crypto-wallets
2019-12-13 02:05

Trio of vulnerabilities made registry full of uncertain code even more of a risk On Wednesday, NPM, Inc, the California-based biz that has taken it upon itself to organize the world's JavaScript...

Scammy and spammy harassers are chasing veteran pros off crypto-collab platform Keybase
2019-12-05 18:20

What happens when you throw your lot in with crypto-coin types Collaboration site Keybase, once touted for its encrypted meetup channels and robust developer features, is struggling to ward off an...

2019 experienced massive spate of crypto crimes, $4.4 billion to date
2019-12-02 05:00

With only seven months left for nations to pass laws and virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to comply with the guidelines, the majority of cryptocurrency exchanges are not equipped to handle...

This week, we give thanks to Fortinet for reminding us what awful crypto with hardcoded keys looks like
2019-11-28 00:42

Plus more from the world of infosec Roundup Here's a summary of recent infosec news beyond what we've already covered – earlier than usual because some of us have Thanksgiving to get through in...

OneCoin crypto-scam lawyer found guilty of worldwide $400m fraud
2019-11-25 12:46

A lawyer who boasted of making "50 by 50" - as in, $50m by the age of 50 - is now facing a potential 50+ years behind bars.

Beating The Crypto-Criminals
2019-11-14 18:18

Building financial crime resilience today to future-proof banks for tomorrowInstead of proving a flash in the pan, enthusiasm for cryptocurrency has grown - and with it the associated fraud. Cyber...

Crypto Capital boss arrested over money laundering
2019-10-28 12:53

Bitfinex says the payment processor has $880M of the cryptocurrency exchange's “lost” funds. Polish authorities seized $390m of it.

'Graboid' Crypto-Jacking Worm Targets Docker Hosts
2019-10-16 16:47

Palo Alto Networks’ security researchers have identified what appears to be the first crypto-jacking worm that spreads using Docker containers. read more

Docker Containers Riddled with Graboid Crypto-Worm
2019-10-16 15:28

A worm with a randomized propagation method is spreading via the popular container technology.