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Singaporean Indicted in U.S. for Illegal Crypto-Mining
2019-10-10 13:47

A citizen of Singapore has been charged in the United States for a large-scale cryptocurrency mining operation performed using stolen identity and credit card information. read more

Now Uncle Sam would like a word with Brit teen TalkTalk hacker about a huge crypto-coin heist
2019-09-26 12:02

Someone's popular! One of the teens behind the 2015 hack on UK telco TalkTalk has been indicted in the US over a huge cryptocurrency heist.…

Crypto Quantique raises $8M to address the growing challenges of end-to-end IoT security
2019-09-24 22:30

Crypto Quantique, a privately held company with a mission to revolutionize the IoT with quantum driven cybersecurity, announced that it has raised an $8 million seed round led by ADV along with...

'Panda' Group Makes Thousands of Dollars Using RATs, Crypto-Miners
2019-09-18 06:54

A new threat actor has generated thousands of dollars in the Monero cryptocurrency using remote access tools (RATs) and illicit cryptocurrency mining malware, Cisco’s Talos threat intelligence and...

Linux Crypto-Miner Uses Kernel-Mode Rootkits for Evasion
2019-09-17 15:13

A recently discovered cryptocurrency mining malware targeting Linux machines is employing kernel-mode rootkits in an attempt to make detection more difficult, Trend Micro reveals. read more

2019-09-12 16:07

The WatchBog cryptocurrency-mining botnet is heavily reliant on the Pastebin website for command and control (C&C) operations, Cisco Talos’ security researchers reveal. read more

Biz forked out $115k to tout 'Time AI' crypto at Black Hat. Now it sues organizers because hackers heckled it
2019-08-26 08:02

Lawsuit argues event bosses breached deal by failing to prevent audience hostility Crown Sterling, a Newport Beach, California-based biz that calls itself "a leading digital cryptographic firm,"...

Binance KYC Data Leak — Crypto Exchange Sets $290,000 Bounty On Blackmailer
2019-08-07 11:18

Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance has become a victim of a ransom demand from a scammer who claimed to have hacked the KYC (Know Your Customer) data of thousands of its customers. The...

Microsoft preps to purge its cloud access security broker of shonky crypto protocols TLS 1.0, 1.1
2019-07-29 22:00

Still not migrated? You have until 8 September Transport Level Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 is to be axed for users of Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS) from 8 September as the company shores up...

Crypto-Mining Botnet Implements BlueKeep Scanner
2019-07-25 15:35

A cryptocurrency-mining botnet has recently added a scanner for the BlueKeep RDP protocol vulnerability, Intezer’s security researchers have discovered.  read more