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Trojanized Game Installers Deploy Cryptocurrency Miner in Large-Scale StaryDobry Attack
2025-02-19 09:35

Users who are on the lookout for popular games were lured into downloading trojanized installers that led to the deployment of a cryptocurrency miner on compromised Windows hosts. The large-scale...

Two Estonians plead guilty in $577M cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme
2025-02-17 11:43

Two Estonian nationals may spend the next 20 years in prison for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars through a massive cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, the US Department of Justice announced last...

Hackers steal $85 million worth of cryptocurrency from Phemex
2025-01-27 18:03

The Phemex crypto exchange suffered a massive security breach on Thursday where threat actors stole over $85 million worth of cryptocurrency. [...]

Cryptocurrency wallet drainers stole $494 million in 2024
2025-01-05 15:11

Scammers stole $494 million worth of cryptocurrency in wallet drainer attacks last year that targeted more than 300,000 wallet addresses. [...]

Cryptocurrency hackers stole $2.2 billion from platforms in 2024
2024-12-19 15:10

$2.2 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from various platforms in 2024, Chainalysis’ 2025 Crypto Crime Report has revealed. Of that sum, $1.34 billion was stolen by North Korea-affiliated...

FBI Busts Rydox Marketplace with 7,600 PII Sales, Cryptocurrency Worth $225K Seized
2024-12-13 06:06

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the shutdown of an illicit marketplace called Rydox ("rydox.ru" and "rydox[.]cc") for selling stolen personal information, access...

Ultralytics AI Library Compromised: Cryptocurrency Miner Found in PyPI Versions
2024-12-07 10:54

In yet another software supply chain attack, it has come to light that two versions of a popular Python artificial intelligence (AI) library named ultralytics were compromised to deliver a...

This $3,000 Android Trojan Targeting Banks and Cryptocurrency Exchanges
2024-12-05 15:58

As many as 77 banking institutions, cryptocurrency exchanges, and national organizations have become the target of a newly discovered Android remote access trojan (RAT) called DroidBot. "DroidBot...

Bitcoin Fog Founder Sentenced to 12 Years for Cryptocurrency Money Laundering
2024-11-09 05:42

The 36-year-old founder of the Bitcoin Fog cryptocurrency mixer has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison for facilitating money laundering activities between 2011 and 2021. Roman...

FBI Creates Fake Cryptocurrency to Expose Widespread Crypto Market Manipulation
2024-10-12 05:06

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced arrests and charges against several individuals and entities in connection with allegedly manipulating digital asset markets as part of a...