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Cybercriminals are using increasingly sophisticated methods to turn illicitly gained cryptocurrency into cash, which raises new concerns about enforcing anti-money laundering laws, according to a report by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. The emergence of these types of rogue cryptocurrency exchanges, along with technical advances, have made tracking virtual currency used in cybercrime, as well as terrorist financing, more difficult for law enforcement, the Chainalysis report finds.
Over the past year and a half, the North Korea-linked Lazarus group has continued attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges but modified its malware and some techniques, Kaspersky reports. Kaspersky now says that following Operation AppleJeus, Lazarus continued to employ a similar modus operandi in attacks on cryptocurrency businesses, and that more macOS malware similar to that from the original Operation AppleJeus case was discovered.
When is a password breach not a password breach? When is a password warning a hoax? The "Poloniex emails and passwords" announced on Twitter seem to have been from a previous, unknown breach, and the crooks were simply chancing their arm by guessing that at least some of the account names and password might also work on the Poloniex site.
According to Denley, the extension is dangerous to users in two ways. First, any funds managed directly inside the extension are at risk.
Apparently, dead men *can* tell tales... especially when millions and millions of cryptocoins are missing.
A cryptomining malware has infected at least 80k devices and uses various tactics to evade detection.
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit today announced that hackers managed to steal $49 million in Ethereum. The crypto-coins were transferred from the Upbeat Ethereum Hot Wallet to an...
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A data breach left personal information--including email and IP addresses and first and last names—exposed in public databases, according to Troy Hunt.
The official website for the Monero cryptocurrency was hacked recently and attackers replaced legitimate wallet files offered for download with a malicious version. read more