Security News

Crooks using hacked Microsoft email accounts to steal cryptocurrency
2019-05-01 09:49

Hacked Microsoft email accounts are being used by criminals to compromise victims' cryptocurrency exchange accounts and empty their funds.

Cryptocurrency giants in $850m fraud allegations
2019-04-29 11:14

The New York Attorney General has accused major cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and cryptocurrency Tether of an $850m fraud.

Hackers Steal $19 Million From Bithumb Cryptocurrency Exchange
2019-04-04 18:33

Hackers yesterday stole nearly $19 million worth of cryptocurrency from Bithumb, the South Korea-based popular cryptocurrency exchange admitted today. According to Primitive Ventures' Dovey Wan,...

Lazarus Group Widens Tactics in Cryptocurrency Attacks
2019-03-28 16:12

MacOS users, as well as Windows, are in the cross-hairs, especially those based in South Korea.

UN Report: N. Korea Targets Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Banks
2019-03-18 18:48

Nation Flaunts Sanctions via Cybercrime EffortsNorth Korea's cybercrime capabilities have given the country the ability to flaunt international sanctions by allowing the regime to steal millions...

Cryptocurrency mining attacks still major security risk, despite closure of Coinhive
2019-03-14 13:58

Cryptojacking attacks can be executed in more ways than JavaScript files in browsers, and cryptocurrency mining is moving to cloud services, according to AT&T Cybersecurity.

Your systems, their profit: How IT rights can be abused for shadow mining of cryptocurrency
2019-03-01 15:00

IT professionals have the know-how and requisite privileges to deploy Bitcoin miners, and to cover their tracks. Could your organization be at risk?

Surprise, surprise, yet another cryptocurrency creator collared, hit with $6 million fraud rap
2019-02-28 20:27

All that glitters ain't gold, as they say The founder of now-dead cryptocurrency My Big Coin has been arrested and charged with seven counts of fraud and unlawful money transfers for what is...

Hackers Favorite CoinHive Cryptocurrency Mining Service Shutting Down
2019-02-28 11:03

Coinhive, a notorious in-browser cryptocurrency mining service popular among cybercriminals, has announced that it will discontinue its services on March 8, 2019. Regular readers of The Hacker...

Cryptocurrency Miners Exploit Latest Drupal Flaw
2019-02-27 11:18

Patch Now to Block Remote Code Execution Exploits of Content Management SystemJust days after Drupal warned of a "highly critical" flaw in its web services modules, hackers came calling,...