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Cryptocurrency Money Laundering: Alarming New Trends
2019-01-30 20:33

Despite the value of cryptocurrency plummeting since 2017, cybercriminals and rogue nations are still using it to launder funds. One recently discovered scheme designed to evade AML detection is...

$1.7 billion in cryptocurrency was stolen and scammed in 2018
2019-01-30 06:15

$1.7 billion in cryptocurrency was stolen and scammed in 2018 — a dramatic rise in criminal activity despite a slump in the market, according to CipherTrace. Criminals need to launder all these...

Razy Malware Attacks Browser Extensions to Steal Cryptocurrency
2019-01-25 16:44

The malware targets victims in multiple, sneaky ways as they move around the web.

Police Arrest €10 Million IOTA Cryptocurrency Theft Suspect
2019-01-24 14:18

Scheme Offered 'Free' Website for Generating Cryptocurrency Wallet SeedsPolice in England have arrested a 36-year-old man as part of an investigation into the theft of at least €10 ($11.3 million)...

Cryptocurrency Wallet Hacks Spark Dustup
2018-12-31 14:34

Cryptocurrency wallets Trezor and Ledger are vulnerable to a number of different type attacks, researchers say.

Cryptocurrency craze drives coinmining malware surge
2018-12-19 06:15

The cryptocurrency craze of 2018 helped drive a 1,500 percent increase in coinmining malware when compared to 2017, according to eSentire. Coinmining malware mines cryptocurrency (typically...

Cryptocurrency-Stealing Code Distributed via Popular Library
2018-11-27 21:18

The popular EventStream Node.js library was recently modified to fetch malicious code designed to steal crypto-currencies. Designed as a toolkit to make creating and working with streams easy, the...

Cryptocurrency ‘minting’ flaw could have leached money from exchanges
2018-11-23 12:35

Ethereum's complexity proves to be a rich source of bugs, again.

Malware Moves: Attackers Retool for Cryptocurrency Theft
2018-11-21 14:33

New and Repurposed Attack Code Steals Passwords, Drops Miners and RansomwareCybercrime gangs continue to update or issue fresh versions of malware to mine for cryptocurrency, deliver...

StatCounter Analytics Code Hijacked to Steal Bitcoins from Cryptocurrency Users
2018-11-08 11:18

Late last week an unknown hacker or a group of hackers successfully targeted a cryptocurrency exchange with an aim to steal Bitcoins by compromising the web analytics service it was using. ESET...