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Attackers breached Statcounter to steal cryptocurrency from gate.io users
2018-11-07 12:02

Web analytics company Statcounter and cryptocurrency exchange gate.io have been compromised in another supply-chain attack, which resulted in an unknown number of gate.io customers getting their...

Call of Duty players caught up in cryptocurrency theft racket
2018-10-29 13:09

The FBI recently busted a group of criminals who seem to be using Call of Duty to coordinate cryptocurrency thefts.

Australian Cryptocurrency Theft Highlights Security Mistakes
2018-10-26 13:48

AU$450,000 of Ripple Lost After Email, Cryptocurrency Account TakeoversAustralian police have charged a woman in the theft of AU$450,000 (US$318,000) worth of the virtual currency XRP, also known...

Report: Cryptocurrency Exchanges Lost $882 Million to Hackers
2018-10-18 12:18

Launching an ICO? You're a Target, Group-IB WarnsAn analysis of attacks against cryptocurrency exchanges over nearly two years shows hackers have inflicted $882 million in damages, according to...

Cryptocurrency Exchanges Lost $882 Million To Hackers
2018-10-18 10:48

Launching An ICO? You're a Target, Group-IB WarnsAn analysis of attacks against cryptocurrency exchanges over nearly two years shows hackers have inflicted $882 million in damages, according to...

Criminals' Cryptocurrency Addiction Continues
2018-10-12 18:48

Cryptojacking Attacks Are Reshaping Today's Threat LandscapeCryptojacking - the hidden mining of virtual currencies - continues to be a focus for online attackers. As the detection of...

Cryptocurrency mining malware increases 86%
2018-09-26 05:15

McAfee released its McAfee Labs Threats Report September 2018, examining the growth and trends of new cyber threats in Q2 2018. In the second quarter, they saw the surge in cryptomining malware...

Hackers latch onto new Apache Struts megavuln to mine cryptocurrency
2018-08-30 15:05

Underground forums alight with Struts chat, we hear A recently uncovered critical vulnerability in Apache Struts is already being exploited in the wild.…

Hackers Breach Cryptocurrency Platform Atlas Quantum
2018-08-28 14:49

260,000 Impacted in Cryptocurrency Investment Platform Breach read more

North Korean Hackers Hit Cryptocurrency Exchange with macOS Malware
2018-08-23 19:44

In a recent attack against a cryptocurrency exchange, the North Korea-linked Lazarus group went the extra mile by deploying malware for macOS, Kaspersky Lab has discovered. read more