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Payoneer accounts in Argentina hacked in 2FA bypass attacks
2024-01-19 20:28

Numerous Payoneer users in Argentina report waking up to find that their 2FA-protected accounts were hacked and funds stolen after receiving SMS OTP codes while they were sleeping. Starting last weekend, many Payoneer users in Argentina, whose accounts were protected by two-factor authentication, reported suddenly losing access to their accounts or simply logging in to empty wallets, losing "Years of work" worth in money ranging from $5,000 to $60,000.

Docker hosts hacked in ongoing website traffic theft scheme
2024-01-18 11:00

A new campaign targeting vulnerable Docker services deploys an XMRig miner and the 9hits viewer app on compromised hosts, allowing a dual monetization strategy. 9hits is a web traffic exchange platform where members can drive traffic to each others' sites.

Mandiant's X Account Was Hacked Using Brute-Force Attack
2024-01-11 06:10

The compromise of Mandiant's X (formerly Twitter) account last week was likely the result of a "brute-force password attack," attributing the hack to a drainer-as-a-service (DaaS) group....

Mandiant's X account hacked by crypto Drainer-as-a-Service gang
2024-01-10 22:21

As Mandiant found during a follow-up investigation into the incident, the attacker used a wallet drainer dubbed CLINKSINK. This same drainer has been used since December to steal funds and tokens from users of Solana cryptocurrency as part of a large-scale campaign involving at least 35 affiliate IDs linked to a shared drainer-as-a-service. Since the start of the year, a massive wave of account breaches has impacted X users, with verified organizations getting hacked to spread cryptocurrency scams and links to wallet drainers.

SEC’s X account hacked to post fake news of Bitcoin ETF approval
2024-01-10 13:35

Someone has hijacked the X account of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and posted an announcement saying the agency has decided to allow the listing of Bitcoin ETFs on registered national security exchanges. SEC X account hijacked, "Unauthorized tweet" posted.

US SEC’s X account hacked to announce fake Bitcoin ETF approval
2024-01-09 22:30

The X account for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was hacked today to issue a fake announcement on the approval of Bitcoin ETFs on security exchanges. "Today the SEC grants approval to Bitcoin ETFs for listing on registered national security exchanges," read the fake X post.

Netgear, Hyundai latest X accounts hacked to push crypto drainers
2024-01-08 21:06

The official Netgear and Hyundai MEA Twitter/X accounts are the latest hijacked to push scams designed to infect potential victims with cryptocurrency wallet drainer malware. Hackers are increasingly targeting and compromising verified government and business X accounts with 'gold' and 'grey' checkmarks to add legitimacy to their malicious tweets pushing cryptocurrency scams, phishing sites, and sites dropping crypto drainers.

Web3 security firm CertiK's X account hacked to push crypto drainer
2024-01-05 17:20

The Twitter/X account of blockchain security firm CertiK was hijacked today to redirect the company's more than 343,000 followers to a malicious website pushing a cryptocurrency wallet drainer. CertiK's gold-verified X account was compromised in a social engineering attack by a threat actor using another hacked account described by the company as "Associated with a well-known media."

Orange Spain Faces BGP Traffic Hijack After RIPE Account Hacked by Malware
2024-01-05 10:01

Mobile network operator Orange Spain suffered an internet outage for several hours on January 3 after a threat actor used administrator credentials captured by means of stealer malware to hijack...

Mandiant’s account on X hacked to push cryptocurrency scam
2024-01-03 22:50

The Twitter account of American cybersecurity firm and Google subsidiary Mandiant was hijacked earlier today to impersonate the Phantom crypto wallet and share a cryptocurrency scam. "We are aware of the incident impacting the Mandiant X account and are working to resolve the issue," a Mandiant spokesperson told BleepingComputer.