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Oski Stealer Targets Browser Data, Crypto Wallets in U.S.
2020-01-13 13:48

The fairly new malware, which has been dubbed Oski Stealer, is being advertised on underground cyber-forums, including several Russian forums, security researcher Aditya K Sood explained in a report shared with SecurityWeek. Oski Stealer is being distributed via drive-by downloads, phishing attacks, and other standard infection methods, and acts as a native piece of software that can be installed on various systems.

NPM swats path traversal bug that lets evil packages modify, steal files. That's bad for JavaScript crypto-wallets
2019-12-13 02:05

Trio of vulnerabilities made registry full of uncertain code even more of a risk On Wednesday, NPM, Inc, the California-based biz that has taken it upon itself to organize the world's JavaScript...

InnfiRAT Targets Personal Data, Cryptocurrency Wallets
2019-09-16 17:57

A newly discovered remote access Trojan can steal various types of data from the infected machines, including personal data and cryptocurrency wallet information, Zscaler security researchers...

Someone slipped a vuln into crypto-wallets via an NPM package. Then someone else siphoned off $13m in coins to protect it from thieves
2019-06-07 05:56

What a wild ride, eh Komodo? Blockchain biz Komodo this week said it had used a vulnerability discovered by JavaScript package biz NPM to take control of some older Agama cryptocurrency wallets to...

New Mac Malware Targets Cookies to Steal From Cryptocurrency Wallets
2019-02-01 10:48

Mac users need to beware of a newly discovered piece of malware that steals their web browser cookies and credentials in an attempt to withdraw funds from their cryptocurrency exchange accounts....

Scammers steal social media videos to wring hearts and wallets
2019-01-30 11:43

They're putting up fake accounts to bilk the tender-hearted for donations, using the images of a real 5-year-old with real cerebral palsey.

This must be some kind of mistake. IT managers axed, CEO and others wallets lightened in patient hack aftermath
2019-01-14 23:45

Executives held to account? And three underlings thanked for their work? What is this madness? The Singaporean government-owned biz responsible for that country's patient database has fined senior...

New Attack Against Electrum Bitcoin Wallets
2019-01-07 12:13

This is clever: How the attack works: Attacker added tens of malicious servers to the Electrum wallet network. Users of legitimate Electrum wallets initiate a Bitcoin transaction. If the...

Passware Kit: Forensic software recovers passwords for Bitcoin wallets
2018-10-05 04:00

Passware announces Passware Kit recovers passwords for popular Bitcoin wallet services: Blockchain.com (known previously as Blockchain.info) and Bitcoin Core. Bitcoin is decentralized peer-to-peer...

Utimaco HSM protects digital wallets and cryptocurrencies
2018-07-19 21:39

Utimaco partners with ThothTrust to protect digital wallets and their cryptocurrency assets with Utimaco HSMs and the CryptoScript Software Development Kit (SDK). The Customizable Secure...