Crypto

The Evolution of Hashing Algorithms: From MD5 to Modern Day
Hashing algorithms have come a long way! This blog post takes you on a journey through the evolution of hashing, from early examples like MD5 to the modern SHA family and beyond ...

Schneider Electric Confirms Ransom Hack — Hellcat Demands French Bread as ‘Joke’
That’s a lot of pain: $125,000 ransom seems small—but why do the scrotes want it paid in baguettes? ...

Pig Butchering at Heart of Bank Failure — CEO Gets 24 Years in Jail
Oink, oink, FAIL—you’re in jail: Kansas bank chief exec Shan Hanes stole money from investors, a church and others to buy cryptocurrency to feed a scam ...

Phishing Threat Actor Leverages AI to Target Multiple Crypto Brands
A crypto phishing campaign has been identified in which a threat actor employs AI-generated content to create 17,000 phishing lure sites impersonating more than 30 major cryptocurrency brands, including Coinbase, Crypto.com, Metamask ...

Squarespace Hacked — DeFi Wallets Drained (Imaginary Money Stolen)
DeFAIL: Cryptocurrency fans lose their worthless tokens via phishing attacks on decentralized finance sites ...
Breaking Bitlocker
It was only a matter of time before someone did this. Bitlocker is Microsoft’s technique for encrypting a desktop, laptop, or other MS Windows device. We encrypt the device to protect the ...
3 Malicious PyPI Packages Hide CoinMiner on Linux Devices
In a recent cybersecurity revelation, the Python Package Index (PyPI) has fallen victim to the infiltration of three malicious packages: modularseven, driftme, and catme. These packages, although now removed, managed to amass ...

Crypto Scams
Crypto Scams: How Arkose MatchKey Bankrupted the Efforts of a Russian Hacker “My partners and I lost time and money while Arkose Labs introduced new precautions on Twitter.” – anonymous spammer In ...
The Quantum Computer Bogeyman
Peter Gutmann of the University of Aukland recently published a parable “On the Heffalump Threat.” He pokes fun at the R&D cottage industry trying to achieve a practical quantum computer and at ...

Scams Lost US $10 BILLION in 2022 — Crypto Fraud Grows Fast
Ben is disappointed: FBI reports huge rise in cryptocurrency investment scams. Why am I not surprised? ...