cryptocurrency

Schneider Electric Confirms Ransom Hack — Hellcat Demands French Bread as ‘Joke’
Richi Jennings | | Baguette, BGTT, Crypto, crypto crime, crypto currency, cryptocoin, Cryptocrurrency, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency Humor, grep, greppy, Hellcat, ICA, International Contract Agency, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch
That’s a lot of pain: $125,000 ransom seems small—but why do the scrotes want it paid in baguettes? ...
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Perfectl Malware
Perfectl in an impressive piece of malware: The malware has been circulating since at least 2021. It gets installed by exploiting more than 20,000 common misconfigurations, a capability that may make millions ...

FBI Warns of North Korea Attacks Against the Crypto Industry
The decentralized finance (DeFi) and cryptocurrency industries are being targeted by North Korean social engineering schemes in highly personalized and convincing ways. Here is an example that the FBI is showcasing: ...

Pig Butchering at Heart of Bank Failure — CEO Gets 24 Years in Jail
Richi Jennings | | #PigButchering, Crypto, crypto cons, crypto crime, crypto currency, cryptocurrency, Heartland Tri-State Bank, online romance scam, pig butchering, Pig Butchering Scams, romance, romance fraud, romance scam, romance scammers, romance scams, SB Blogwatch, Shan Hanes
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 ...
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Squarespace Hacked — DeFi Wallets Drained (Imaginary Money Stolen)
Richi Jennings | | API exploit, blockchain, Crypto, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, DeFi, domain hijacking, Google Domains, imaginary money, Ponzi scheme, SB Blogwatch, smart contract, Smart Contract Security, smart contracts, Squarespace, Web3
DeFAIL: Cryptocurrency fans lose their worthless tokens via phishing attacks on decentralized finance sites ...
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Cybercriminals Target Trump Supporters with Donation Scams
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is known for aggressively trying to raise money, even sending emails to donors hoping to cash in on setbacks like his conviction late last month on 34 felony ...
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Breaking a Password Manager
Interesting story of breaking the security of the RoboForm password manager in order to recover a cryptocurrency wallet password. Grand and Bruno spent months reverse engineering the version of the RoboForm program ...

Brothers Indicted for Stealing $25 Million of Ethereum in 12 Seconds
It took two brothers who went to MIT months to plan how they were going to steal, launder and hide millions of dollars in cryptocurrency -- and only 12 seconds to actually ...
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Ukrainian REvil Hacker Gets 13-Year Sentence Plus $16M Fine
Wajahat Raja | | botnets, cryptocurrency, cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Measures, Cybersecurity News, dark web, International Cooperation, law enforcement, Legal Proceedings, money laundering, Ransomware, rEvil, Sodinokibi, Ukrainian Hacker
In a significant victory against cybercrime, the Ukrainian REvil hacker has been sentenced to over 13 years in prison and ordered to pay a hefty fine of $16 million for orchestrating thousands ...
Crypto Mixer Money Laundering: Samourai Founders Arrested
Wajahat Raja | | Blockchain Analysis, Crypto Investigations, cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency Anonymity, Cryptocurrency Regulations, Cybersecurity News, dark web, Digital Asset Security, Financial Crimes, Investor Protection, law enforcement, Market Integrity, money laundering, Regulatory Compliance, Samourai Wallet, Whirlpool Mixing Service
The recent crackdown on the crypto mixer money laundering, Samourai, has unveiled a sophisticated operation allegedly involved in facilitating illegal transactions and laundering criminal proceeds. The cryptocurrency community was shocked by the ...