Collaborate Disseminate
No device is safe from criminals looking to make it stealthily mine cryptocurrency for them. However weak its processing power is, it still costs them nothing. With that in mind, forced crypto mining attacks have also begun hitting mobile phones and ta… Continue reading Millions of Android devices forced to mine Monero for crooks
Who CAN you trust if you can’t trust @DoonaldTrump65, promising Ethereum to all comers like he’s a cryptocurrency version of Oprah Winfrey? Continue reading Beware the ‘celebrities’ offering you free cryptocoins on Twitter
Cryptocurrency marketplaces, designed to facilitate trading on the full range of digital currencies, are experiencing a range of fraudulent activity. The world of cryptocurrency has moved from being the playground of the criminal underworld to be a pri… Continue reading Cybercrime shifts: Rise of Russian cybercrime, attacks on cryptocurrency marketplaces
A new generation of thieves, bank robbers 2.0, seek to steal huge amounts of money as anonymously as they can. So they’ve developed a multitude of ways to pilfer cryptocurrency.
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Stealthy crypto-mining is on track to surpass ransomware as cybercriminals’ most favorite money-making option, and companies with computers and servers that run all day and night long are the preferred targets. This could be more than just a nuis… Continue reading When crypto-mining malware hits a SCADA network
A new Monero-mining bot sprang up a few days ago and, in just a few days, has created a botnet consisting of over 7,000 Android devices, most of which are located in China (39%) and Korea (39%). Spreading capabilities The rise of the botnet has been fl… Continue reading Android devices roped into new Monero-mining botnet
Bitcoin exchange robbed, Deepfakes AI celebrity porn channel shut down by Discord, NSA Exploit Use On Rise For Crypto Currency Mining, First Jackpotting Attacks Hit U.S. ATMs, and more! Paul’s Stories This smart vibrator can be “easily̶… Continue reading AI Celebrity Porn, NSA Exploit, and Bitcoin Exchange – Paul’s Security Weekly #546
Software download site/aggregator MacUpdate has been spotted delivering a new Mac crypto miner to users. A new Mac cryptominer was being distributed from hacked MacUpdate pages yesterday, disguised as Firefox, OnyX and Deeper.https://t.co/W8jcotFixl#ma… Continue reading Mac crypto miner distributed via MacUpdate, other software download sites
Cybercriminals are flooding to the new world of cryptocurrencies looking to exploit the boom in interest and adoption of these electronic currencies, according to Digital Shadows. This new gold rush is creating a new frontier for professional cybercrim… Continue reading The new gold rush: A look inside cryptocurrency fraud
A group of researchers from Qatar University and Hamad Bin Khalifa University have demonstrated how years-old Bitcoin transactions can be used to retroactively deanonymize users of Tor hidden services. It seems that Bitcoin users’ past transactio… Continue reading Old Bitcoin transactions can come back to haunt you