Collaborate Disseminate
Samy Bensaci, an 18-year-old living in Montreal, Canada, has been charged in connection with the theft of over $50 million worth of cryptocurrency in a SIM-swapping scam. A SIM swap attack (also sometimes called a Port Out scam) is one where fraudsters… Continue reading Teenager charged over $50 million SIM-swap cryptocurrency theft
Chainalysis found that two groups, which it calls Alpha and Beta, are responsible for stealing around $1 billion in funds from exchanges. Continue reading Just two hacker groups are behind 60% of stolen cryptocurrency
Security researchers have discovered a new Trojan program dubbed Razy that installs itself as a browser extension or infects existing browser extensions after disabling integrity checks. According to researchers from Kaspersky Lab, Razy is distributed… Continue reading Trojan Infects Browser Extensions After Disabling Integrity Checks
A man has been arrested a year after stealing €10m ($15m) of the IoT-focused cryptocurrency IOTA using bogus software that tricked users. Continue reading Cops catch $15m crypto-crook
Cryptocurrency angel investor Michael Terpin seeks damages for “gross negligence” by the carrier, alleging it turned a blind eye to store employees’ malicious activities. Continue reading AT&T Faces $224M Legal Challenge Over SIM-Jacking Rings
Developers of the popular Drupal content management system plan to release a critical out-of-band patch April 25 that’s related to the actively exploited Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability fixed late last month. “There will be a security release … Continue reading Get Ready for Another Critical Drupal Patch Related to Drupalgeddon2
Following a recent hijack of BlackWallet’s DNS server, hackers have allegedly stolen almost 670,000 Lumens from users’ wallets, estimated to be worth around $400,000. BlackWallet.co is a web-based wallet application that lets users manage t… Continue reading Over $400,0000 worth of Stellar Lumen Cryptocurrency Stolen in BlackWallet DNS Hijack