Category Archives: cryptocurrency

Dark Web Drug Lord Pleads Guilty, Forfeits $150M Cryptocurrency

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By Waqas
Banmeet Singh, an Indian national, was arrested in London, England, on April 26, 2019, and extradited to the United States on March 19, 2023.
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Crypto Stealing PyPI Malware Hits Both Windows and Linux Users

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By Deeba Ahmed
FortiGuard Labs’ latest research report reveals a concerning trend: threat actors are leveraging the Python Package Index (PyPI),…
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Beyond blockchain: Strategies for seamless digital asset integration

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In this Help Net Security interview, Jean-Philippe Aumasson, CSO at Taurus, emphasizes the often-overlooked complexities of key generation, storage, and distribution, underlining the necessity for a high level of security maturity in handling digital a… Continue reading Beyond blockchain: Strategies for seamless digital asset integration→

Trezor Data Breach Exposes Email and Names of 66,000 Users

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The latest Trezor data breach places users at risk of phishing scams, potentially leading to the theft of additional login credentials.
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YouTube Crypto Con: Scammers Rake in $600K with Deepfakes and QR Codes

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Bitdefender’s latest research reveals that crypto scams on YouTube are at an all-time high, with no sign of slowing down in the near future.
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Smashing Security podcast #355: Fishy Rishi, 23andMe, and the labour of love

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Has the British Prime Minister been caught secretly profiting from a cryptocurrency app? Were 23andMe right to blame their users after a data breach? And Indian men have hard feelings after falling for a money-for-sex scam.

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Inferno Drainer Phishing Nets Scammers $80M from Crypto Wallets

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By Deeba Ahmed
Group-IB Global Pvt. Ltd. has revealed shocking details on Inferno Drainer, a phishing operation targeting cryptocurrency wallet providers.…
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