Category Archives: Electrum

Fake wallet update steals 1400 Bitcoin ($16 million) from Electrum user

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By Sudais Asif
Github users have identified the wallets where the scammer has transferred stolen Bitcoin.
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49 malicious Chrome extensions caught pickpocketing crypto wallets

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They were posing as crypto wallets in order to rip off users’ private keys and mnemonic phrases and drain real wallets. Google’s yanked them. Continue reading 49 malicious Chrome extensions caught pickpocketing crypto wallets→

New Electrum DDoS botnet steals $4.6M after infecting 152,000 hosts

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By Ryan De Souza
The majority of the bots are located in Brazil and Peru but the number of victims is constantly increasing across diverse regions. Threat actors who previously targeted cryptocurrency wallets through Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS… Continue reading New Electrum DDoS botnet steals $4.6M after infecting 152,000 hosts→

Rapidly Growing Electrum Botnet Infects Over 152,000 Users; Steals $4.6 Million

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An ongoing attack against Electrum Bitcoin wallets has just grown bigger and stronger with attackers now targeting the whole infrastructure of the exchange with a botnet of over 152,000 infected users, raising the amount of stolen users’ funds to USD 4… Continue reading Rapidly Growing Electrum Botnet Infects Over 152,000 Users; Steals $4.6 Million→

Hackers steal Bitcoin worth $750,000 by hacking Electrum wallets

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By Waqas
This year we have seen an unprecedented rise in malware attacks against cryptocurrency wallets whereas cryptomining incidents have increased by 4,000%, reports McAfee. The latest attack on well-known Bitcoin wallet Electrum further proves that… Continue reading Hackers steal Bitcoin worth $750,000 by hacking Electrum wallets→