Suspect in scheme to breach major Twitter accounts is now charged with hacking crypto executives

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday unsealed an indictment against a 22-year-old British man accused of stealing $784,000 in cryptocurrency from a Manhattan-based holding company. U.S. attorneys in the Southern District of New York say Joseph James O’Connor and his associates SIM-swapped three executives between March and May in 2019 at a company that maintained cryptocurrency wallet infrastructure for various international exchanges. SIM-swapping occurs when an attacker takes control of a victim’s phone number by linking the number to a device controlled by the attacker. CyberScoop could not immediately locate an attorney for O’Connor. The operation netted the group various amounts of litecoin, ethereum, and bitcoin totaling roughly $784,000. The indictment, originally filed on Aug. 25, charges O’Connor with conspiracy to commit computer hacking, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit money laundering. O’Connor — also known as “PlugWalkJoe” — was arrested in Spain in July after […]

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Fake Walmart press release causes cryptocurrency price surge

The cryptocurrency Litecoin soared in value earlier this week upon the news that supermarket giant Walmart would accept it as a form of payment at its retail stores across America.

The only problem was… it simply wasn’t true.

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Smashing Security podcast #243: Breaking news, Apple zero-clicks, and bad blood

A Walmart press release says it’s jumping aboard the cryptocurrency bus – but is it true? Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes goes on trial, and have you updated your Apple gadgets to protect against the latest NSO Group spyware attack?

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Hackers steal $32 million from Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint

Trading crypto currency may land you a fortune overnight, but there are plenty of risks involved. Like forgetting the password to your wallet. Or someone hacking your computer to steal your funds. Or having your exchange hacked. In the case of Bitpoint… Continue reading Hackers steal $32 million from Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint

ComboJack Malware Steals Cryptocurrency by Modifying Addresses

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A new cryptocurrency-stealing malware dubbed as ComboJack has been discovered
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Evrial Info-Stealing Trojan Modifies Addresses to Steal Cryptocurrency

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It is just another with just another Cryptocurrency malware targeting unsuspecting
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