Collaborate Disseminate
By Waqas
According to Chainalysis, a crypto-currency data collector, 20% of all existing 18.5 million Bitcoin, which is roughly $140 billion, are currently locked in wallets.
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The worm returned in recent attacks against web applications, IP cameras and routers. Continue reading Gitpaste-12 Worm Widens Set of Exploits in New Attacks
The malware takes aim at PostgreSQL database servers with never-before-seen techniques. Continue reading PGMiner, Innovative Monero-Mining Botnet, Surprises Researchers
The never-before-seen Xanthe cryptomining botnet has been targeting misconfigured Docker APIs. Continue reading Misconfigured Docker Servers Under Attack by Xanthe Malware
Sometimes a sneaky Monero miner is more than just a sign of a crook. Cyber-espionage campaigns this summer in France and Vietnam deployed cryptocurrency mining software on victims’ networks to help draw attention away from the hackers’ spying tools, Microsoft says in a new report. The company’s threat intelligence unit has pinned the activity on an advanced persistent threat (APT) group it calls Bismuth, more commonly known as APT32 or OceanLotus. “Recent campaigns from the nation-state actor BISMUTH take advantage of the low-priority alerts coin miners cause to try and fly under the radar and establish persistence,” the researchers say in a report released Monday. In this case, the coin miners collected Monero, a cryptocurrency with a reputation for being harder to trace than other digital coins. The hacking group — which other cybersecurity researchers have linked to the Vietnamese government — has been developing new techniques to break into […]
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The brief defacement of President Trump’s campaign website Tuesday night serves as another reminder that when cybercriminals want to cast a wide net for a scam, U.S. politics present plenty of opportunities — especially in the final days of a highly fraught election season. The front page of the site was replaced with a message claiming that hackers had compromised “multiple devices” and stolen “strictly classified information” — claims that the Trump campaign rejected. There was a call to action, too: Visitors had the choice to “vote” on whether the material should be made public, by sending the cryptocurrency Monero to online wallets marked “yes” or “no.” Any payments to those accounts would be irreversible. It’s hardly the first time this year that scammers have used Trump’s name to reel people in. Most recently, the Republican president’s COVID-19 diagnosis was a lure; other schemes have involved naming fake ransomware after Trump. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and […]
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Hackers claim to have access to classified information linking the president to the origin of the coronavirus and criminal collusion with foreign actors. Continue reading Trump Campaign Website Defaced by Cryptocurrency Scam
Donald Trump’s official presidential re-election campaign website was briefly defaced by hackers last night.
Visitors to the website donaldjtrump.com were not greeted with the normal calls for campaign contributions or offers of Trump-related mercha… Continue reading Donald Trump’s website briefly defaced by cryptomining scammers
By Uzair Amir
Just last month, the department revealed it had arrested two Malaysian and sanctioned two Russians over two separate cases of crypto crime.
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Researchers warn of a spike in the cryptocurrency-mining botnet since August 2020. Continue reading Lemon Duck Cryptocurrency-Mining Botnet Activity Spikes