Tag: Blockchain

North Korean IT Worker Fraud Linked to 2016 Crowdfunding Scam and...

Cybersecurity researchers have identified infrastructure links between the North Korean threat actors behind the fraudulent IT worker schemes and a 2016 crowdfunding scam. The new...

Illicit HuiOne Telegram Market Surpasses Hydra, Hits $24 Billion in Crypto...

The Telegram-based online marketplace known as HuiOne Guarantee and its vendors have cumulatively received at least $24 billion in cryptocurrency, dwarfing the now-defunct Hydra...

DoJ Indicts Three Russians for Operating Crypto Mixers Used in Cybercrime...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday indicted three Russian nationals for their alleged involvement in operating the cryptocurrency mixing services Blender.io and...

Cybercriminals Target Ethereum Developers with Fake Hardhat npm Packages

Cybersecurity researchers have revealed several malicious packages on the npm registry that have been found impersonating the Nomic Foundation's Hardhat tool in order to...

North Korean Hackers Pull Off $308M Bitcoin Heist from Crypto Firm...

Japanese and U.S. authorities have formerly attributed the theft of cryptocurrency worth $308 million from cryptocurrency company DMM Bitcoin in May 2024 to North...

Lazarus Group Spotted Targeting Nuclear Engineers with CookiePlus Malware

The Lazarus Group, an infamous threat actor linked to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has been observed leveraging a "complex infection chain"...

Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years, Guilty of Laundering $10.5 Billion...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to the 2016 hack of cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex, has been sentenced to five years in prison, the U.S....

Malware Campaign Uses Ethereum Smart Contracts to Control npm Typosquat Packages

An ongoing campaign is targeting npm developers with hundreds of typosquat versions of their legitimate counterparts in an attempt to trick them into running...

FBI Creates Fake Cryptocurrency to Expose Widespread Crypto Market Manipulation

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has announced arrests and charges against several individuals and entities in connection with allegedly manipulating digital asset markets...

Binance Warns of Rising Clipper Malware Attacks Targeting Cryptocurrency Users

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is warning of an "ongoing" global threat that's targeting cryptocurrency users with clipper malware with the goal of facilitating financial fraud. Clipper...

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