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That new X cryptocurrency? It's a scam.

That new X cryptocurrency? It’s a scam.

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In the dynamic landscape of online scams, our Avast team has identified a new and bold scam, using the likeness of Elon Musk. This quarter, we uncovered advertisements featuring Musk to promote ...

Bitzlato Founder Money Laundering Cryptocurrency Scandal

In a significant development, Anatoly Legkodymov, the Russian founder of the now-defunct Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange, has recently pleaded guilty to charges related to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business. The implications of this ...

Lazarus Cryptocurrency Hacks Estimated To Be $3 Billion

Threat actors from North Korea have been increasingly targeting the cryptocurrency sector since 2017 as a source of generating revenue.  Reports have claimed that the country’s ruling elite and computer science professionals ...
New “Complaint Stealer” Malware Escalates

New “Complaint Stealer” Malware Escalates, Targeting Cryptocurrency Wallets & Hospitality Sector

By Cofense Intelligence A series of campaigns delivering the newly christened “Complaint Stealer” malware began in mid-October and escalated within the last 2 days. The Complaint Stealer malware is an Information Stealer ...
New “Complaint Stealer” Malware Escalates, Targeting Cryptocurrency Wallets & Hospitality Sector

New “Complaint Stealer” Malware Escalates, Targeting Cryptocurrency Wallets & Hospitality Sector

By Cofense Intelligence A series of campaigns delivering the newly christened “Complaint Stealer” malware began in mid-October and escalated within the last 2 days. The Complaint Stealer malware is an Information Stealer ...

Cryptocurrency and Crypto Crime

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We share basic knowledge about cryptocurrency and related concepts, including crypto crime, a worrying issue that has gone hand in hand with that paradigm ...
A New CINOSHI Cryptocurrency Stealing Malicious Software Spotted in the Wild

A New CINOSHI Cryptocurrency Stealing Malicious Software Spotted in the Wild

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I just came across to a newly released cryptocurrency stealing malicious software as a service cybercrime ecosystem proposition which has a lot of cryptocurrency and related accounting data stealing capabilities. Sample screenshots:Sample description:Cinoshi ...
GUEST ESSAY: Securing your cryptocurrency — best practices for Bitcoin wallet security

GUEST ESSAY: Securing your cryptocurrency — best practices for Bitcoin wallet security

Over time, Bitcoin has become the most widely used cryptocurrency in the world. Strong security measures become increasingly important as more people use this digital currency. Related: Currency exchange security issues For ...
cryptojacking cryptocurrency, fraudulent, banking, AI is Securing Crypto Exchanges

NY Courts: Who is Liable When Cryptocurrency is Stolen?

One of the great things about the blockchain and cryptocurrency is the fact that it operates outside the commercial banking system. Unfortunately, this means that when cryptocurrency is stolen (or, more accurately, ...
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COURT DOC: Russian Nationals Charged With Hacking One Cryptocurrency Exchange And Illicitly Operating Another

COURT DOC: Russian Nationals Charged With Hacking One Cryptocurrency Exchange And Illicitly Operating Another

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Officials announced the unsealing of charges against Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner, both Russian nationals.  Bilyuchenko and Verner are charged with conspiring to launder approximately 647,000 bitcoins from the 2011 hack of ...