Digital Currency
Hackers Steal $150 Million from Asian Cryptocurrency Exchange
KuCoin, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, has disclosed a security incident that resulted in the unauthorized transfer of roughly $150 million in digital assets. In a notice published last week, KuCoin notified clients that it ...
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russian Hackers for Stealing $17 Million in Crypto Cash
This week, U.S. authorities sanctioned two Russian nationals for defrauding several cryptocurrency exchanges of a combined $17 million. The duo, who had several other accomplices, used phishing schemes to meet their goals, ...
Hackers pumped and dumped GAS cryptocurrency for $16.8 million, alleges US DOJ
US authorities have charged two Russian men with allegedly defrauding cryptocurrency exchanges and their customers out of at least $16.8 million. The men – Danil “Cronuswar” Potekhin, 25, and 35-year-old Dmitrii Karasavidi, ...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Eterbase Loses $5.4 Million to Hackers Overnight
A group of hackers on Monday night compromised cryptocurrency exchange Eterbase and raided six hot wallets to steal $5.4 million in Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Tezos, Algorand, and TRON. The criminals transferred the ...
Cryptocurrency exchange Eterbase hacked, $5.4 million worth of funds stolen
European cryptocurrency exchange platform Eterbase has announced that it has suffered a security breach which saw malicious hackers access its network and steal funds worth US $5.4 million. In a message posted ...
Ransomware Attack Halts Border Crossing for Four Hours in Argentina
In a rare occurrence, ransomware operators have managed to halt border crossing into and out of Argentina for four hours after infecting the National Direction of Migration with data-crippling malware. Government officials ...
Newly-discovered KryptoCibule malware has been stealing and mining cryptocurrency since 2018
Security researchers at Slovak security firm ESET have discovered a new family of malware that they say has been using a variety of techniques to steal cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users since at ...
Uber ex-CISO Charged ‘Obstruction and Misprision,’ say DoJ/FBI
Joe Sullivan, Uber’s former security honcho, stands accused of obstructing justice and covering up a crime ...
Cyber Security Roundup for August 2020
A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, July 2020.The standout hack of July 2020, and possibly of ...
Coinbase stopped scammers from stealing an extra $280,000 during Twitter hack
Maybe Coinbase should send Twitter an invoice, because it certainly sounds like their quick thinking helped prevent last week’s hack from leaving a lot more Twitter users with empty wallets. As we ...
