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Crypto exchange Coinbase has disclosed a significant cyber attack that could cost the company between $180m (£135m) and $400m (£300m), after hackers breached account data belonging to a “small subset” of its users. The news sent shares down three per Read More …
Passers-by helped to foil the attempted kidnapping by armed assailants of the daughter and grandson of a French cryptocurrency boss in Paris, in a brazen daytime attack that was caught on camera. The incident prompted Paymium, the Crypto firm owned Read More …
French police rescued the father of a wealthy cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a nighttime raid after he was taken hostage for ransom, the latest alleged criminal effort in France to extort people involved in the management of digital assets. The man Read More …
Google has confirmed another attack on Gmail users that combines inherent vulnerabilities in the platform with devious social engineering. The net result is a flurry of headlines and viral social media posts followed by an urgent platform update. Google’s security Read More …
Slow Pisces (aka Jade Sleet, TraderTraitor, PUKCHONG) is a North Korean state-sponsored threat group primarily focused on generating revenue for the DPRK regime, typically by targeting large organizations in the cryptocurrency sector. This article analyzes their campaign that we believe Read More …
As more and more financial transactions are conducted in digital form each year, financial threats comprise a large piece of the global cyberthreat landscape. That’s why Kaspersky researchers analyze the trends related to these threats and share an annual report Read More …
Malwarebytes Labs were alerted to Mac and Windows stealers currently distributed via Reddit posts targeting users engaging in cryptocurrency trading. One of the common lures is a cracked software version of the popular trading platform TradingView. The crooks are posting Read More …
In November 2024, Microsoft Incident Response researchers uncovered a novel remote access trojan (RAT) they named StilachiRAT that demonstrates sophisticated techniques to evade detection, persist in the target environment, and exfiltrate sensitive data. Analysis of the StilachiRAT’s WWStartupCtrl64.dll module that Read More …
An officer from the National Crime Agency (NCA) has been charged after the alleged theft of Bitcoin. Paul Chowles, 42, from Bristol, is charged with 15 offences relating to the alleged theft of 50 Bitcoin during an investigation into online Read More …
Indian authorities have arrested a Lithuanian man wanted by the US for allegedly running a $96 billion cryptocurrency exchange that allowed terrorist organizations, drug traffickers and cybercriminals to launder money. The arrest caps an intense US-led manhunt for Aleksej Besciokov, Read More …
