US charges crypto founders over alleged support for North Korean hackers

The United States has charged two cofounders of the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash with money laundering and other crimes a year after authorities banned the Russian-founded platform over its alleged support of North Korean hackers. Roman Semenov and Roman Storm Read More …

JanelaRAT: Repurposed BX Rat Variant Targeting LATAM FinTech

In June of 2023, researchers at Zscaler ThreatLabz discovered a threat actor targeting FinTech users in the LATAM region. JanelaRAT involves several tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) such as DLL side-loading, dynamic C2 infrastructure, and a multi-stage attack. The final Read More …

Fintech firm hit by log4j hack refuses to pay $5 million ransom

One of the largest Vietnamese crypto trading platforms, ONUS, recently suffered a cyber attack on its payment system running a vulnerable Log4j version. Soon enough, threat actors approached ONUS to extort a $5 million sum and threatened to publish the Read More …