Ransomware Scam Plagued by Weak Crypto

A new piece of ransomware that emerged earlier this month is encrypting its victim’s files with an easily breakable cryptographic algorithm. BitCrypt, as it is known, purports to lock down files with 1024-bit RSA encryption but actually only deploys a much weaker 426-bit key. According to...

Underground Marketplace 'Utopia' Seized by Dutch Police, 5 suspects arrested

After Silk Road, another underground online marketplace 'Utopia' has been seized by Dutch National Police, where users could buy illegal drugs and guns for home delivery. The police started their investigation under Codename 'Operation Commodore' in 2013, and finally seized Utopia's Germany-based...

CoinThief Bitcoin Trojan Found on Popular Download Sites

Phony Bitcoin ticker apps hosted on popular sites Download.com and MacUpdate.com are fronts for the OSX/CoinThief Trojan, which was built to steal Bitcoin wallet credentials and keys, and to date has drained a small number of accounts. SecureMac lead developer Nicholas Ptacek said new variants of...

Mac OSX Bitcoin Trojan malware Steals Wallet Credentials

A small number of Bitcoin wallets have been raided by a newly discovered Trojan that gobbles up credentials used to guard the digital currency. OSX/CoinThief.A was found in the wild by a security consultancy specializing in Apple security called SecureMac; the malware was spreading on GitHub via ...

LINKUP - First Ransomware trojan that modifies DNS settings to mine Bitcoin forcefully

Till now we all have heard about the Ransomware malware that encrypts your files or lock down your computer and ask for a ransom amount to be paid in a specified duration of time to unlock it. Emsisoft has detected a new piece of malware called "Linkup", dubbed as "Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Linkup" tha...

Microsoft remotely deleted Tor-based 'Sefnit Botnet' from more than 2 Million Systems

In October 2013, Microsoft adopted a silent, offensive method to tackle infection due to a Tor-based botnet malware called 'Sefnit'. In an effort to takedown of the Sefnit botnet to protect windows users, Microsoft remotely removes the older versions of installed Tor Browser software and infectio...

PrisonLocker Ransomware Emerges From Criminal Underground

Security researchers from Malware Must Die uncovered new ransomware called PrisonLocker, and said the malware author is either a legitimate security researcher or is posing as one via a personal blog and Twitter handle. Malware Must Die has monitored PrisonLocker’s development since spotting it f...

Hacker threatens to sell data of 3.7 Million Israeli Bank Customers, demands extortion money in Bitcoin

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CryptoLocker Creators Infected Nearly 250,000 Systems, Earned $30 M Since September

UPDATE: The math in this and other reports was simply tabulated incorrectly. New American presidents often are measured by what they accomplish in their first 100 days. By that yardstick, the crew behind the CryptoLocker ransomware have been a raging success. The unknown group of attackers have...

Bitcoin-Related Malware Continues to Flourish

One good way to measure the popularity of an emerging technology or trend is to see how much attention attackers and malware authors are paying it. Using that as a yardstick, Bitcoin is moving its way up the charts in a hurry. The latest indication is some malware that researchers at Arbor Networ...

microsoft disrupts zeroaccess botnet

Microsoft’s crusade against botnets raged on yesterday as the Redmond, Wash., computer giant and a coalition of law enforcement agencies and Internet security companies disrupted the notorious ZeroAccess botnet. ZeroAccess, or Sirefef as Microsoft likes to call it, is a malware platform that...

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Silk Road alternative 'Sheep Marketplace' shut down after $40 Million in Bitcoin Theft

Sheep Marketplace, one of the leading anonymous websites, after Silk Road's closure by U.S. Prosecutors, allegedly selling drugs, has gone offline claiming it was robbed of $6 million worth of Bitcoins. Like Silk Road, Sheep Marketplace was a Deep Web site accessible via the Tor network and quick...

Silk Road alternative 'Sheep Marketplace' shut down after $40 Million in Bitcoin Theft

Sheep Marketplace, one of the leading anonymous websites, after Silk Road’s closure by U.S. Prosecutors, allegedly selling drugs, has gone offline claiming it was robbed of $6 million worth of Bitcoins. Like Silk Road, Sheep Marketplace was a Deep Web site accessible via the Tor network and quick...

Don't Install Crap ! Bitcoin Mining malware bundled with Potentially Unwanted Programs

The increasing public attention of Bitcoin did not go unnoticed by Cyber Criminals who have begun unleashing Bitcoin Mining malware. Security researchers at Malwarebytes warned about a new malware threat, in which Bitcoin Miners are bundled with third party potentially unwanted programs PUPs that...

Don't Install Crap ! Bitcoin Mining malware bundled with Potentially Unwanted Programs

The increasing public attention of Bitcoin did not go unnoticed by Cyber Criminals who have begun unleashing Bitcoin Mining malware. Security researchers at Malwarebytes warned about a new malware threat, in which Bitcoin Miners are bundled with third party potentially unwanted programs PUPs that...

Danish Bitcoin exchange BIPS hacked and 1,295 Bitcoins worth $1 Million Stolen

The breaking news is that, another Bitcoin exchange company gets hacked i.e. BIPS bips.me, one of the largest European Danish Bitcoin payment processors. On Friday evening, a bunch of cyber criminals just broke into BIPs -Bitcoin payment processor servers and wiped out around 1,295 Bitcoin from...

The Silk Road Founder financially linked to Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto

Two most important moments in the history of Bitcoin are : Its creation by Satoshi Nakamoto, and the burst of The Silk Road's Founder Ross William Ulbricht. The silk Road's black market was a Bitcoin economy. According to a report published by two Israeli computer scientists, Ross William Ulbrich...