FBI Seizes 'SSNDOB' ID Theft Service for Selling Personal Info of 24 Million People

An illicit online marketplace known as SSNDOB was taken down in operation led by U.S. law enforcement agencies, the Department of Justice DoJ announced Tuesday. SSNDOB trafficked in personal information such as names, dates of birth, credit card numbers, and Social Security numbers of about 24...

Phishing mail claims a 3D Secure upgrade is required

Today we took a look at a phishing mail pinning its hopes on a QR code linking to a bogus website. Scammers claim that your mail address has "not been registered for the 3D Secure Security Update". 3D Secure phishing mail The mail reads as follows: Dear Sir / Madam, Our administration has shown...

Cyph - Cryptographically Secure Messaging And Social Networking Service

Cyph is a cryptographically secure messaging and social networking service, providing an extreme level of privacy combined with best-in-class ease of use. Cyph’s patented technology — built by former SpaceX engineers, audited by Cure53, and the basis of research presentations at Black Hat and DEF...

U.S. Charges Venezuelan Doctor for Using and Selling Thanos Ransomware

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday accused a 55-year-old cardiologist from Venezuela of being the mastermind behind Thanos ransomware, charging him with the use and sale of the malicious tool and entering into profit sharing arrangements. Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez, also known by the monikers...

Steer clear of these Instagram “Get rich with Bitcoin” scams

I don’t know about you, but I open Instagram to look at cool photos of pets, not to make a fortune via suspicious claims of riches by strangers. Despite this, following someone whose photos I liked resulted in a very peculiar message. It’s possible I waved goodbye to a path to untold riches. Mayb...

The Operational Structure of Bitcoin

By Owais Sultan Launched in 2009, Bitcoin was the first-ever digital coin that marked the beginning of a cryptocurrency era. It… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: The Operational Structure of Bitcoin...

VHD Ransomware Linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group

Cryptocurrency thief Lazarus Group appears to be widening its scope into using ransomware as a way to rip off financial institutions and other targets in the Asia-Pacific APAC region, researchers have found. Financial transactions and similarities to previous malware in its source code link a...

The fake Elon Musk Bitcoin giveaway marathon will NOT make you rich

Today we look at a fakeout which begins with Elon Musk, and ends with a trip to Mars or, if youre really lucky, the Sun. One of the most annoying “features” of Twitter is being added to lists without permission. Its a theoretically useful way to keep track of certain topics. It’s often also used...

De-anonymizing Bitcoin

Andy Greenberg wrote a long article -- an excerpt from his new book -- on how law enforcement de-anonymized bitcoin transactions to take down a global child porn ring. Within a few years of Bitcoins arrival, academic security researchers -- and then companies like Chainalysis -- began to tear...

The Bitcoin Bust That Took Down the Web’s Biggest Child Abuse Site

They thought their payments were untraceable. They couldn’t have been more wrong. The untold story of the case that shredded the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity...

Authorities Fully Behead Hydra Dark Marketplace

German authorities have taken down the Hydra marketplace – a popular destination on the Dark Web for trading in illicit goods and services, including cyberattack tools and stolen data. This week, they were able to commandeer and take offline underpinning infrastructure such as servers, plus insta...

Germany Shuts Down Russian Hydra Darknet Market; Seizes $25 Million in Bitcoin

Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office, the Bundeskriminalamt BKA, on Tuesday announced the official takedown of Hydra, the world's largest illegal dark web marketplace that has cumulatively facilitated over $5 billion in Bitcoin transactions to date. "Bitcoins amounting to currently the...

Estonian Tied to 13 Ransomware Attacks Gets 66 Months in Prison

An Estonian man was sentenced today to more than five years in a U.S. prison for his role in at least 13 ransomware attacks that caused losses of approximately $53 million. Prosecutors say the accused also enjoyed a lengthy career of "cashing out" access to hacked bank accounts worldwide. Maksim...

7 Suspected Members of LAPSUS$ Hacker Gang, Aged 16 to 21, Arrested in U.K.

The City of London Police has arrested seven teenagers between the ages of 16 and 21 for their alleged connections to the prolific LAPSUS$ extortion gang that's linked to a recent burst of attacks targeting NVIDIA, Samsung, Ubisoft, LG, Microsoft, and Okta. "The City of London Police has been...

HubSpot Data Breach Ripples Through Crytocurrency Industry

A rogue employee working at HubSpot – used by more than 135,000 and growing customers to manage marketing campaigns and on-board new users – has been fired over a breach that zeroed in on the company’s cryptocurrency customers, the company confirmed on Friday. The breach has rippled through the...

Ukrainian Hacker Linked to REvil Ransomware Attacks Extradited to United States

Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national, linked to the Russia-based REvil ransomware group has been extradited to the U.S. to face charges for his role in carrying out the file-encrypting malware attacks against several companies, including Kaseya last July. The 22-year-old had been previously...

openSUSE 15 Security Update : bitcoin (openSUSE-SU-2022:0072-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:0072-1 advisory. - DISPUTED bitcoind in Bitcoin Core through 0.21.0 can create a new file in an arbitrary directory e.g., outside the /.bitcoin directory via a...

Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part III: Weaponry

Part I of this series examined newly-leaked internal chats from the Conti ransomware group, and how the crime gang dealt with its own internal breaches. Part II explored what its like to be an employee of Contis sprawling organization. Todays Part III looks at how Conti abused popular commercial...

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0072-1 Security update for bitcoin

This update for bitcoin fixes the following issues: Update to version 0.21.2 P2P protocol and network code use NetPermissions::HasFlag in CConnman::Bind Rate limit the processing of rumoured addresses Wallet Do not iterate a directory if having an error while accessing it RPC Reset scantxoutset...

Security update for bitcoin (moderate)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for bitcoin Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:0072-1 Rating: moderate References: Cross-References: CVE-2021-3195 CVSS scores: CVE-2021-3195 NVD : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 An update...