Ransomware gang with $42 million laundering caught by Ukraine

By Sudais Asif Ukraine has arrested a gang that engaged in ransomware operations through the help of fraudulently-run cryptocurrency exchanges. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ransomware gang with $42 million laundering caught by Ukraine...

US claims disrupting 3 cryptocurrency campaigns run by terror groups

By Sudais Asif A total of 300 cryptocurrency accounts, 4 websites, and 4 Facebook pages with... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US claims disrupting 3 cryptocurrency campaigns run by terror groups...

ISIS Allegedly Ran a Covid-19 PPE Scam Site

The Justice Department says that an agent of the terrorist organization operated FaceMaskCenter.com, in part of a series of cryptocurrency-related complaints...

YouTube deletes 2 million channels and 51 million videos over scams

By Sudais Asif Previously YouTube was accused of not taking any action again growing malware and cryptocurrency-related scams. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: YouTube deletes 2 million channels and 51 million videos over scams...

Flaws Could Have Exposed Cryptocurrency Exchanges to Hackers

Researchers found troubling bugs in open-source libraries used by financial institutions...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

php5 is vulnerable to denial of service DoS. The vulnerability exists as ColossusCoinXT through 1.0.5 a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency allows a remote denial of service, exploitable by an attacker who acquires even a small amount of stake/coins in the system. The attacker sends invalid...

The Quest to Liberate $300,000 of Bitcoin From an Old Zip File

The story of a guy who wouldn't let a few quintillion possible decryption keys stand between him and his cryptocurrency...

Prometei botnet and its quest for Monero

By Vanja Svajcer. NEWS SUMMARYWe are used to ransomware attacks and big-game hunting making the headlines, but there are still methods adversaries use to monetize their efforts in less intrusive ways.Cisco Talos recently discovered a cryptocurrency-mining botnet attack we're calling "Prometei"...

Undetectable Linux Malware Targeting Docker Servers With Exposed APIs

Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered a completely undetectable Linux malware that exploits undocumented techniques to stay under the radar and targets publicly accessible Docker servers hosted with popular cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud. Docker is a popular...

TAU Threat Discovery: Cryptocurrency Clipper Malware Evolves

Clipper malware is designed to steal cryptocurrency from victims by replacing wallet addresses in the victim’s clipboard with wallet addresses that belong to the attacker. This stealthy technique is designed to silently trick the victim when making what appears to be a legitimate cryptocurrency...

Threat Source newsletter for July 23, 2020

Newsletter compiled by Jon Munshaw. Good afternoon, Talos readers. While ransomware attacks continue to hog all the headlines, cryptocurrency miners are still running the background, sapping computing power from unsuspecting victims. We have what we believe is the first documentation of a new...

Fake cryptocurrency trading app hits Mac users with malware

By Sudais Asif Here's yet another case where malware in the form of malicious... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fake cryptocurrency trading app hits Mac users with malware...

Mac Cryptocurrency Traders Targeted by Trojanized Apps

Mac users are being targeted by trojanized cryptocurrency trading apps, which once downloaded actually drain victims’ cryptocurrency wallets, researchers warn. The four fake applications in question, Cointrazer, Cupatrade, Licatrade and Trezarus, claim to be rebranded copies of an actual...

Online Trade - Online trading and cryptocurrency investment system security breach

Online Trade - Online trading and cryptocurrency investment system is an online forex and currency trading system developed using the Laravel framework. A security vulnerability exists in Online Trade - Online trading and cryptocurrency investment system. A remote attacker can exploit this...

Twitter Hack Update: What We Know (and What We Don't)

UPDATED 7/18 at 12:50 p.m. ET Earlier this week, Twitter locked down thousands of verified accounts, including the accounts of Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Apple, Uber and others, after it became clear that hackers had been able to compromise them. The tip-off? Suddenly these high-profile...

Several High-Profile Accounts Hacked in the Biggest Twitter Hack of All Time

Social media platform Twitter, earlier today on Wednesday, was on fire after it suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history. A number of high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of US presidential candidate Joe Biden, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Uber, and Apple...

Several High-Profile Accounts Hacked in the Biggest Twitter Hack of All Time

Social media platform Twitter, earlier today on Wednesday, was on fire after it suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history. A number of high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of US presidential candidate Joe Biden, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Uber, and Apple...

Twitter Confirms it was Hacked in an Unprecedented Cryptocurrency Scam

Twitter locked down thousands of verified accounts belonging to elite Twitter users and high-profile companies Wednesday afternoon in an effort to prevent hackers from perpetrating a massive cryptocurrency scam. The accounts fell victim to a compromise of the company’s internal systems by a group...

4 Dangerous Brazilian Banking Trojans Now Trying to Rob Users Worldwide

Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday detailed as many as four different families of Brazilian banking trojans that have targeted financial institutions in Brazil, Latin America, and Europe. Collectively called the "Tetrade" by Kaspersky researchers, the malware families — comprising Guildma,...

Ledger SAS Live Code Issue Vulnerability

Ledger SAS Live is a cryptocurrency wallet product from the French company Ledger SAS. A security vulnerability exists in Ledger SAS Live versions prior to 2.7.0. Unprocessed Bitcoin's Replacement of Fees RBF, which increases a user's balance with the value of an unconfirmed transaction immediate...