SparkCat Malware Uses OCR to Extract Crypto Wallet Recovery Phrases from Images

A new malware campaign dubbed SparkCat has leveraged a suit of bogus apps on both Apple's and Google's respective app stores to steal victims' mnemonic phrases associated with cryptocurrency wallets. The attacks leverage an optical character recognition OCR model to exfiltrate select images...

Cross-Platform JavaScript Stealer Targets Crypto Wallets in New Lazarus Group Campaign

The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been linked to an active campaign that leverages fake LinkedIn job offers in the cryptocurrency and travel sectors to deliver malware capable of infecting Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems. According to cybersecurity company Bitdefender, the scam...

CVE-2024-43304

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting' vulnerability in Cool Plugins Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List: from n/a through 2.8.0...

CVE-2024-0709

The Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'coinslist' parameter in versions 2.0 to 2.6.5 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it...

CVE-2024-53739

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program 'PHP Remote File Inclusion' vulnerability in Cool Plugins Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor cryptocurrency-widgets-for-elementor allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor: fr...

Crazy Evil Gang Targets Crypto with StealC, AMOS, and Angel Drainer Malware

A Russian-speaking cybercrime gang known as Crazy Evil has been linked to over 10 active social media scams that leverage a wide range of tailored lures to deceive victims and trick them into installing malware such as StealC, Atomic macOS Stealer aka AMOS, and Angel Drainer. "Specializing in...

Operation Talent: Two Arrested as Authorities Dismantle Cracked and Nulled

Global law enforcement seizes 12 domains including Sellix, Cracked and Nulled, €300,000 in cash and cryptocurrencies, and multiple…...

TRIPLESTRENGTH Hits Cloud for Cryptojacking, On-Premises Systems for Ransomware

Google on Wednesday shed light on a financially motivated threat actor named TRIPLESTRENGTH for its opportunistic targeting of cloud environments for cryptojacking and on-premise ransomware attacks. "This actor engaged in a variety of threat activity, including cryptocurrency mining operations on...

President Trump Pardons Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht After 11 Years in Prison

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday granted a "full and unconditional pardon" to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the infamous Silk Road drug marketplace, after spending more than 11 years behind bars. "I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to let her know that in honor of her and the...

Malicious code in arcus-cmd-utils (npm)

This package executes a base64-encoded script to download an Electron-based infostealer binary, aimed at exfiltrating cryptocurrency wallets, credentials, and other sensitive data. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware...

MAL-2025-613 Malicious code in ethweb-set (npm)

This package exfiltrates cryptocurrency wallet files to an attacker-controlled domain. --- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware e7af171b00090d3b3bfefae279da101b5da3a93390bc9f2cce869bdbc8685cbf Any computer that has this package installed or running should be...

Illicit HuiOne Telegram Market Surpasses Hydra, Hits $24 Billion in Crypto Transactions

The Telegram-based online marketplace known as HuiOne Guarantee and its vendors have cumulatively received at least $24 billion in cryptocurrency, dwarfing the now-defunct Hydra to become the largest online illicit marketplace to have ever operated. The figures, released by blockchain analytics...

Hackers Exploit Aviatrix Controller Vulnerability to Deploy Backdoors and Crypto Miners

A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting the Aviatrix Controller cloud networking platform has come under active exploitation in the wild to deploy backdoors and cryptocurrency miners. Cloud security firm Wiz said it's currently responding to "multiple incidents" involving the...

3 Russians Indicted for Operating Blender.io and Sinbad.io Crypto Mixers

SUMMARY Three Russian nationals have been indicted for their alleged roles in running cryptocurrency mixing services Blender.io and…...

CrowdStrike Warns of Phishing Scam Targeting Job Seekers with XMRig Cryptominer

Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike is alerting of a phishing campaign that exploits its own branding to distribute a cryptocurrency miner that's disguised as an employee CRM application as part of a supposed recruitment process. "The attack begins with a phishing email impersonating CrowdStrike...

Cybersecurity Risks in Crypto: Phishing, Ransomware and Other Emerging Threats

Explore top cybersecurity risks in crypto, including phishing, ransomware, and MitM attacks. Learn practical tips to safeguard your…...

A Day in the Life of a Prolific Voice Phishing Crew

Besieged by scammers seeking to phish user accounts over the telephone, Apple and Google frequently caution that they will never reach out unbidden to users this way. However, new details about the internal operations of a prolific voice phishing gang show the group routinely abuses legitimate...

Study Finds AI Can Guess Crypto Seed Phrases in 0.02 Seconds

IN THIS ARTICLE, YOU WILL LEARN: NFT-focused news website NFTEvening and the NFT market’s data and analytics-based platform…...

Malicious code in requesr (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 b792f17b467610a1021820a7718884aa436487a9ec75d5ebf889d400efeaec24 Importing the module downloads and starts an infostealer attempting to exfiltrate data and establishing persistence through autorun directory. --- Category:...

North Korean Hackers Pull Off $308M Bitcoin Heist from Crypto Firm DMM Bitcoin

Japanese and U.S. authorities have formerly attributed the theft of cryptocurrency worth $308 million from cryptocurrency company DMM Bitcoin in May 2024 to North Korean cyber actors. "The theft is affiliated with TraderTraitor threat activity, which is also tracked as Jade Sleet, UNC4899, and Sl...