Ragnar Locker Ransomware Gang Takes Out Facebook Ads in Key New Tactic

The Ragnar Locker ransomware group has decided to ratchet up the pressure on its latest high-profile victim, Italian liquor conglomerate Campari, by taking out Facebook ads threatening to release the 2TB of sensitive data it stole in a Nov. 3 attack – unless a $15 million ransom is paid in Bitcoi...

DoJ seizes $1 billion in Bitcoin linked to Silk Road marketplace

By Deeba Ahmed The Feds were able to identify 54 undetected cryptocurrency transactions linked to the seized Silk Road marketplace leading them to seize Bitcoin. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DoJ seizes $1 billion in Bitcoin linked to Silk Road marketplace...

Feds Seize $1B in Bitcoin from Silk Road

The feds have seized its largest stash ever of Bitcoin, originating from the notorious Silk Road underground marketplace. The federal coffers are now $1 billion richer. Silk Road was known for the place to go to broker illegal drugs, murder-for-hire, child pornography and malware – such as passwo...

Campari Site Suffers Ransomware Hangover

Italian spirits brand Campari has restored its company website following a recent ransomware attack. According to the ransom note, the group behind the breach used Ragnar Locker to encrypt most of Campari’s servers and was holding the data hostage for $15 million in Bitcoin. Campari Group is behi...

bitcoin-abe Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

bitcoin-abe is a blockchain browser. The product is able to read bitcoin block files and it supports converting and loading data into a database. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the call in the abe.py file in bitcoin-abe versions 0.7.2 and earlier and 0.8pre and earlier. The...

Bitcoin Core Security Breach

Bitcoin Core is an open source client for verifying the validity of blockchain transactions. A security vulnerability exists in Bitcoin Core. The vulnerability stems from the occurrence of a denial of service...

Two Charged in SIM Swapping, Vishing Scams

Two young men from the eastern United States have been hit with identity theft and conspiracy charges for allegedly stealing bitcoin and social media accounts by tricking employees at wireless phone companies into giving away credentials needed to remotely access and modify customer account...

Ransomware Group Makes Splashy $20K Donation to Charities

The Darkside ransomware group has distinguished itself from its cybercriminal counterparts not by technical innovation, but by slapping a shiny corporate veneer on its attacks. The latest evolution in Darkside’s ransomware-as-a-corporation gimmick is a hefty $20,000 donation that the group made...

Travelex, Other Orgs Face DDoS Threats as Extortion Campaign Rages On

Companies worldwide have continued to receive extortion emails threatening to launch a distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack on their network, unless they pay up – with British foreign-exchange company Travelex reportedly being one recent high-profile threat recipient. Researchers said that...

VideoBytes: Twitter gets hacked!

Hello dear readers, and welcome to the latest and greatest from VideoBytes: a brand new, video feature that we announced just yesterday. On our debut post today, were talking to you about the Twitter hack, in which hackers accessed the Twitter accounts of 130 high profile figures, like Barack...

Negotiating with Ransomware Gangs

Really interesting conversation with someone who negotiates with ransomware gangs: For now, it seems that paying ransomware, while obviously risky and empowering/encouraging ransomware attackers, can perhaps be comported so as not to break any laws like anti-terrorist laws, FCPA, conspiracy and...

Bitcoin: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Bitcoin Core consists of both “full-node” software for fully validating the blockchain as well as a bitcoin wallet. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Bitcoin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact Please review the referenced...

GLSA-202009-18 : Bitcoin: Multiple vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202009-18 Bitcoin: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Bitcoin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for detail...

British Hacker Sentenced to 5 Years for Blackmailing U.S. Companies

A UK man who threatened to publicly release stolen confidential information unless the victims agreed to fulfill his digital extortion demands has finally pleaded guilty on Monday at U.S. federal district court in St. Louis, Missouri. Nathan Francis Wyatt , 39, who is a key member of the infamous...

Major Global Ransom Denial of Service Campaign Continues Rising Trend in Global DDoS Attacks

Extortionists Claim Connection to Notorious Threat Actor Groups In recent weeks Imperva has become aware of a considerable increase in the number of serious Ransom Denial of Service RDoS threats, with extortion campaigns targeting thousands of large commercial organizations globally, not least th...

Two Russians Charged in $17M Cryptocurrency Phishing Spree

U.S. authorities today announced criminal charges and financial sanctions against two Russian men accused of stealing nearly $17 million worth of virtual currencies in a series of phishing attacks throughout 2017 and 2018 that spoofed websites for some of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges...

Bitcoin Core Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bitcoin Core is an open source client for verifying the validity of blockchain transactions. A security vulnerability exists in Bitcoin Core. The vulnerability stems from the occurrence of a denial of service. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code...

Unprecedented Levels of Ransom DDoS Extortion Attacks

The FBI has released a flash warning that thousands of organizations around the world, and across multiple industries, have been threatened with DDoS attacks unless they pay a bitcoin ransom. This ransom DDoS, or RDoS, threat was covered by Akamai's Security Intelligence Response Team SIRT in a...

GHSA-HX3R-JV9Q-85JW Bitcoin Inventory Out-of-Memory Denial-of-Service Attack (CVE-2018-17145)

There was an easily exploitable uncontrolled memory resource consumption denial-of-service vulnerability that existed in the peer-to-peer network code of three implementations of Bitcoin and several alternative chains. For more details please see: https://invdos.net/ For the paper:...

Bitcoin Inventory Out-of-Memory Denial-of-Service Attack (CVE-2018-17145)

There was an easily exploitable uncontrolled memory resource consumption denial-of-service vulnerability that existed in the peer-to-peer network code of three implementations of Bitcoin and several alternative chains. For more details please see: https://invdos.net/ For the paper:...