Dark Web Roast - August 2026 Edition

Dark Web Roast – August 2026 Edition By Trellix Advanced Research Center · September 24, 2026 Executive Summary August 2026 was another month where the underground did most of our investigative work for us, and this time it barely required a magnifying glass. The headline act was comedyclub on...

Dark Web Roast - August 2026 Edition

Dark Web Roast – August 2026 Edition By Trellix Advanced Research Center · September 24, 2026 Executive Summary August 2026 was another month where the underground did most of our investigative work for us, and this time it barely required a magnifying glass. The headline act was comedyclub on...

Malicious Package

Overview Crypto.Exchange is a malicious package. This package contains malicious code, and its content was removed from the official package manager. While this package might be attempting to impersonate a valid organization, there is no connection between that organization and this package...

Malicious code in python-requirements (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 40fa77c47c3649fce85f601f8aa10bf13674e5db4a2d35f125cb48b77d65f99d The package clones a legitimate webdavclient3 library and modifies it to be an installer utility. During installation, the package exfiltrates the current...

MAL-2026-1264 Malicious code in python-requirements (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 40fa77c47c3649fce85f601f8aa10bf13674e5db4a2d35f125cb48b77d65f99d The package clones a legitimate webdavclient3 library and modifies it to be an installer utility. During installation, the package exfiltrates the current...

FBI Seizes Crypto Laundering Hub E-Note Linked to Russian Admin

The FBI and international police have shut down E-Note, a cryptocurrency exchange that laundered over $70 million for cybercriminals. Read about the indictment of a Russian and how the global task force ended his decade-long operation...

Iran's State TV Hijacked Mid-Broadcast Amid Geopolitical Tensions; $90M Stolen in Crypto Heist

Iran's state-owned TV broadcaster was hacked Wednesday night to interrupt regular programming and air videos calling for street protests against the Iranian government, according to multiple reports. It's currently not known who is behind the attack, although Iran pointed fingers at Israel, per...

Fake Crypto Exchange Ads on Facebook Spread Malware

Bitdefender exposes Facebook ad scams using fake crypto sites and celebrity lures to spread malware via malicious desktop…...

Garantex Crypto Exchange Seized, Two Charged in Laundering Scheme

International law enforcement disrupts Garantex, a multi-billion-dollar cryptocurrency exchange used for money laundering. Two individuals, Aleksej Besciokov and…...

Cybercriminals Allegedly Used a StubHub Backdoor to Steal Taylor Swift Tickets

Plus: The world’s “largest illicit online marketplace” gets hit by regulators, police seize the Garantex crypto exchange, and scammers trick targets by making up ransomware attacks...

U.S. Secret Service Seizes Russian Garantex Crypto Exchange Website

A coalition of international law enforcement agencies has seized the website associated with the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex "garantex.org", nearly three years after the service was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department in April 2022. "The domain for Garantex has been seized by the Unit...

The ‘Largest Illicit Online Marketplace’ Ever Is Growing at an Alarming Rate, Report Says

Huione Guarantee, a gray market researchers believe is central to the online scam ecosystem, now includes a messaging app, stablecoin, and crypto exchange—while facilitating $24 billion in transactions...

Malicious code in Crypto.Exchange (NuGet)

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Kraken Crypto Exchange Hit by $3 Million Theft Exploiting Zero-Day Flaw

Crypto exchange Kraken revealed that an unnamed security researcher exploited an "extremely critical" zero-day flaw in its platform to steal $3 million in digital assets and refused to return them. Details of the incident were shared by Kraken's Chief Security Officer, Nick Percoco, on X formerly...

Indian National Pleads Guilty to $37 Million Cryptocurrency Theft Scheme

An Indian national has pleaded guilty in the U.S. over charges of stealing more than $37 million by setting up a website that impersonated the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange platform. Chirag Tomar, 30, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in pris...

Bitcoin Forensic Analysis Uncovers Money Laundering Clusters and Criminal Proceeds

A forensic analysis of a graph dataset containing transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain has revealed clusters associated with illicit activity and money laundering, including detecting criminal proceeds sent to a crypto exchange and previously unknown wallets belonging to a Russian darknet marke...

Crypto Exchange FixedFloat Hacked: $26 Million in BTC, ETH Stolen

By Deeba Ahmed FixedFloat suffered a significant loss of over 1,700 Ethereum and over 400 Bitcoin due to a drainer attack on February 18, 2024. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Crypto Exchange FixedFloat Hacked: $26 Million in BTC, ETH Stolen...

N. Korean Hackers 'Mixing' macOS Malware Tactics to Evade Detection

The North Korean threat actors behind macOS malware strains such as RustBucket and KANDYKORN have been observed "mixing and matching" different elements of the two disparate attack chains, leveraging RustBucket droppers to deliver KANDYKORN. The findings come from cybersecurity firm SentinelOne,...

Email crypto phishing scams: stealing from hot and cold crypto wallets

The higher the global popularity of cryptocurrencies and the more new ways of storing them, the wider the arsenal of tools used by malicious actors who are after digital money. Scammers tailor the complexity of technology they use and the thoroughness of their efforts to imitate legitimate websit...

Ransomware Hackers and Scammers Utilizing Cloud Mining to Launder Cryptocurrency

Ransomware actors and cryptocurrency scammers have joined nation-state actors in abusing cloud mining services to launder digital assets, new findings reveal. "Cryptocurrency mining is a crucial part of our industry, but it also holds special appeal to bad actors, as it provides a means to acquir...