Trojanized TOR Browser Installers Spreading Crypto-Stealing Clipper Malware

Trojanized installers for the TOR anonymity browser are being used to target users in Russia and Eastern Europe with clipper malware designed to siphon cryptocurrencies since September 2022. "Clipboard injectors ... can be silent for years, show no network activity or any other signs of presence...

6 Factors to Consider When Shopping for Crypto Debit Card

By Owais Sultan Crypto debit cards are becoming critical payment tools due to the growth in popularity of cryptocurrencies such as… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: 6 Factors to Consider When Shopping for Crypto Debit Card...

Glupteba Botnet Continues to Thrive Despite Google's Attempts to Disrupt It

The operators of the Glupteba botnet resurfaced in June 2022 as part of a renewed and "upscaled" campaign, months after Google disrupted the malicious activity. The ongoing attack is suggestive of the malware's resilience in the face of takedowns, cybersecurity company Nozomi Networks said in a...

KmsdBot Cryptominer Targets the Gaming Industry

Threat Level Attack Report For a detailed threat advisory, download the pdf file here Summary KmsdBot is Golang-based malware that leverages the Secure Shell SSH cryptographic protocol to obtain access to targeted systems to mine cryptocurrencies and carry out distributed denial-of-service DDoS...

CopperStealer Distributes Malicious Chromium-based Browser Extension to Steal Cryptocurrencies

We tracked the latest deployment of the group behind CopperStealer, this time stealing cryptocurrencies and users’ wallet account information via a malicious Chromium-based browser extension...

This Cloud Botnet Has Hijacked 30,000 Systems to Mine Cryptocurrencies

The 8220 cryptomining group has expanded in size to encompass as many as 30,000 infected hosts, up from 2,000 hosts globally in mid-2021. "8220 Gang is one of the many low-skill crimeware gangs we continually observe infecting cloud hosts and operating a botnet and cryptocurrency miners through...

US Courts Are Coming After Crypto Exchanges That Skirt Sanctions

A newly unsealed opinion is likely the first decision from a US federal court to find that cryptocurrencies can't be used to evade sanctions...

Critical Bug in Everscale Wallet Could've Let Attackers Steal Cryptocurrencies

A security vulnerability has been disclosed in the web version of the Ever Surf wallet that, if successfully weaponized, could allow an attacker to gain full control over a victim's wallet. "By exploiting the vulnerability, it's possible to decrypt the private keys and seed phrases that are store...

Shutdown of Russia's Hydra Market Disrupts a Crypto-Crime ATM

More than just a market for illegal drugs, the dark-web site allowed criminals to launder or cash out hundreds of millions in stolen cryptocurrencies...

Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part IV: Cryptocrime

Three stories here last week pored over several years’ worth of internal chat records stolen from the Conti ransomware group, the most profitable ransomware gang in operation today. The candid messages revealed how Conti evaded law enforcement and intelligence agencies, what it was like on a...

Recent Cyberattacks Target Open-source Web Servers

Malicious actors take advantage of people’s reliance on web servers to perform attacks like remote code execution, access control bypass, denial of service, or even cyberjacking the victim servers to mine cryptocurrencies...

$320 milllion stolen from Wormhole crypto-trading platform

By using an exploit in the software of crypto-trading platform Wormhole, threat actors have stolen an estimated $322 million in cryptocurrencies. The platform is offering a $10 million award for the stolen money and details about the attack. How they pulled it off Wormhole Portal is a web-based...

Dark Web's Largest Marketplace for Stolen Credit Cards is Shutting Down

UniCC, the biggest dark web marketplace for stolen credit and debit cards, has announced that it's shuttering its operations after earning $358 million in purchases since 2013 using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether, and Dash. "Don't build any conspiracy theories about us leaving,...

Google Disrupts Blockchain-based Glupteba Botnet; Sues Russian Hackers

Google on Tuesday said it took steps to disrupt the operations of a sophisticated "multi-component" botnet called Glupteba that approximately infected more than one million Windows computers across the globe and stored its command-and-control server addresses on Bitcoin's blockchain as a resilien...

Police take a piece out of a ransomware gang, but won’t say which one

One of the worlds ransomware groups appears to be a couple of members short today—and about two million dollars less rich—but nobody is sure which one. Police are staying tight-lipped about whos short-handed following the arrest of two individuals in Kyiv, Ukraine. The arrests are part of a joint...

Dogged Persistence -- The Name of the Game for One DDoS Attacker

With DDoS, we typically observe a moderate degree of attacker persistence. DDoS attacks are relatively easy to launch from a number of online booter services, and the availability of cryptocurrencies for payment has made it easy to remain anonymous. Attackers can try their hand at DDoS for little...

Dogged Persistence—The Name of the Game for One DDoS Attacker

With DDoS, we typically observe a moderate degree of attacker persistence. DDoS attacks are relatively easy to launch from a number of online booter services, and the availability of cryptocurrencies for payment has made it easy to remain anonymous. Attackers can try their hand at DDoS for little...

Disrupting Ransomware by Disrupting Bitcoin

Ransomware isnt new; the idea dates back to 1986 with the "Brain" computer virus. Now, its become the criminal business model of the internet for two reasons. The first is the realization that no one values data more than its original owner, and it makes more sense to ransom it back to them --...

US offers huge reward in fight against state-sponsored cybercriminals

The US Department of State has announced that its Rewards for Justice RFJ program is now offering: …up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of any person who, while acting at the direction or under the control of a foreign government, participates in malicious...

New malware in pirated games disables Windows Updates, Defender

By Waqas Dubbed Crackonosh by researchers; the malware uses the victim's computer resources to mine cryptocurrencies for its developers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New malware in pirated games disables Windows Updates, Defender...