North Korean hacking group Lazarus reportedly created an elaborate ruse to phish DragonEx exchange employees into installing a malware-infested trading bot. The North Korean hacking team Lazarus Group targeted several crypto exchanges last year, Chainalysis reports. One of the attacks involved the creation of a fake, but realistic trading bot website that was offered to […]
Continue Reading
A UK high court imposed a proprietary injunction on Bitcoin paid as ransom in a ransomware attack. A United Kingdom High Court ordered a proprietary injunction on Bitcoin (BTC) obtained through a ransomware attack on a Canadian insurance company. A proprietary injunction is an order which prevents a person from dealing with their own assets […]
Continue Reading
Britain’s tax agency is inviting contract applications for a tech tool to help combat crypto tax evasion. Britain’s tax agency is inviting contractors to provide a tech tool to help Britain’s tax agency combat crypto cybercriminals. What the agency wants The technology, which Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) posted on Jan. 17 in an […]
Continue Reading
United Nations sanctions experts advise against attending North Korean cryptocurrency conference, or risking sanctions violations. The United Nations has warned that attending a North Korean cryptocurrency conference in February is likely to constitute a sanctions violation, according to a report by Reuters on Jan. 15. The report follows last week’s indictment of Ethereum Foundation researcher […]
Continue Reading
Interpol helped curtail cryptojacking malware that affected thousands of routers. Interpol has collaborated with cybersecurity firm Trend Micro to reduce cryptojacking affecting MikroTik routers across South-East Asia, according to a Jan. 8 press release. Though the collaboration reduced the number of affected devices by 78 percent, this is unlikely to have made a significant impact […]
Continue Reading
The “Shitcoin Wallet” debacle shined a light on crypto security issues. Experts weigh in on how companies are caught in the balance. The cryptocurrency sector has many criticisms. One is that it can appear impenetrable to newcomers. Another is that it is probably easier to lose money investing in crypto than in most other areas […]
Continue Reading
Telegram says the SEC is on an “unfounded fishing expedition,” and Google Play lifts MetaMask ban. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in […]
Continue Reading
Cryptocurrency holders are being warned against a Chrome extension for Ledger hardware wallets that allegedly contains malware that steals their seed phrases. Twitter user and software architect WizardofAus (@BTCSchellingPt) has warned cryptocurrency holders against a Chrome extension for Ledger crypto wallets that allegedly contains malware. In a tweet posted on Jan 2., WizardofAus claimed that: […]
Continue Reading
Crypto YouTubers are greeting the holidays with the sobering news that their content appears to have been censored by the platform. Crypto YouTubers are greeting the holidays with reports that their content appears to have been censored by the platform. In a tweet published on Dec. 23, Chris Dunn — a crypto YouTuber with 210,000 […]
Continue Reading
Researchers have published a new report on what they say is a “relentless” crypto mining botnet that lurks behind seemingly innocuous content like JPEG images of Taylor Swift. Researchers have published a new report on what they deem to be a “relentless” crypto mining botnet that lurks behind seemingly innocuous content such as JPEG images […]
Continue Reading