The white hat hacker who compromised crypto exchange Binance Jersey’s domain name and Twitter account will be compensated for cooperation. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance will compensate the white hat hacker who compromised Binance Jersey’s Internet domain name and Twitter account. Binance Jersey Twitter and domain compromised In a post published on Aug. 16, crypto exchange Binance […]
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As Israel arrests hackers with military training over the Bitfinex hack, CT talks with cybersecurity experts about the infamous cyber attack. One of the most prominent crypto cybercrimes in recent years took a dramatic turn on June 23, when two Israeli brothers were arrested in connection with the 2016 Bitfinex hack and other crypto-related phishing […]
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In 2019, centralized exchanges and individual hodlers are losing record-breaking sums of digital money to hackers and scammers. Much of digital assets’ appeal stems from the fact that many of them are not affiliated with or controlled by governments, central banks or transnational corporations (at least, not yet). The price paid for the independence from […]
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SIM swapping has come into the spotlight in recent months after a number of high-profile arrests. Cryptocurrency crime trends have been in the spotlight in recent weeks, but SIM swapping has been strangely absent in a number of reports on 2018. Cryptocurrency analytics companies CipherTrace and Chainalysis released two different reports focusing on the major […]
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The Manhattan District Attorney has announced New York’s first prosecution for SIM swapping, which resulted in the theft of $10K in crypto. Manhattan’s District Attorney (DA) announced the indictment of an individual for stealing identities and funds, including crypto, via a process known as SIM swapping. The announcement was made in an official press release […]
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Hacker group “Lazarus,” reportedly funded by North Korea, has stolen a staggering $571 million in cryptocurrencies since early 2017, a recent report reveals. Hacker group “Lazarus,” reportedly funded by North Korea, has stolen a staggering $571 million in cryptocurrencies since early 2017, a study conducted by cybercrime company Group-IB reveals. Key takeaways from the study […]
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Look-alike domains are increasingly finding favor with criminals eager to rip off online shoppers, according to a new report from Venafi, a cybersecurity firm. Its research found that the “total number of certificates for look-alike domains is more than 200 percent greater than the number of authentic retail domains.” To drive home the danger and […]
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There is a new social engineering attack on Mac users who discuss cryptocurrency investing in Slack and Discord groups. The attacker first presents themselves as the administrator of the various chat groups, and asks the victims to type a command into the terminal window. The result is that a 34 mb file is downloaded, which […]
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