News in the CryptoCurrency category

Fraudsters make $50,000 a day by spoofing crypto researchers

Multiple fake accounts impersonating cryptocurrency scam investigators and blockchain security companies are promoting phishing pages to drain wallets in an ongoing campaign on X (former Twitter).
- Bill Toulas
- November 15, 2023
- 10:02 AM
- 3
Ethereum feature abused to steal $60 million from 99K victims

Malicious actors have been abusing Ethereum's 'Create2' function to bypass wallet security alerts and poison cryptocurrency addresses, which led to stealing $60,000,000 worth of cryptocurrency from 99,000 people in six months.
- Bill Toulas
- November 13, 2023
- 04:41 PM
- 0
Microsoft: BlueNoroff hackers plan new crypto-theft attacks

Microsoft warns that the BlueNoroff North Korean hacking group is setting up new attack infrastructure for upcoming social engineering campaigns on LinkedIn.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 10, 2023
- 03:40 PM
- 0
LastPass breach linked to theft of $4.4 million in crypto

Hackers have stolen $4.4 million in cryptocurrency on October 25th using private keys and passphrases stored in stolen LastPass databases, according to research by crypto fraud researchers who have been researching similar incidents.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 30, 2023
- 06:46 PM
- 0
Hackers use Binance Smart Chain contracts to store malicious scripts

Cybercriminals are employing a novel code distribution technique dubbed 'EtherHiding,' which abuses Binance's Smart Chain (BSC) contracts to hide malicious scripts in the blockchain.
- Bill Toulas
- October 13, 2023
- 12:08 PM
- 0
Mixin Network suspends operations following $200 million hack

Mixin Network, an open-source, peer-to-peer transactional network for digital assets, has announced today on Twitter that deposits and withdrawals are suspended effective immediately due to a $200 million hack the platform suffered on Saturday.
- Bill Toulas
- September 25, 2023
- 09:23 AM
- 0
Crypto firm Nansen asks users to reset passwords after vendor breach

Ethereum blockchain analytics firm Nansen asks a subset of its users to reset passwords following a recent data breach at its authentication provider.
- Bill Toulas
- September 22, 2023
- 01:22 PM
- 1
TikTok flooded by 'Elon Musk' cryptocurrency giveaway scams

TikTok is flooded by a surge of fake cryptocurrency giveaways posted to the video-sharing platform, with almost all of the videos pretending to be themes based on Elon Musk, Tesla, or SpaceX.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 17, 2023
- 02:34 PM
- 2
WhatsApp rival Telegram gets Crypto wallet integration

Telegram, the widely used messaging app, has unveiled an integrated crypto wallet feature, allowing users to effortlessly access their cryptocurrency holdings.
- Mayank Parmar
- September 16, 2023
- 02:56 PM
- 0
Retool blames breach on Google Authenticator MFA cloud sync feature

Software company Retool says the accounts of 27 cloud customers were compromised following a targeted and multi-stage social engineering attack.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 15, 2023
- 03:15 PM
- 3
Hackers steal $53 million worth of cryptocurrency from CoinEx

Global cryptocurrency exchange CoinEX announced that someone hacked its hot wallets and stole large amounts of digital assets that were used to support the platform's operations.
- Bill Toulas
- September 13, 2023
- 10:11 AM
- 7
Windows cryptomining attacks target graphic designer's high-powered GPUs

Cybercriminals are leveraging a legitimate Windows tool called 'Advanced Installer' to infect the computers of graphic designers with cryptocurrency miners.
- Bill Toulas
- September 07, 2023
- 11:46 AM
- 0
Crypto casino Stake.com loses $41 million to hot wallet hackers

Online cryptocurrency casino Stake.com announced that its ETH/BSC hot wallets had been compromised to perform unauthorized transactions, with over $40 million in crypto reportedly stolen.
- Bill Toulas
- September 05, 2023
- 02:24 PM
- 0
DreamBus malware exploits RocketMQ flaw to infect servers

A new version of the DreamBus botnet malware exploits a critical-severity remote code execution vulnerability in RocketMQ servers to infect devices.
- Bill Toulas
- August 29, 2023
- 03:17 PM
- 0
Kroll data breach exposes info of FTX, BlockFi, Genesis creditors

Multiple reports on social media warn of a data breach at financial and risk advisory company Kroll that resulted in exposing to an unauthorized third-party the personal data of some credit claimants.
- Bill Toulas
- August 25, 2023
- 10:10 AM
- 0
FBI: Lazarus hackers readying to cash out $41 million in stolen crypto

The FBI warned that North Koreans are likely readying to cash out tens of millions worth of stolen cryptocurrency out of hundreds of millions stolen in the last year alone.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 23, 2023
- 10:53 AM
- 0
New BitForge cryptocurrency wallet flaws lets hackers steal crypto

Multiple zero-day vulnerabilities named 'BitForge' in the implementation of widely used cryptographic protocols like GG-18, GG-20, and Lindell 17 affected popular cryptocurrency wallet providers, including Coinbase, ZenGo, Binance, and many more.
- Bill Toulas
- August 09, 2023
- 05:15 PM
- 1
FBI warns of scammers posing as NFT devs to steal your crypto

The FBI warned today of fraudsters posing as Non-Fungible Token (NFT) developers to prey upon NFT enthusiasts and steal their cryptocurrency and NFT assets.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 04, 2023
- 02:11 PM
- 0
CoinsPaid blames Lazarus hackers for theft of $37,300,000 in crypto

Estonian crypto-payments service provider CoinsPaid has announced that it experienced a cyber attack on July 22nd, 2023, that resulted in the theft of $37,200,000 worth of cryptocurrency.
- Bill Toulas
- July 27, 2023
- 05:58 PM
- 0
Lazarus hackers linked to $60 million Alphapo cryptocurrency heist

Blockchain analysts blame the North Korean Lazarus hacking group for a recent attack on payment processing platform Alphapo where the attackers stole almost $60 million in crypto.
- Bill Toulas
- July 26, 2023
- 04:19 PM
- 1