A new United Nations report to the UN Security Council North Korea sanctions committee states that North Korea has used “widespread and increasingly sophisticated” cyberattacks to steal around $2 …
Cyber Attacks Cost $45 Billion in 2018
Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance (OTA) has released an extensive report on cybersecurity breach trends. According to the research, around two million cyber attacks occured last year, resulting …
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New Golang malware plays the Linux field in quest for cryptocurrency
Palo Alto Networks researchers have discovered a new strain of cryptojacking malware written in the Go programming language. The malware, dubbed Golang, uses the resourcing powers of infected systems …
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Hacker steals $4.5 million from Bitrue cryptocurrency exchange
Once again, a major cryptocurrency platform has been at the receiving end of a cyberattack resulting in the theft of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency. This time the victim was Singaporean …
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Eurojust and Europol Lift the Blanket off A 24 Million Euro Crypto Hack
A joint operation by Europol, Eurojust and law enforcement agencies from the Netherlands and the UK has uncovered a major cryptocurrency heist. Threat actors stole €24 million (over $27 million) in …
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Tesco Hacked on Twitter Spoofs Bill Gates and Pushes BTC Scam
A threat actor on Tuesday took over the Twitter account of British retail giant Tesco. What followed was a rather poorly executed cyber scam. Initially the hacker posted a pinned Tweet on the account …
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Modular Backdoor Can Spread Over Local Network
A new report by Kaspersky provides insight into Plurox, a highly sophisticated piece of malware first discovered in February. Plurox is a modular backdoor capable of distributing itself across …
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Europol Gamifies Cryptocurrency Crime Prevention
Europol is developing a “cryptocurrency tracing game” that is intended as training material on cryptocurrency crime prevention. The agency says the game “will allow law enforcement officers to get …
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Ransomware rebounding in popularity as cryptojacking loses steam
Ransomware campaigns surged by 167% between Q4 of last year and the first three months of 2019, new research by Positive Technologies shows. Ransomware now accounts for 24% of all cyberattacks, up …
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Hackers steal $9.5 million from GateHub cryptocurrency wallets
Threat actors have stolen around $9.5 million in cryptocurrency from GateHub users. GateHub is a cryptocurrency wallet service for the Ripple cryptocurrency (XRP). A total of 23.2 million XRP coins …
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