CryptoCurrency Archives - Page 15 of 23

Hackers steal $6 million from blockchain music platform Audius

The decentralized music platform Audius was hacked over the weekend, with threat actors stealing over 18 million AUDIO tokens worth approximately $6 million. […]

21 Jul

Ex-Coinbase manager charged in first crypto insider-trading case

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a former Coinbase manager and two co-conspirators with wire fraud conspiracy and scheme to commit insider trading in cryptocurrency assets. […]

14 Jul

CoinPayments to shut down in US — 5 days left to withdraw funds

Global crypto payments gateway, CoinPayments.net is ceasing operations in the United States soon and has advised users to withdraw their assets before July 19th, 2022. The short notice given by the exchange via a private email left some customers suspecting if this was an “exit scam” or another mysterious incident. […]

13 Jun

Hackers clone Coinbase, MetaMask mobile wallets to steal your crypto

Security researchers have uncovered a large-scale malicious operation that uses trojanized mobile cryptocurrency wallet applications for Coinbase, MetaMask, TokenPocket, and imToken services. […]

10 Jun

Hackers exploit recently patched Confluence bug for cryptomining

A cryptomining hacking group has been observed exploiting the recently disclosed remote code execution flaw in Atlassian Confluence servers to install miners on vulnerable servers. […]

04 Jun

Bored Ape Yacht Club, Otherside NFTs stolen in Discord server hack

Hackers reportedly stole over $257,000 in Ethereum and thirty-two NFTs after the Yuga Lab’s Bored Ape Yacht Club and Otherside Metaverse Discord servers were compromised to post a phishing scam. […]

03 Jun

Americans report losing over $1 billion to cryptocurrency scams

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says over 46,000 people Americans have reported losing more than $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency to scams between January 2021 and March 2022. […]

15 May

Fake Pixelmon NFT site infects you with password-stealing malware

A fake Pixelmon NFT site entices fans with free tokens and collectibles while infecting them with malware that steals their cryptocurrency wallets. […]

14 May

Crypto robber who lured victims via Snapchat and stole £34,000 jailed

Online crypto scams and ponzi schemes leveraging social media platforms are hardly anything new. But, this gruesome case of a London-based crypto robber transcends the virtual realm and tells a shocking tale of real-life victims from whom the perpetrator successfully stole £34,000. […]

13 May

Microsoft: Sysrv botnet targets Windows, Linux servers with new exploits

Microsoft says the Sysrv botnet is now exploiting vulnerabilities in the Spring Framework and WordPress to ensnare and deploy cryptomining malware on vulnerable Windows and Linux servers. […]

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