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$4.8M in crypto stolen after Korean tax agency exposes wallet seed

Someone jumped at the opportunity to steal $4.4 million in crypto assets after South Korea’s National Tax Service exposed publicly the mnemonic recovery phrase of a seized cryptocurrency wallet. The funds were stored in a Ledger cold wallet seized in law enforcement raids at 124 high-value tax evaders that resulted in confiscating digital assets worth […]

26 Feb

Ransomware payment rate drops to record low as attacks surge

The number of ransomware victims paying threat actors has dropped to 28% last year, an all-time low, despite a significant increase in the number of claimed attacks. A downward payment trend has been observed for the past four consecutive years by the blockchain intelligence platform Chainalysis. At the moment, the total of on-chain ransomware payments in 2025 stands […]

25 Feb

Marquis sues SonicWall over backup breach that led to ransomware attack

Marquis Software Solutions has filed a lawsuit against SonicWall, accusing the cybersecurity company of gross negligence and misrepresentation that allegedly led to a ransomware attack disrupting operations at 74 U.S. banks. On August 14, 2025, hackers breached Marqui’s network in a ransomware attack after compromising a SonicWall firewall. The attacker stole files containing personal information received from […]

13 Feb

Fake job recruiters hide malware in developer coding challenges

A new variation of the fake recruiter campaign from North Korean threat actors is targeting JavaScript and Python developers with cryptocurrency-related tasks. The activity has been ongoing since at least May 2025 and is characterized by modularity, which allows the threat actor to quickly resume it in case of partial compromise. The bad actor relies […]

07 Nov

North Korean hackers use new macOS malware against crypto firms

North Korean threat actor BlueNoroff has been targeting crypto-related businesses with a new multi-stage malware for macOS systems. Researchers are calling the campaign Hidden Risk and say that it lures victims with emails that share fake news about the latest activity in the cryptocurrency sector. The malware deployed in these attacks relies on a novel […]

31 Oct

LottieFiles hit in npm supply chain attack targeting users’ crypto

LottieFiles announced that specific versions of its npm package carry malicious code that prompts users to connect their cryptocurrency wallets so they can be emptied. As discovered yesterday, following multiple user reports about strange code injections, the affected versions are Lottie Web Player (“lottie-player”) 2.0.5, 2.0.6, and 2.0.7, all published yesterday. LottieFiles quickly released a […]

23 Oct

Lazarus hackers used fake DeFi game to exploit Google Chrome zero-day

The North Korean Lazarus hacking group exploited a Google Chrome zero-day tracked as CVE-2024-4947 through a fake decentralized finance (DeFi) game targeting individuals in the cryptocurrency space. Kaspersky discovered the attacks on May 13, 2024, and reported the Chrome zero-day flaw to Google. Google issued a fix for CVE-2024-4947 on May 25, with Chrome version 125.0.6422.60/.61. Lazarus […]

09 Oct

Crypto-stealing malware campaign infects 28,000 people

Over 28,000 people from Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and other countries in the Eurasian region were impacted by a large-scale cryptocurrency-stealing malware campaign. The malware campaign disguises itself as legitimate software promoted via YouTube videos and fraudulent GitHub repositories where victims download password-protected archives that initiate the infection. According to cybersecurity firm Dr. Web, the campaign uses […]

06 Oct

Man pleads guilty to stealing $37 million in crypto from 571 victims

A 21-year-old man from Indiana named Evan Frederick Light pleaded guilty to stealing $37,704,560 worth of cryptocurrency from 571 victims in a 2022 cyberattack. According to an announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice, Light stole the cryptocurrency from an unnamed investment holdings company based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In a Statement of Fact […]

03 Oct

Linux malware “perfctl” behind years-long cryptomining campaign

A Linux malware named “perfctl” has been targeting Linux servers and workstations for at least three years, remaining largely undetected through high levels of evasion and the use of rootkits. According to Aqua Nautilus researchers who discovered perfctl, the malware likely targeted millions of Linux servers in recent years and possibly caused infections in several […]

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