CryptoCurrency Archives - Page 8 of 20

Hackers steal $3 million by impersonating crypto news journalists

A hacking group tracked as ‘Pink Drainer’ is impersonating journalists in phishing attacks to compromise Discord and Twitter accounts for cryptocurrency-stealing attacks. […]

09 Jun

Russians charged with hacking Mt. Gox crypto exchange, running BTC-e

Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner have been charged with the 2011 hacking of the leading (at the time) cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox and the laundering of around 647,000 bitcoins they stole. […]

07 Jun

Lazarus hackers linked to the $35 million Atomic Wallet heist

The notorious North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus has been linked to the recent Atomic Wallet hack, resulting in the theft of over $35 million in crypto. […]

22 May

Crypto phishing service Inferno Drainer defrauds thousands of victims

A cryptocurrency phishing and scam service called ‘Inferno Drainer’ has reportedly stolen over $5.9 million worth of crypto from 4,888 victims. […]

27 Apr

New Atomic macOS info-stealing malware targets 50 crypto wallets

A new macOS information-stealing malware named ‘Atomic’ (aka ‘AMOS’) is being sold to cybercriminals via private Telegram channels for a subscription of $1,000 per month. […]

24 Apr

KuCoin’s Twitter account hacked to promote crypto scam

KuCoin’s Twitter account was hacked, allowing attackers to promote a fake giveaway scam that led to the theft of over $22.6K in cryptocurrency. […]

03 Apr

Cryptocurrency companies backdoored in 3CX supply chain attack

Some of the victims affected by the 3CX supply chain attack have also had their systems backdoored with Gopuram malware, with the threat actors specifically targeting cryptocurrency companies with this additional malicious payload. […]

29 Mar

SafeMoon ‘burn’ bug abused to drain $8.9 million from liquidity pool

The SafeMoon token liquidity pool lost $8.9 million after a hacker exploited a newly created ‘burn’ smart contract function that artificially inflated the price, allowing the actors to sell SafeMoon at a much higher price. […]

20 Mar

General Bytes Bitcoin ATMs hacked using zero-day, $1.5M stolen

Leading Bitcoin ATM maker General Bytes disclosed that hackers stole cryptocurrency from the company and its customers using a zero-day vulnerability in its BATM management platform. […]

17 Mar

Microsoft is testing a built-in crypto wallet in Microsoft Edge

Microsoft is working on a non-custodial built-in Ethereum crypto wallet for Microsoft Edge to allow users to send and receive cryptocurrency and NFTs. […]

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