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Bybit Hack Drains $1.5 Billion From Cryptocurrency Exchange

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Bybit Hack Drains $1.5 Billion From Cryptocurrency Exchange 2025-02-22 at 17:34 By SecurityWeek News Over 400,000 ETH and stETH worth more than $1.5 billion were stolen from the Bybit cryptocurrency exchange. The post Bybit Hack Drains $1.5 Billion From Cryptocurrency Exchange appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to […]

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Two Estonians plead guilty in $577M cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme

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Two Estonians plead guilty in $577M cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme 2025-02-17 at 13:48 By Zeljka Zorz Two Estonian nationals may spend the next 20 years in prison for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars through a massive cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, the US Department of Justice announced last week. The fraudulent operation “According to court documents, Sergei

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Indiana Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Hacking, $37 Million Crypto Theft

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Indiana Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Hacking, $37 Million Crypto Theft 2025-02-10 at 13:59 By Ionut Arghire Evan Light was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for hacking an investment holdings company and stealing $37 million in cryptocurrency. The post Indiana Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Hacking, $37

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Fake DeepSeek Sites Used for Credential Phishing, Crypto Theft, Scams

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Fake DeepSeek Sites Used for Credential Phishing, Crypto Theft, Scams 2025-02-06 at 13:26 By Eduard Kovacs Researchers see dozens of fake DeepSeek websites used for credential phishing, cryptocurrency theft, and scams. The post Fake DeepSeek Sites Used for Credential Phishing, Crypto Theft, Scams appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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Crypto-stealing iOS, Android malware found on App Store, Google Play

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Crypto-stealing iOS, Android malware found on App Store, Google Play 2025-02-05 at 13:25 By Zeljka Zorz A number of iOS and Android apps on Apple’s and Google’s official app stores contain a software development kit (SDK) that allows them to exfiltrate cryptowallets’ seed recovery phrases, Kaspersky researchers have found. “The infected apps in Google Play

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Man charged with stealing $65 million by exploting DeFI protocols vulnerabilities

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Man charged with stealing $65 million by exploting DeFI protocols vulnerabilities 2025-02-04 at 12:16 By Help Net Security A Canadian man has been indicted in federal court in New York for exploiting vulnerabilities in two decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to fraudulently obtain about $65 million from the protocols’ investors. The fraudulent scheme According to court

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Hackers Drain Over $85 Million From Crypto Exchange Phemex

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Hackers Drain Over $85 Million From Crypto Exchange Phemex 2025-01-28 at 16:03 By Ionut Arghire Hackers stole more than $85 million in crypto assets from hot wallets at cryptocurrency exchange Phemex. The post Hackers Drain Over $85 Million From Crypto Exchange Phemex appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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Alleged Blender, Sinbad cryptomixer operators arrested, indicted

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Alleged Blender, Sinbad cryptomixer operators arrested, indicted 2025-01-13 at 13:34 By Help Net Security Three Russian nationals have been indicted in the Northern District of Georgia for their alleged role as operators of cryptocurrency mixing (cryptomixer) services Blender.io and Sinbad.io. Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko and Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik were arrested on Dec. 1, 2024, roughly a

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NFT scammers charged for stealing $22 million through “rug pulls”

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NFT scammers charged for stealing $22 million through “rug pulls” 2024-12-23 at 14:50 By Help Net Security A six-count indictment was unsealed on Friday in Los Angeles charging two California men with defrauding investors of more than $22 million in cryptocurrency through a series of digital asset project “rug pulls,” a type of fraud scheme

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Cryptocurrency hackers stole $2.2 billion from platforms in 2024

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Cryptocurrency hackers stole $2.2 billion from platforms in 2024 2024-12-19 at 17:18 By Zeljka Zorz $2.2 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from various platforms in 2024, Chainalysis’ 2025 Crypto Crime Report has revealed. Of that sum, $1.34 billion was stolen by North Korea-affiliated hackers, across 47 hacking incidents (out of 303). Most targeted organizations

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Windows, macOS users targeted with crypto-and-info-stealing malware

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Windows, macOS users targeted with crypto-and-info-stealing malware 2024-12-06 at 14:05 By Zeljka Zorz Downloading anything from the internet is a gamble these days: you might think that you are downloading an innocuous app from a legitimate firm but thanks to clever misuse of AI and some social engineering, you can end up with information and

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North Korean hackers employ new tactics to compromise crypto-related businesses

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North Korean hackers employ new tactics to compromise crypto-related businesses 2024-11-07 at 13:49 By Zeljka Zorz North Korean hackers are targeting crypto-related businesses with phishing emails and novel macOS-specific malware. The crypto-related phishing campaign Since July 2024, phishing emails seemingly containing helpful information on risks related to the rise of the price of Bitcoin have

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Lottie Player supply chain compromise: Sites, apps showing crypto scam pop-ups

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Lottie Player supply chain compromise: Sites, apps showing crypto scam pop-ups 2024-10-31 at 14:38 By Zeljka Zorz A supply chain compromise involving Lottie Player, a widely used web component for playing site and app animations, has made popular decentralized finance apps show pop-ups urging users to connect their wallets, TradingView has reported. The pop-up (Source:

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Losses due to cryptocurrency and BEC scams are soaring

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Losses due to cryptocurrency and BEC scams are soaring 2024-09-12 at 14:01 By Zeljka Zorz Every type of fraud is on the rise, and 2023 was a particularly devastating year for victims of cryptocurrency and business email compromise (BEC) scams, according to the FBI. Cryptocurrency fraud Based on complaints filed to FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint

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FBI: North Korea Aggressively Hacking Cryptocurrency Firms

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FBI: North Korea Aggressively Hacking Cryptocurrency Firms 2024-09-04 at 17:01 By Ionut Arghire The FBI warns of North Korean threat actors conducting social engineering campaigns targeting employees in the cryptocurrency industry. The post FBI: North Korea Aggressively Hacking Cryptocurrency Firms appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original

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North Korean hackers’ social engineering tricks

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North Korean hackers’ social engineering tricks 2024-09-04 at 15:31 By Zeljka Zorz “North Korean malicious cyber actors conducted research on a variety of targets connected to cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over the last several months,” the FBI has warned through a public service announcement. This suggests that they are likely to target companies associated with

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Ransomware Victims Paid $460 Million in First Half of 2024

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Ransomware Victims Paid $460 Million in First Half of 2024 2024-08-20 at 15:31 By Eduard Kovacs Ransomware payments in H1 2024 totaled nearly $460 million and $1.58 billion have been stolen in cryptocurrency heists.  The post Ransomware Victims Paid $460 Million in First Half of 2024 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Hacked Ethereum Foundation Account Used to Send 35,000 Phishing Emails

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Hacked Ethereum Foundation Account Used to Send 35,000 Phishing Emails 2024-07-08 at 19:01 By Ionut Arghire A threat actor sent over 35,000 phishing emails after hacking into Ethereum Foundation’s account on a mailing list platform. The post Hacked Ethereum Foundation Account Used to Send 35,000 Phishing Emails appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Hackers Steal Over $2 Million in Cryptocurrency From CoinStats Wallets

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Hackers Steal Over $2 Million in Cryptocurrency From CoinStats Wallets 2024-06-25 at 16:01 By Ionut Arghire CoinStats says North Korean hackers drained $2 million in virtual assets from 1,590 cryptocurrency wallets. The post Hackers Steal Over $2 Million in Cryptocurrency From CoinStats Wallets appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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