Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 2022
Threat actors are targeting unpatched Atlassian Confluence servers as part of an ongoing crypto mining campaign. Trend Micro researchers warn of an ongoing crypto mining campaign targeting Atlassian Confluence servers affected by the CVE-2022-26134 vulnerability. The now-patched critical security flaw was disclosed by Atlassian in early June, at the time the company warned of a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 21, 2022
Threat actors have stolen around $160 million worth of digital assets worth from crypto trading firm Wintermute. Malicious actors continue to target organizations in the cryptocurrency industry, the last victim in order of time is crypto trading firm Wintermute. The company made the headlines after that threat actors have stolen around $160 million worth of digital assets. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 19, 2022
AquaSec researchers observed the cybercrime gang TeamTNT hijacking servers to run Bitcoin solver since early September. In the first week of September, AquaSec researchers identified at least three different attacks targeting their honeypots, the experts associated them with the cybercrime gang TeamTNT. The TeamTNT botnet is a crypto-mining malware operation that has been active since April 2020 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 09, 2022
US authorities recovered more than $30 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen by the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT from Axie Infinity. A joint operation conducted by enforcement and leading organizations in the cryptocurrency industry allowed to recover more than $30 million worth of cryptocurrency stolen by North Korean-linked APT group Lazarus from online video game Axie […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 29, 2022
The U.S. FTC sued US data broker Kochava for selling sensitive and precise geolocation data collected from hundreds of millions of mobile devices. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against the US-based data broker Kochava for selling sensitive and precise geolocation data collected from hundreds of millions of mobile devices. “Defendantâs violations […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 29, 2022
Scammers used a deepfake AI hologram of the Binance chief communications officer for fraudulent activities. Patrick Hillmann, chief communications officer of Binance, confirmed that scammers used his Deepfake AI hologram to trick users into online meetings and target the projects of clients of the company. Hillmann explained in a blog post that the attack was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2022
Threat actors have exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the General Bytes Bitcoin ATM servers to steal BTC from multiple customers. Threat actors have exploited a zero-day flaw in General Bytes Bitcoin ATM servers that allowed them to hijack transactions associated with deposits and withdrawal of funds. GENERAL BYTES is the worldâs largest Bitcoin, Blockchain, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2022
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the crypto mixer service Tornado Cash used by North Korea. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned the crypto mixer service Tornado Cash used by North Korean-linked Lazarus APT Group. The mixers are essential components for cybercriminals that use […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2022
Experts spotted a new botnet named Orchard using Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto’s account information to generate malicious domains. 360 Netlab researchers recently discovered a new botnet named Orchard that uses Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin account (1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa) transaction information to generate DGA domain name. “Another change relates to the use of the DGA algorithm employed in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 08, 2022
Microsoft is actively blocking Tutanota email addresses from registering a Microsoft Teams account. Tutanota is an end-to-end encrypted email app and a freemium secure email service, as of March 2017, Tutanota’s owners claimed to have over 2 million users. The news is that Microsoft is actively blocking Tutanota email addresses from registering a Microsoft Teams […]
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