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Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice condemned James Zhong, a hacker who stole 50,000 bitcoins from the Silk Road dark net marketplace. The US Department of Justice announced that a man from Georgia, James Zhong, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after stealing more than 50,000 bitcoins from the Silk Road. Zhong pled guilty to money […]
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
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 world’s largest Bitcoin, Blockchain, and […]
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
July 23, 2022
The U.S. DoJ seized $500,000 worth of Bitcoin from North Korea-linked threat actors who are behind the Maui ransomware. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has seized $500,000 worth of Bitcoin from North Korean threat actors who used the Maui ransomware to target several organizations worldwide. “The Justice Department today announced a complaint filed in […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2022
The popular hacker collective Anonymous is offering to Russian troops $52,000 in BTC for each surrendered tank. The popular hacker collective Anonymous will reportedly pay $52,000 in BTC for a tank surrendered by Russian troops. Ukrainian media reported that the hacker group claims to have collected over RUB 1 billion (worth £7.8 million at the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2021
Taiwanese vendor QNAP warns customers of ongoing attacks targeting their NAS devices with cryptocurrency miners. Taiwanese vendor QNAP warns customers of threat actors targeting their NAS devices with cryptocurrency miners. Upon compromising the devices, the miner will create a new process named [oom_reaper] that allows threat actors to mine Bitcoin The above process could occupy […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 22, 2021
Darkside and BlackMatter ransomware operators have moved a large amount of their Bitcoin reserves after the recent shutdown of REvil’s infrastructure. The gangs behind the Darkside and BlackMatter ransomware operations have moved 107 BTC ($6.8 million) after the news of the recent shutdown of REvil’s infrastructure by law enforcement agencies. “The ransomware group REvil was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 21, 2021
After DarkSide ransomware gang shut down operations, multiple affiliates have complained about not receiving the payments for successful breaches. The decision of the DarkSide ransomware gang to shut down operations is causing chaos among its network of affiliates, who have complained about not receiving the payments for their successful breaches. The affiliated are asking the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 17, 2021
The price of Bitcoin falls after Elon Musk declared that its company, Tesla, may have sold holdings of the cryptocurrency We have a long-debated about the possibility that the Bitcoin price could be influenced by threat actors through 51% attacks, but recent events demonstrate that it could be easier to manipulate its value. A simple […]
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