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Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2018
ClipboardWalletHijacker miner hijacks your Ether and Bitcoin transaction, over 300,000 computers have been infected

Researchers uncovered a new malware campaign spreading a clipboard hijacker dubbed ClipboardWalletHijacker that has already infected over 300,000 computers. Security researchers from Qihoo 360 Total Security have spotted a new malware campaign spreading a clipboard hijacker, tracked as ClipboardWalletHijacker, that has already infected over 300,000 computers. Most of the victims are located in Asia, mainly China. “Recently, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2018
Bitcoin Gold hit by double-spend attack, exchanges lose over $18 million

An unknown hacker made over $18 Million worth of BTG (Bitcoin Gold) powering “double spend” attacks on the Bitcoin Gold cryptocurrency network. The attacks started on May 18, the attacker used a large number of servers that allowed him to take the control of the majority of the Bitcoin Gold’s network hashrate, an attack technique dubbed “51% […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2018
Bitcoin web wallet addresses generated with a flawed library are exposed to brute-force attacks

Multiple vulnerabilities in the SecureRandom() function expose Bitcoin web wallet addresses generated by the flawed library to brute-force attacks. Old Bitcoin web wallet addresses generated in the browser or through JavaScript-based wallet apps might be affected by a cryptographic vulnerability that could be exploited b attackers to steal funds. According to the experts, the popular  […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2018
$3.3 Million stolen from main Coinsecure Bitcoin wallet

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsecure, India’s second exchange, announced that it has suffered a severe issue, 438 bitcoin, $3,3 million worth of bitcoin Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsecure, India’s second exchange, announced that it has suffered a severe issue, 438 bitcoin, $3,3 million worth of bitcoin, have been transferred from the main wallet to an account that is not under their control. CEO […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 03, 2018
Bitcoin-linked heist: thieves stolen 600 powerful computers in Iceland

Thieves steal 600 powerful computers in a huge heist in Iceland with the intent to use them for mining Bitcoin. Cyber criminal organization continue to show a great interest in cryptocurrencies, the number of crimes against cryptocurrency industry is on the rise. News of the day is that crooks have stolen 600 powerful computers from data centers […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2018
Evrial: The Latest Malware That Steals Bitcoins Using the Clipboard

Evrial is a cryptocoin malware stealer discovered by the researchers at ElevenPaths which takes control of the clipboard to get “easy money”. Evrial is a cryptocoin malware stealer which takes control of the clipboard to get “easy money”. ElevenPaths has taken a deep technical dive into the malware itself, to show how it technically works, […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2018
COINHOARDER criminal gang made an estimated $50 million with a Bitcoin phishing campaign

Researchers with Cisco Talos have monitored a bitcoin phishing campaign conducted by a criminal gang tracked as Coinhoarder that made an estimated $50 million by exploiting Google AdWords. Researchers with Cisco Talos have monitored a bitcoin phishing campaign for several months with the help of the Ukraine Cyberpolice. The gang, tracked as Coinhoarder, has made an estimated $50 million […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 11, 2018
FSB arrested researchers at the Russian Federation Nuclear Center for using a supercomputer to mine Bitcoins

Russian authorities have arrested some employees at the Russian Federation Nuclear Center facility because they are suspected for trying to using a supercomputer at the plant to mine Bitcoin. The peaks reached by the values of principal cryptocurrencies is attracting criminal organizations, the number of cyber-attacks against the sector continues to increase, and VXers are […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2018
Electrum patches a critical flaw that exposed Bitcoin Wallets to hack since 2016

The development team behind the popular Electrum Bitcoin wallet app has issued an emergency patch for a critical vulnerability in the company bitcoin wallets. Electrum is a free application that’s used by many cryptocurrency sites to store bitcoin. Administrators can run their own Electrum server and the software supports hardware wallets such as Trezor, Ledger and Keepkey. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 26, 2017
The spike in Bitcoin price is making it a less useful payment method in the cybercrime underground

The recent spike in the Bitcoin price and the fees associated with each transaction are making Bitcoin a less useful payment method in the cybercrime underground. We have a long debated the use of unregulated virtual currencies like Bitcoin in the criminal underground. Virtual currencies have a crucial role in facilitating illicit commerce, it is normal that […]