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Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2018
BeatCoin – Researchers demonstrate how to steal Cold Wallet Keys from Air-Gapped PCs

Israeli researchers presented their new research named BeatCoin, it is an experiment wherein they demonstrate how to steal private keys for a cryptocurrency wallet installed on cold storage. How to protect cryptocurrency wallets? Many experts will tell you to store them in air-gapped networks, but let me remind you to check if Ben Gurion experts are far from […]

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 31, 2018
Cybercriminals Stealing From Cybercriminals Ransomware Victims Left Stranded

What do you get when you add Bitcoin, with a TOR network proxy and cybercriminals? Even more cybercrime! Bitcoin is the preferred cryptocurrency for ransomware payments. Like most cryptocurrencies it is largely anonymous, allowing the ransoming cybercriminals to collect their money while staying safely in the shadows. Even though Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 25, 2018
A look into the cyber arsenal used by Lazarus APT hackers in recent attacks against financial institutions

Security experts at Trend Micro have analyzed malware and a tool used by the Lazarus APT group in the recent attacks against financial institutions. Security experts at Trend Micro have analyzed the attacks conducted by the notorious Lazarus APT group against financial institutions. The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its […]

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
Three fake Bitcoin wallet apps were removed from the official Google Play

Researchers from the mobile security firm Lookout have discovered three fake Bitcoin wallet apps in the official Play store, Google promptly removed them. Experts from mobile security firm Lookout have discovered three fake Bitcoin wallet apps in the official Play store. The fake Bitcoin wallet apps were removed by Google Play after security researchers reported their discovery […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2017
Lazarus APT Group targets a London cryptocurrency company

Security experts from Secureworks revealed the Lazarus APT group launched a spearphishing campaign against a London cryptocurrency company. The dreaded Lazarus APT group is back and launched a spearphishing campaign against a London cryptocurrency company to steal employee credentials. The activity of the Lazarus Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks […]