A legitimate-looking Google Search advertisement for the crypto trading platform ‘Whales Market’ redirects visitors to a wallet-draining phishing site that steals all of your assets.
Apr 09, 2024NewsroomBotnet / Crypto Mining A threat group of suspected Romanian origin called RUBYCARP has been observed maintaining a long-running botnet for carrying out crypto mining, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), and phishing attacks. The group, believed to be active for at least 10 years, employs the botnet for financial gain, Sysdig said in a report […]
Two weeks ago we discussed a new development in website hacks: Web3 crypto wallet drainers. We’ve been closely following the most significant variant which injects drainers using the external cachingjs/turboturbo.js script. Our SiteCheck website scanner has already detected this version on over 1,200 sites since the beginning of February, 2024. Since our last post, this […]
Crypto heists increased in volume by 42% in 2023, with 283 incidents, according to an analysis by consumer awareness firm Comparitech. This compares to 199 crypto theft incidents in 2022. However, the total monetary value stolen in 2023 fell by 51% in 2022, from $3.55bn to $1.75bn. Worryingly, $16.93m of crypto has already been stolen […]
Iranian crypto exchange Bit24.cash leaks user passports and IDs Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2024 Bit24.cash has inadvertently exposed sensitive data belonging to nearly 230,000 users, as revealed by Cybernews research. Due to its limited access to foreign financial markets, Iran has embraced cryptocurrency significantly. Last year, Iranian crypto exchanges facilitated transactions totaling nearly $3 billion. […]
Bill Lou, co-founder of Nest Wallet, a cryptocurrency wallet startup, lost $125,000 to a crypto scam. He fell victim to a phishing attack after visiting a fraudulent website that appeared to be a legitimate crypto airdrop platform.
The scam tweets often appear to be from well-known crypto accounts like Binance and Ethereum, but they lead to unrelated users promoting fake giveaways, wallet-draining websites, and pump-and-dump schemes.
Data of over a million users of the crypto exchange GokuMarket exposed Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2023 GokuMarket, a centralized crypto exchange owned by ByteX, left an open instance, revealing the details of virtually all of its users, the Cybernews research team has discovered. The leak comes after the team discovered an unprotected MongoDB instance, […]
The official Twitter account for Bloomberg Crypto was hacked and used to redirect users to a phishing website. The hackers created a fake Bloomberg Discord server and prompted visitors to verify their accounts through a deceptive link.
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