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FBI Warns of Sophisticated North Korean Cyber Attacks Targeting Crypto, Defi, ETFs

5.9.2024
The FBI has issued a new warning about North Korea’s cyber campaigns targeting the cryptocurrency sector. The agency highlighted the use of sophisticated, hard-to-detect social engineering tactics to deploy malware and steal digital assets. North Korean hackers are reportedly focusing...

Paradigm’s Samczsun Launches Security Alliance for Crypto Cybercrime Victims

15.2.2024
A popular cybersecurity expert known by the pseudonym Samczsun has created a non-profit entity called Security Alliance (SEAL) for white-hat hackers in the crypto world. Security Alliance is a group of white-hat hackers with the aim of protecting crypto projects from the growing risks of cyber...

Digital Assets Worth Billions Still Secure Despite Rise in Cyber Attacks — Former Microsoft Security Lead

22.9.2023
A former Microsoft Security Lead has insisted that a great proportion of digital assets worth billions of dollars are secure and are being “safely managed by hundreds of protocols.” The security expert suggested that protocols also need to have a platform that allows users to rate...

Firms have mere hours to deflect cyber attacks, warns cybersecurity CEO

22.8.2023
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora warned that "bad actors are getting faster" and stressed that companies need to beef up cybersecurity defenses

Today in Crypto: BIS Presents Seven-Point Plan to Prevent CBDC Cyber Attacks, Multiple Scam Warnings Are Issued, Preliminary Hearing for Terraform Co-Founder Daniel Shin Held on Monday

10.7.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________... Read More: Today in Crypto: BIS Presents Seven-Point Plan to Prevent CBDC Cyber Attacks, Multiple Scam Warnings Are Issued...

$119M in Stolen Crypto So Far in 2023, NFT Rug Pulls on the Rise: Crystal Blockchain

24.3.2023
DeFi protocols have been hackers’ favorite targets since 2021. Now they’re preying on NFT projects too, a blockchain intelligence firm says

Shellboxes, an Industry-Leading Cyber Security Firm, Declares Continuous Commitment to Protect Blockchain Projects From the Growing Threat of Cyber Attacks

7.3.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Shellboxes, a leading Web 3 company with top-level blockchain security and consulting services, has announced its commitment to help project owners stay protected amid rising cyberattacks in the industry. The Shellboxes team has raised the alarm over the carefree attitude of most...

North Korea stole more crypto in 2022 than any other year: UN report

7.2.2023
A report submitted to the United Nations found North Korean cyber attacks have become vastly more sophisticated and raked in more crypto than ever before

Crypto Incidents Involving Exit Scams, Hacks, and Code Exploits Reach Record Low in December 2022 According to Certik

3.1.2023
According to blockchain security company Certik, the number of cryptocurrency incidents involving exit scams, hacks, and code exploits in Dec. 2022 was the lowest monthly figure of the year. Certik noted that the combined incidents amounted to $62.2 million “lost to exploits, hacks, and scams.”...

Japan’s Police and FSA Publish a Joint Cyber Warning to Crypto Firms, Link Attacks to Lazarus Group

18.10.2022
According to the National Police Agency (NPA) in Japan, North Korean hackers from the crime syndicate Lazarus Group have been targeting crypto companies in the country. Local reports detail that it’s the fifth time the NPA has tied “public attribution” to the organization of North Korean cyber...

Bank of Uganda Reportedly Commences CBDC Study

11.3.2022
The Bank of Uganda (BOU) has commenced a study that explores the feasibility of issuing a digital currency. However, an executive with the institution warned that the central bank needed to be clear why it must have this in the first place. Faster Movement of Money The Ugandan central bank...

What is a honeypot crypto scam and how to spot it?

26.12.2021
A virtual trap to lure attackers so that you can improve security policies is what honeypot aims for!

Indian Lawmaker Says Crypto Must Be Blocked if Used for Illegal Purposes

20.12.2021
India’s minister of state for external affairs says that cryptocurrencies must be blocked if they are used for illegal purposes, such as “to launch cyber-attacks in India, to launch other attacks on India, to do other kinds of illegal and unethical work like drug trafficking.”...

Aussie cyber spies to control critical infrastructure during ransomware attacks

20.10.2021
The new bill, if passed, will allow cyber warfare operatives to take over control of critical infrastructure under attack

Hackers Target Github Server Infrastructure to Mine Cryptocurrencies

7.4.2021
Github services is under investigation after a series of reports on attacks against one of its infrastructures by running unauthorized crypto mining apps. Cybercriminals allegedly exploited some security flaws that could have been exploited to mine cryptos illicitly. Attacks Exploit ‘Github...

Telecom Argentina S.A Hit by Major Ransomware Attack, Criminals Demand $7.5M Worth of Monero

21.7.2020
Telecom Argentina S.A has been hit by a ransomware attack and the cyber-criminals are demanding $7.5 million paid in the privacy coin monero. The Spanish language site, elperiodista.com quotes anonymous employees stating that the attack started last Wednesday. Initially thought to be a small...