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Ransomware Attacks Are Exploding in the Education Sector
25.5.2020
A Veruzon report shows a sharp increase of ransomware attacks during 2020 in the educational sector
New Ransomware Employs Never-Before-Seen Attack Method
22.5.2020
Sophos revealed a new type of ransomware attack that threatens victims by demanding up to 1,850 BTC
Plus Token Leadership Faces Criminal Prosecution in China
22.5.2020
PlusToken main criminal suspect got caught and is now facing local court prosecution
New Ransomware Uses a Banking Trojan To Attack Governments and Companies
19.5.2020
A study from Group-IB reveals the modus operandi of the newly discovered ProLock’s ransomware attack
Bitcoin Activity on the Dark Web Grew by 65% in Q1 2020, Says Study
19.5.2020
Crystal Blockchain Analytics unveiled figures that show an increased value of Bitcoin transferred through the dark web, though the amount of Bitcoin was less
US FinCEN Awards Secret Service For Seizing $22 M in Crypto
19.5.2020
An investigation that involved several U.S. federal agencies led to the bust of the darknet operators and seizure of $22 M in cryptocurrency
BitMEX Faces Lawsuit for Alleged Racketeering and Extensive Illicit Activities
18.5.2020
BitMEX and its executives have been accused of engaging in or abetting crimes that include racketeering, money laundering, wire fraud and unlicensed money transmission
Hackers Are Using Supercomputers to Mine Crypto
17.5.2020
Hackers attacking supercomputers across Europe, trying to get their hands on the crypto hot commodity
Reality Check: Bloomberg Is NOT Giving Out BTC on Youtube
15.5.2020
Scammers impersonating Michael Bloomberg BTC giveaway on YouTube want your Bitcoins
Another Exchange Delists Monero Amidst Ongoing Sex Scandal
15.5.2020
Another cryptocurrency exchange delists XMR in South Korea in the midst of the Nth room sex scandal case
Hackers Sell Data of 129 Million Russian Car Owners for Bitcoin
15.5.2020
A database of 129 million Russian car drivers is being exposed on the darknet for just 0.3 Bitcoin or about $2,900
Interpol Teams Up With Kaspersky to Declare ‘Anti-Ransomware Day’
13.5.2020
Kaspersky claims that WannaCry remains as the most notorious ransomware attack in the history
Belgium Losing $3.2M to Crypto Fraud in 2019 Is ‘Tip of the Iceberg’
8.5.2020
Belgium’s economic inspectorate reported $3.2 million in losses due to cryptocurrency fraud in 2019
Hackers Threaten to Release Legal Secrets of World’s Biggest Stars
8.5.2020
A ransomware gang is threatening to release almost a 1TB of private legal secrets from the world’s biggest music and movie stars
Crypto Investor Sues New York Teen for $71.4 million in SIM-Swap Saga
8.5.2020
A crypto investor is suing a New York teenager for $71.4 million in damages for allegedly snatching cryptocurrency from his phone
Zcash Researchers Discover Criminals Are Laughably Unskilled at Using Crypto
8.5.2020
Rand Corporation unveiled a study that found a widespread lack of knowledge towards Zcash from dark web criminals
Europe’s Largest Private Hospital Hit By Crypto Ransomware Amid Pandemic
7.5.2020
Hackers infected the largest private hospital in Europe with ransomware
Anonymous Crypto Payments Cause Problems for South Korean Child Porn Case
6.5.2020
IT experts believe that South Korean authorities could not track the crypto payments made from overseas exchanges
New Breed of Ransomware Threatens to Expose Victoria’s Secrets
6.5.2020
The “Nefilim” ransomware threatens to leak sensitive data if the demands are not met
Chainalysis’ Crypto Crime Intelligence Briefs Cast Spotlight on North Korea and Iran
5.5.2020
New York-based blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis has launched a new initiative to shed more light on the scope of its latest crypto crime analyses