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Big Travel Firm CWT Pays $4.5 Million Bitcoin Ransom to Hackers

2.8.2020
CWT, one of the biggest travel companies in the U.S., this week paid $4.5 million in bitcoin to hackers who infiltrated the firm’s computer system, stealing sensitive corporate data. It is unclear whether customer information was also compromised. Reuters reported that the bitcoin wallet...

Decentralized Apps May Solve SIM Swapping Woes

31.7.2020
FIX Network is partnering with NEM to provide a solution that prevents SIM swapping

A 17 Year Old Was Just Arrested in Connection With Twitter's Recent Hack

31.7.2020
Authorities have taken a teen into custody, claiming him to be the brains behind the recent Twitter breach

Twitter Releases Details of Attack Vector Used by Crypto Hacker

31.7.2020
Twitter has published an update on its investigation into the causes of the recent hack, during which 12 Bitcoin was conned out of the platform’s users

Twitter Says It Knows How Hackers Gained Access

31.7.2020
The hackers who got away with BTC 13.14 – worth roughly USD 146,000 – in the infamous Twitter attack on July 15, gained the access they needed by targeting Twitter employees directly through a “phone spear-phishing attack,” Twitter said. The attackers relied on “a significant and concerted attempt...

Twitter Says ‘Phone Spear Phishing’ Let Hackers Gain Employee Credentials

31.7.2020
Twitter has provided an update on what happened the day the social media giant lost control over its platform

Hackers Have Been Using Dogecoin to Deploy Malware for 6 Months & No One Noticed

31.7.2020
Researchers at Intezer discovered a new malware that relies on the Dogecoin blockchain network to deploy the attack against cloud servers

Trezor Takes a Shot at Ledger After the Hack

29.7.2020
Trezor appears to take a shot at the competition following Ledger’s recent data breach

North Korea’s Crypto Extortion Efforts Have Expanded Considerably in 2020

28.7.2020
A new ransomware from North Korea targets major companies

Cellebrite Launches Crypto Tracer Solution to Track Illicit Transactions

28.7.2020
Cellebrite released a new cryptocurrency tracer tool that gives law enforcement and analysts the ability to track illicit crypto transactions

Hackers Transfer $28 Million Worth of Bitcoin from 2016 Bitfinex Breach

28.7.2020
Around 2,500 stolen bitcoins ($28 million) from the 2016 Bitfinex breach were transferred from the hacker’s wallet on Monday. The last time the Bitfinex hackers moved funds from the hack four years ago, they moved around $5 million worth of coins on June 24. This time around, the top crypto...

Ransomware Victims Are Fighting Back Against Their Attackers and Winning

27.7.2020
The initiative launched by Europol has stopped $630M+ in ransomware demands since 2016

Garmin Could Face Sanctions if $10M Ransom is Paid

27.7.2020
The leader of the cybercriminal group Evil Corp reportedly led the attack against Garmin

Bitcoin Giveaway Scam Hits Popular Indian Youtuber

26.7.2020
A popular Indian YouTuber’s gaming channel got hacked and scammers attempted to use the old Bitcoin giveaway trick to lure people

Popular Indian Youtube Channel Hacked to Promote Bitcoin Giveaway Scam

26.7.2020
Following the massive Twitter breach that saw many high-profile accounts tweet about a bitcoin giveaway, a popular Indian Youtuber now claims that his Youtube channel was hacked for the same purpose. Hackers replaced some content in Carry Minati’s videos to promote a bitcoin giveaway. Popular...

1,000 People Had Access to Twitter ‘God Mode’ — 130 Accounts Targeted by Hackers

25.7.2020
More than 1,000 Twitter employees and contractors reportedly had access to Twitter’s “God mode” earlier this year, before the recent large-scale hack that saw many high-profile accounts tweet about a bitcoin giveaway. Twitter has confirmed that 130 accounts were targeted,...

Crypto Scammers Steal $381 Million in 2020, While Twitter Hackers Direct Funds to Mixers

24.7.2020
Cryptocurrency related scams have taken a total of $381 million from victims so far this year. This figure makes crypto scams the largest category of cryptocurrency-related crimes so far in 2020. Chainalysis data still shows current figures are well below those seen in 2019. In 2019, scams...