Crypto
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Could your online date be a scammer? How to avoid getting caught in a bad romance
Scams With Valentine’s Day almost upon us, here’s some timely advice on how to prevent scammers from stealing more than…
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Belarusian National Linked to BTC-e Faces 25 Years for $4 Billion Crypto Money Laundering
Feb 05, 2024NewsroomCryptocurrency / Financial Fraud A 42-year-old Belarusian and Cypriot national with alleged connections to the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange…
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Pump-and-Dump Schemes Make Crypto Fraudsters $240m
Market manipulators may have made over $240m last year by artificially inflating the value of Ethereum tokens, according to Chainalysis.…
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Romance Scam Victims Surge in 2023
Romance scam victims surged by more than a fifth (22%) in 2023, compared to 2022, according to new figures from…
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Cryptocurrency scams metastasize into new forms – Sophos News
In the spring of 2023, a recent retiree was drawn into what would become a horrifically expensive “relationship.” Lured through…
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Arrests in $400M SIM-Swap Tied to Heist at FTX? – Krebs on Security
Three Americans were charged this week with stealing more than $400 million in a November 2022 SIM-swapping attack. The U.S.…
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AllaKore RAT Malware Targeting Mexican Firms with Financial Fraud Tricks
Jan 27, 2024NewsroomMalware / Software Update Mexican financial institutions are under the radar of a new spear-phishing campaign that delivers…
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North Korea Hacks Crypto: More Targets, Lower Gains
North Korea-backed threat actors hacked more crypto platforms than ever in 2023 but stole less of the digital currency in…
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X Makes Passkeys Available for US-Based Users
Social media giant X (formerly Twitter) has made passkeys available as a login option for US-based users on iOS. A…
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MacOS Malware Hides in Cracked Apps, Targeting Crypto Wallets
Jan 23, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cryptocurrency Cracked software have been observed infecting Apple macOS users with a previously undocumented stealer malware…