Fake Solana packages target crypto devs, abuse Slack & ImgBB for data theft

Fake Solana packages target crypto devs, abuse Slack & ImgBB for data theft

Recently discovered malicious packages on the npmjs.com registry named "solanacore," "solana-login," and "walletcore-gen" target Solana crypto developers with Windows trojans and malware capable of keylogging and sensitive data exfiltration. Furthermore, these packages ...
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North Korean Hackers Stole $1.34 Billion in Crypto in 2024

North Korean hackers stole $1.34 billion in cryptocurrency in 2024, more than half of the $2.2 billion stolen in all crypto hacks, and the attacks by threat groups linked to the rogue ...
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Perfectl Malware

Perfectl in an impressive piece of malware: The malware has been circulating since at least 2021. It gets installed by exploiting more than 20,000 common misconfigurations, a capability that may make millions ...
FBI Warns of North Korea Attacks Against the Crypto Industry

FBI Warns of North Korea Attacks Against the Crypto Industry

 The decentralized finance (DeFi) and cryptocurrency industries are being targeted by North Korean social engineering schemes in highly personalized and convincing ways.   Here is an example that the FBI is showcasing: ...
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Pig Butchering at Heart of Bank Failure — CEO Gets 24 Years in Jail

Oink, oink, FAIL—you’re in jail: Kansas bank chief exec Shan Hanes stole money from investors, a church and others to buy cryptocurrency to feed a scam ...
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Trump donation scam

Cybercriminals Target Trump Supporters with Donation Scams

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is known for aggressively trying to raise money, even sending emails to donors hoping to cash in on setbacks like his conviction late last month on 34 felony ...
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Breaking a Password Manager

Interesting story of breaking the security of the RoboForm password manager in order to recover a cryptocurrency wallet password. Grand and Bruno spent months reverse engineering the version of the RoboForm program ...
Blackwire, Blockchain, Ethereum scam

Brothers Indicted for Stealing $25 Million of Ethereum in 12 Seconds

It took two brothers who went to MIT months to plan how they were going to steal, launder and hide millions of dollars in cryptocurrency -- and only 12 seconds to actually ...
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