The outlook of global crypto markets, which have been recovering well this year with the prices of digital assets like Bitcoin up over 80% as of June 30, has been infused with further positivity following the release of the latest Crypto Crime Midyear Update from Chainalysis.Read More…
Kaspersky experts have shared details on new malicious activity they discovered, in which attackers launched a fraudulent website marking the 30th anniversary of the technology company, Nvidia. The site invited visitors to participate in a 50-thousand bitcoin giveaway while asking them to first make a donation. The page contains aRead More…
Phil Muncaster, guest writer from ESET explains that as you attempt to strike it rich in the digital gold rush, make sure you know how to recognize various schemes that want to part you from your digital coinsRead More…
Hackers were demanding $70 million in bitcoin in exchange for data stolen during an attack on a US IT company that has shuttered hundreds of Swedish supermarkets. Researchers believe more than 1,000 companies could have been affected by the attack on Miami-based firm Kaseya, which provides IT services to someRead More…
As the price of bitcoin surged in the recent months, so too have the volume and sophistication of cyberattacks relating to the popular cryptocurrency. This is according to new research by Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-enabled security solutions, which found that impersonation attacks relating to cryptocurrencies grewRead More…
Following the Ledger data breach of July 2020, victims are receiving convincing but fake hardware wallets. Scammers appear to be targeting victims of a hack of customer data stored by bitcoin hardware wallet provider Ledger that occurred about a year ago.Read More…
The Justice Department recovered $2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline Co, cracking down on hackers who launched the most disruptive U.S. cyberattack on record. Investigators seized 63.7 bitcoins paid by Colonial (COLPI.UL) after its systems were hacked last month, resulting in significant shortages at US East CoastRead More…
Kaspersky rolled out key predictions regarding anticipated changes in the financial sector’s threat landscape, as it claims that in 2021, many financial cybercriminals are likely to target Bitcoin more often, while other cybercriminals will switch to transit cryptocurrenciesRead More…
