Tag: crypto
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TinyLoader Malware Spreads via Network Shares and Malicious Shortcut Files on Windows
A sophisticated malware operation that combines multiple attack vectors to steal cryptocurrency and deliver additional malicious payloads to Windows systems. A recently discovered TinyLoader malware campaign is actively targeting Windows users through a multi-pronged attack strategy involving network share exploitation, USB propagation, and deceptive shortcut files. The malware, which serves as a delivery mechanism for…
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Grade School Crypto Videos
This is a short, gentle two-part introduction to basic cryptographic concepts using text-based crypto examples. The videos illustrate encryption, decryption, ciphers, keys, algorithms, code cracking, cryptanalysis, and letter frequency analysis. Full disclosure: I produced these videos over a decade ago. Now they are hosted directly on this web site. The technical details in the videos……
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Quantum Is Closer Than You Think”, So Why Are You Still Encrypting Like It’s 2015?
Tags: access, ai, business, cloud, communications, compliance, computer, computing, container, crypto, cryptography, data, defense, encryption, endpoint, exploit, government, guide, Hardware, infrastructure, network, nist, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityQuantum Is Closer Than You Think”, So Why Are You Still Encrypting Like It’s 2015? madhav Tue, 09/02/2025 – 05:43 Not long ago, the idea that quantum computers could one day break today’s strongest encryption felt like science fiction. Today, it’s no longer about if”, but when. While real-world demonstrations of quantum algorithms like Shor’s…
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Malicious npm Package Masquerades as Popular Email Library
A malicious npm package “nodejs-smtp” has been discovered impersonating nodemailer and injecting code to drain crypto wallets First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/malicious-npm-package-email-library/
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Lazarus Hackers Exploit 0-Day to Deploy Three Remote Access Trojans
Over the past two years, Fox-IT and NCC Group have tracked a sophisticated Lazarus subgroup targeting financial and cryptocurrency firms. This actor overlaps with AppleJeus, Citrine Sleet, UNC4736 and Gleaming Pisces campaigns and leverages three distinct remote access trojans (RATs)”, PondRAT, ThemeForestRAT and RemotePE”, to infiltrate and control compromised systems. In a 2024 incident response…
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Malicious npm Package nodejs-smtp Mimics Nodemailer, Targets Atomic and Exodus Wallets
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that comes with stealthy features to inject malicious code into desktop apps for cryptocurrency wallets like Atomic and Exodus on Windows systems.The package, named nodejs-smtp, impersonates the legitimate email library nodemailer with an identical tagline, page styling, and README descriptions, attracting a total of 347 First seen…
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Lazarus Subgroup Deploys Three Custom RATs in Targeted Crypto Attacks
The post Lazarus Subgroup Deploys Three Custom RATs in Targeted Crypto Attacks appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/lazarus-subgroup-deploys-three-custom-rats-in-targeted-crypto-attacks/
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Crooks exploit Meta malvertising to target Android users with Brokewell
Cybercriminals spread Brokewell via fake TradingView Premium ads on Meta, stealing crypto and data with remote control since July 2024. Bitdefender warns threat actors are abusing Meta ads to spread fake TradingView Premium apps for Android, delivering Brokewell malware to steal crypto and data. >>Bitdefender researchers recently uncovered a wave of malicious ads on Facebook…
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Law Enforcement Operation Seizes Fake ID Platform VerifTools
FBI Seizes Domains; Dutch Police Analyzing Seized Data to Identify Admin and Users. An international law enforcement operation involving the FBI and Dutch police has shuttered VerifTools, a key platform for generating fake identification documents cops have tied to multiple help desk fraud, cryptocurrency theft and other cybercrime cases. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Malicious npm Package Impersonates Popular Nodemailer, Puts 3.9M Weekly Downloads at Risk of Crypto Theft
A sophisticated cryptocurrency theft scheme involving a malicious npm package that masquerades as the widely-used Nodemailer email library while secretly hijacking desktop cryptocurrency wallets on Windows systems. Socket’s Threat Research Team identified the malicious package, nodejs-smtp, which impersonates the legitimate Nodemailer library that averages approximately 3.9 million weekly downloads. The fraudulent package employs a clever…
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Npm Package Hijacked to Steal Data and Crypto via AI-Powered Malware
A software supply chain attack targeting Nx marks the first known case where attackers have leveraged developer AI assistants, according to StepSecurity First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/npm-package-hijacked-ai-malware/
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Threat Actors Use Facebook Ads to Deliver Android Malware
Cybercriminals are increasingly turning their sights from desktop to mobile, exploiting Meta’s advertising platform to distribute a sophisticated Android banking trojan disguised as a free TradingView Premium app. Bitdefender Labs warns that these threat actors have shifted tactics after months of targeting Windows users with fake trading and cryptocurrency ads, now focusing worldwide on smartphone…
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Cryptohack Roundup: Scammer Posing as UK Police Steals Bitcoin
Also: Taiwan Charges 14 in $41M Fraud; 1,200 Arrested in Cybercrime Bust. This week, a scammer posed as police to steal bitcon, Taiwan charged 14 in a $41M fraud case, U.S. regulators lifted a consent order on Anchorage Digital, U.S. federal prosecutors said writing code alone is not a crime and the U.S. Commodity Futures…
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Cryptohack Roundup: Scammer Posing as UK Police Steals Bitcon
Also: Taiwan Charges 14 in $41M Fraud; 1,200 Arrested in Cybercrime Bust. This week, a scammer posed as police to steal bitcon, Taiwan charged 14 in a $41M fraud case, U.S. regulators lifted a consent order on Anchorage Digital, U.S. federal prosecutors said writing code alone is not a crime and the U.S. Commodity Futures…
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U.S. Treasury Sanctions DPRK IT-Worker Scheme, Exposing $600K Crypto Transfers and $1M+ Profits
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a fresh round of sanctions against two individuals and two entities for their role in the North Korean remote information technology (IT) worker scheme to generate illicit revenue for the regime’s weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs.”The North Korean regime…
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Crypto Companies Freeze $47m in Romance Baiting Funds
Tags: cryptoChainalysis, OKX, Binance and Tether have managed to stop nearly $50m reaching romance baiting fraudsters First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/crypto-freeze-47m-romance-baiting/
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Scammers Steal $1 Million in Crypto Using Fake Delta and AMC Sites
Cybersecurity firm Netcraft has discovered a new task scam cluster that has stolen over $1 million in crypto…. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/scammers-steal-crypto-using-fake-delta-and-amc-sites/
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Governments, tech companies meet in Tokyo to share tips on fighting North Korea IT worker scheme
The U.S. State Department said it worked with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Japan and South Korea to organize the forum, which had more than 130 attendees from freelance work platforms, payment service providers, cryptocurrency companies, AI firms and more. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/japan-us-south-korea-forum-north-korea-it-worker-scheme
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Crypto thief earns additional prison time for assaulting witness
Remy Ra St Felix led a vicious international crime ring First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/crypto_thief_witness_assault/
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Behind the Coinbase breach: Bribery emerges as enterprise threat
Coinbase’s widely praised incident response: Coinbase’s transparency, firm stance against the ransom, quick remediation, and willingness to compensate its customers earned wide praise from cybersecurity professionals.According to Coinbase’s Martin, the hackers resorted to paying help desk workers in India precisely because the company had built such a robust security program. Bribery, according to Martin, was…
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Fake CoinMarketCap Journalists Targeting Crypto Executives in Spear-Phishing Campaign
Fake CoinMarketCap journalist profiles used in spear-phishing target crypto execs via Zoom interviews, risking malware, data theft, and… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-coinmarketcap-journalists-crypto-executives-spear-phishing/
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GeoServer Exploits, PolarEdge, and Gayfemboy Push Cybercrime Beyond Traditional Botnets
Tags: attack, botnet, crypto, cve, cybercrime, cybersecurity, exploit, iot, malicious, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers are calling attention to multiple campaigns that leverage known security vulnerabilities and expose Redis servers to various malicious activities, including leveraging the compromised devices as IoT botnets, residential proxies, or cryptocurrency mining infrastructure.The first set of attacks entails the exploitation of CVE-2024-36401 (CVSS score: 9.8), a critical First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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Lumma Operators Deploy Cutting-Edge Evasion Tools to Maintain Stealth and Persistence
Lumma infostealer affiliates’ complex operating framework was revealed by Insikt Group in a ground-breaking report published on August 22, 2025, underscoring their reliance on cutting-edge evasion technologies to support cybercrime operations. The Lumma malware, a prominent malware-as-a-service (MaaS) platform since 2022, facilitates data exfiltration from browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, and system credentials, supported by a decentralized…
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Interpol bags 1,209 suspects, $97M in cybercrime operation focused on Africa
Crypto mines, BEC scams, fake passports, and a $300M fraud empire allegedly brought down during Serengeti 2.0 First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/interpol_serengeti_20/
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New SHAMOS Malware Targets macOS Through Fake Help Sites to Steal Login Credentials
Tags: credentials, crowdstrike, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, group, login, macOS, malware, serviceCybersecurity researchers at CrowdStrike identified and thwarted a sophisticated malware campaign deploying SHAMOS, an advanced variant of the Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS) malware, orchestrated by the cybercriminal group COOKIE SPIDER. Operating under a malware-as-a-service model, COOKIE SPIDER rents out this information stealer to affiliates who target victims to harvest sensitive data, including login credentials, cryptocurrency…
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A Scattered Spider member gets 10 years in prison
A 20-year-old Scattered Spider member gets 10 years in prison and $13M restitution for SIM-swapping crypto thefts. Scattered Spider hacker, Noah Michael Urban (20), was sentenced to 10 years in U.S. prison and ordered to pay $13M restitution for SIM-swapping crypto thefts. >>A 20-year-old Palm Coast man linked to a massive cybercriminal gang was sentenced…
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Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years, $13M Restitution for SIM Swapping Crypto Theft
A 20-year-old member of the notorious cybercrime gang known as Scattered Spider has been sentenced to ten years in prison in the U.S. in connection with a series of major hacks and cryptocurrency thefts.Noah Michael Urban pleaded guilty to charges related to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft back in April 2025. News of Urban’s…
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Smashing Security podcast #431: How to mine millions without paying the bill
In episode 431 of the “Smashing Security” podcast, a self-proclaimed crypto-influencer calling himself CP3O thought he had found a shortcut to riches, by racking up millions in unpaid cloud bills. First seen on grahamcluley.com Jump to article: grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-431/