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Luas data ransom: the hacker who cried wolf?

January 11, 2019 admin bitcoin, cybercrime, data breach, hacked, hacking, haveibeenpwned, luas, ransom, ransomware

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 18:00:00 +0000

Irish tram firm Luas were recently compromised and told to pay 1 Bitcoin, or risk user data being fired into the void. The deadline for paying the ransom has now passed: So what happens next? And is anyone out there really at risk?

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How to hack a hardware cryptocurrency wallet

January 10, 2019 admin 35c3, bitcoin, CCC, Chaos Communication Congress, cryptocurrency, cryptowallet, hardware wallets, Technology, Threats

Credit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:56:02 +0000

Security researchers found several ways to compromise hardware cryptocurrency wallets made by Ledger and Trezor.

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Christmas tech scams roundup

December 20, 2018 admin adverts, bitcoin, cybercrime, email, Facebook, hitman, phish, privacy, SCAM, tech scams, tech support scammers, tech support scams

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:30:14 +0000

What’s under the Christmas tree? It’s worse than lumps of coal, it’s a not very festive assortment of tricks and scams designed to give you a festive season hangover.

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Tags: adverts bitcoin email facebook hitman phish scam tech scams tech support scammers tech support scams

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QuickHeal Security

Sophisticated Ransomware : “Katyusha”

December 17, 2018 admin bitcoin, Cyber crime, Double pulsar, EternalBlue, Hacker, katyusha, malware, Mimikatz, Password, phishing, ransomware, Security, Security patch, spam, squiblydoo, Trojan, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Ghanshyam More| Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:59:58 +0000

For several months, Quick Heal Security Labs has been observing an increase in ransomware, we have found one more interesting ransomware which encrypts files and adds extension “.katyusha” and demands for an amount of 0.5 btc within three days and threatens to release the data to public download if the ransom is not…

Kaspersky Security

A bad link in the cryptochain

November 29, 2018 admin bitcoin, Business, copay, cryptocurrency, Open Source, SMB, Supply chain

Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 16:14:31 +0000

A supply-chain attack against Copay cryptowallets through an open-source library enables bitcoin theft.

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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 65

November 29, 2018 admin bitcoin, Facebook, healthcare, LinkedIn, news, podcast, privacy, ransomware, routers, Threats, Wi-Fi

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:00:11 +0000

In this edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, we discuss some hot water for Facebook and LinkedIn, Bitcoin falling, German Wi-Fi router guidance, and more.

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Sextortion emails: They’re probably not watching you

October 25, 2018 admin 101, bitcoin, BTC, Emails, FYI, KrebsOnSecurity, Malwarebytes Forums, phishing, SCAM, scammers, scams, sextortion, Social engineering

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Yes, those sextortion email scams using old passwords are still making the rounds. How can you spot a real sextortion attempt from an empty threat? And when should you report to authorities? Read on to find out.

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Fortnite gamers targeted by data theft malware

October 2, 2018 admin .EXE, bitcoin, bt-fortnite-cheats(dot)tk, cybercrime, Fortnite, fortnite malware, free V-Bucks, games, Gaming, malware, Rat, stealer, steam, Sub2Unlock, Trojan.Malpack, video games, wallet

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 14:00:00 +0000

If you’ve ever been tempted to cheat at Fortnite, think again—with the release of season six of the popular video game, we found a data theft malware masquerading as a cheat tool, ready to steal your browser sessions, cookies, and even your Bitcoin.

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Security Sophos

Cryptojacking apps return to Google Play Market

September 24, 2018 admin Android, bitcoin, coinhive, Corporate, cryptocurrency, Cryptojacking, cyptominer, Google Play, malware, monero, Posts, smartphones, Sophos Mobile, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut, XMR, XMRig

Credit to Author: Pankaj Kohli| Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:01:30 +0000

At least 25 Android apps on the official Google Play store contain code that mines cryptocurrencies in the background.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/F8aH5rlcN50″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mass WordPress compromises redirect to tech support scams

September 20, 2018 admin bitcoin, Bitcoin Code, browlock, Indicators of compromise, injections, JavaScript, Social engineering, tech support scams, Threat analysis, TSS, wordpress, Zues

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:42:47 +0000

Thousands of WordPress sites have been injected with the same malicious redirection. We review the infection details and the malicious traffic leading to browser lockers.

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