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Coinbase suffers data breach, gets extorted (but won’t pay)
Cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase has suffered a breach, which resulted in attackers acquiring customers’ data that can help them mount social engineering …
North Korean hackers’ social engineering tricks
“North Korean malicious cyber actors conducted research on a variety of targets connected to cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over the last several …
Scammers steal millions from FTX, BlockFi claimants
Customers of bankrupt crypto platform BlockFi have been targeted with a very convincing phishing email impersonating the platform, asking them to connect their wallet to …
What can we learn from the latest Coinbase cyberattack?
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has fended off a cyberattack that might have been mounted by the same attackers that targeted Twillio, Cloudflare and many other companies …
The best ways to safeguard crypto assets
The mainstream emergence of cryptocurrency, coupled with its popularity among cybercriminals, has created a potentially dangerous environment for those with significant crypto …
Phishing campaign targets Coinbase wallet holders to steal cryptocurrency in real-time
In this video for Help Net Security, Nick Ascoli, VP of Threat Research, PIXM, discusses a multilayered phishing campaign targeting cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. Attackers …
Microsoft Office apps are vulnerable to IDN homograph attacks
Microsoft Office apps – including Outlook – are vulnerable to homograph attacks based on internationalized domain names (IDNs). In practice, this means that users …
Financial leaders grappling with more aggressive and sophisticated attack methods
VMware released a report which takes the pulse of the financial industry’s top CISOs and security leaders on the changing behavior of cybercriminal cartels and the defensive …
Financial services need to prioritize API security to protect their customers
Noname Security and Alissa Knight, Partner at Knight Ink and recovering hacker, announced a research which unveils a number of vulnerabilities in the banking, cryptocurrency …
U.S. Department of the Treasury announces set of actions to counter ransomware
As part of the whole-of-government effort to counter ransomware, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a set of actions focused on disrupting criminal networks and …
Crypto exchanges and their customers must protect themselves as attacks continue
Within the past several years, cryptocurrency has gone from a niche hobby to a mainstream concern. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and even Dogecoin have generated …
Cryptocurrency crime losses more than double to $4.5 billion in 2019
Cryptocurrency users, exchanges and investors suffered $4.5 billion in crypto-related losses resulting from thefts, hacks, and fraud, a CipherTrace report reveals. …
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