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The state-backed North Korean hacking group Kimsuky reportedly used a new malware variant to target at least two South Korean crypto firms.

North Korean hackers deploy ‘Durian’ malware, targeting crypto firms

North Korean hackers are reportedly utilizing a “striking” new malware variant dubbed “Durian” to launch attacks on South Korean crypto firms. The North Korean ...

4 months ago

Attacker Expressed Willingness To Negotiate

Attacker Returns $153,000 Worth of Ether to Victim After Stealing $68 Million

An attacker involved in a $68 million address poisoning scam has exhibited a gesture of goodwill by returning $153,000 worth of Ether to the victim. The address-poisoning attack initia...

4 months ago

The Infinex protocol — dubbed the "UX Layer" of DeFi — is targeting a May 13 launch, pending a final vote from Infinex's governing council.

Synethix founder Kain Warwick targets mid-May launch for Infinex DEX

Synethix founder Kain Warwick has given a date for when the decentralized exchange front-end and self-custodial account system Infinex is set to go live after several delays from its expected Q4...

4 months ago

The FBI arrested a New York resident for defrauding investors of at least $43 million in a multi-year Ponzi scheme that included a Las Vegas hospitality business and crypto trading operation.

FBI busts $43M crypto and Las Vegas hospitality Ponzi scheme

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), alongside a New York court, arrested a local resident under the allegations of orchestrating a sophisticated Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of $...

4 months ago

The New Hampshire duo uses cracking techniques to access lost wallets.

Father-son team says they’ve recovered $6M in lost crypto

When crypto users lose their private keys or get scammed out of their coins by a con artist, they usually cannot recover their funds. In most cases, their crypto is lost forever. But according t...

4 months ago

Google Ads again appears to be promoting a faked version of a crypto website that directs users to a phishing website clone that drains users’ crypto.

Scammers target Google Ads, promote fake version of OTC crypto platform

Google seems to be once again promoting malware crypto websites through Google Ads, an online advertising platform that allows businesses to display ads on Google’s search engine resu...

5 months ago

Avraham ‘Avi’ Eisenberg, a figure in the digital finance sector, was found guilty in relation to a major security breach at Mango Markets, where over $110 million was compromised.

Avraham Eisenberg convicted in $110m Mango Markets exploit

In December 2022, Eisenberg was arrested in Puerto Rico, facing charges of commodities fraud, market manipulation, and wire fraud linked to the Mango Markets exploit. The incident occurred ...

5 months ago

Crypto detective ZachXBT has identified the alleged PrismaFi hacker, exposing their involvement in the $11.1 million theft and subsequent demands.

Blockchain sleuth uncovers identity of PrismaFi’s hacker, who stole $11m

Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT uncovered an alleged attacker behind the PrismaFi hack, which left the protocol without $11.1 million worth of crypto. In a series of X posts, ZachXBT revealed tha...

5 months ago

The firm’s CEO, Eowyn Chen, shared a screenshot of the supposed “high-risk” exploit being sold on the dark web for a whopping $2 million.

‘Disable iMessages’ ASAP to avoid crypto zero-day exploit: Trust Wallet

Crypto wallet provider Trust Wallet is urging Apple users to disable iMessage, citing “credible intel” of a zero-day exploit that could allow hackers to take control of users’ ...

5 months ago

Prosecutors claim the “cryptojacking” scheme stole cloud computing resources to mine nearly $1 million worth of crypto.

Cryptojacker conned $3.5M from cloud firms to mine crypto, feds allege

United States prosecutors have charged a man with wire fraud and money laundering charges after he allegedly defrauded two cloud computing providers to run a “large-scale illegal &lsq...

5 months ago